The Wickham A Bluebird is an all-metal four passenger homebuilt aircraft designed by Boeing engineer Jim Wickham.
Design
The Bluebird is an all-metal four place strut-braced high-wing aircraft with
conventional landing gear
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. The wings feature full-span
flaperons.
Operational history
The prototype Wickham A was the first of six designs by Wickham, and first flight was after seven years of construction starting in 1948. The first flight was from Boeing field in
Seattle, Washington
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.
Specifications (Wickham A Bluebird)
See also
References
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Homebuilt aircraft
High-wing aircraft
1950s United States sport aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1955
Conventional landing gear