page_title: Blackburn Pellet
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Blackburn Pellet / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: The Pellet having a new Lamblin radiator fitted on the day of its accident
context_page_description: The Blackburn Pellet was a single-engined, single-seater biplane flying boat designed as a contender for the 1923 Schneider Trophy competition. It was destroyed while taking off for the trials of the contest.
context_section_description: The intention was to have the Pellet flying a month before the race, but the aircraft sank at its first launch on 23 July 1923. It next flew on 26 September 1923, a day before the race. Inevitably, this flight revealed some problems, chiefly of trim and cooling, and that night a new radiator and propeller were fitted. It set off in the morning to the trials, but on the takeoff run, baulked by a small boat, the aircraft began porpoising and was wrecked. Happily, the pilot, R.W.Kenworthy escaped unhurt.
caption: The Pellet having a new Lamblin radiator fitted on the day of its accident
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