Operational History
The wooden Bluebirds were mainly used by flying clubs, and were heavily used, but several were quickly written off, with only three surviving for more than four years. One Bluebird II was fitted with floats and another, the Bluebird III prototype, was fitted with an ADC Cirrus engine as a testbed for the Bluebird IV. The last wooden Bluebird was destroyed in a fire-fighting demonstration in 1937.
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