Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney

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09/30/2008. The R.B.2 Sydney long-range maritime reconnaissance and coastal patrol flying boat was designed to the Air Ministry Specification R.5/27 issued in 1927. Intended for service with the RAF the all-metal aircraft was powered by three 525 hp Rolls-Royce F.XII.M.S. twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled V-engines, and made its first flight on July 18, 1930. At that time it was the largest monoplane flying boat flown in the UK.


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09/30/2008. The R.B.2 Sydney long-range maritime reconnaissance and coastal patrol flying boat was designed to the Air Ministry Specification R.5/27 issued in 1927. Intended for service with the RAF the all-metal aircraft was powered by three 525 hp Rolls-Royce F.XII.M.S. twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled V-engines, and made its first flight on July 18, 1930. At that time it was the largest monoplane flying boat flown in the UK.