Tony Blackman

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Anthony L Blackman OBE, M.A., F.R.Ae.S

About the Author

Tony Blackman was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honours degree in Physics. After joining the Royal Air Force as a Maths and Physics Instructor, he learnt to fly, flew Vampires and Venoms in Germany, trained as a test pilot and then joined A.V.Roe and Co. Ltd. where he became Chief Test Pilot.

Tony was an expert in aviation electronics and was invited by Smiths Industries to join their Aerospace Board, initially as Technical Operations Director. He helped develop the then new large electronic displays and Flight Management Systems.

After leaving Smiths Industries, he was invited to join the Board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as Technical Member.

Tony is a Fellow of the American Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators.

He now lives in Hamble, see A.V.Roe  montage below,  and spends his spare time writing books and designing and maintaining databases on the internet.

 He can be contacted on

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 tony@blackman.eclipse.co.uk

 

 

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MONTAGE OF HAMBLE AIRFIELD WITH ALLIOTT VERDON ROE'S FAMILY AND AIRCRAFT

painting by Edmund Miller

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Avro 534A "Water Baby" seaplane

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Avro 530 2-seat fighter

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Avro 533 "Manchester" 3-seat, twin engined bomber

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Avro 504K 2-seat military trainer

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Avro 504L 2-seat sea-plane

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Avro 504K 2-seat trainer used by Avros for joy riding

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Avro Car 3-seats

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A.V.Roe Factory built at Hamble 1916

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Parish Church of St. Andrews, Hamble-Le-Rice

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Company Test Pilot

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Rev. Everard Roe (A.V.Roe's brother and vicar of Hamble

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Tony (Dora's son)

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Dora Roe (Rev. Everard's wife)

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Colin (Dora's son)

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Elsie Paterson (A.V.Roe's sister)

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Ruth Paterson (Elsie's daughter)

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Rex Peterson (Elsie's son)

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Edith Everard Roe (A.V.Roe's sister)

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Dorothy Perfect (A.V.Roe's sister)

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Mrs Mildred Elizabeth Verdon-Roe (A.V.Roe's wife)

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Edwin Hodgson Roe, VD, MRCS, LRCP (A.V.Roe's father)

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Mrs Annie Sophia Roe (A.V.Roe's mother neé Verdon)

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Humphrey Verdon Roe (A.V.Roe's brother)

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Dr Spencer Verdon Roe (A.V.Roe's brother)

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Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe OBE

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"Bert" Hinkler, DSM (later Chief Test Pilot, A.V.Roe Co. Ltd)

 

 

 

 

 

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