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Blackburn Sydney and Nile

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Produced Variants

R.B.2 Sydney
 
Five crew long-range maritime patrol flying boat to meet Specification R.5/27. Three 525 h.p.  Rolls-Royce F.XII MS powerplants.
C.B.2 Nile
 
Three crew, 14 passenger derivative of the R.B.2 Sydney, intended for Cobham-Blackburn Airlines Ltd. Three 515 h.p. Bristol Jupiter IX powerplants.

Projected Variants
C.B.2FProposed version of the C.B.2 Nile for Canadian Airways.


Production List  

R.B.2 Sydney

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 781162/27. First flew May 18 July 1930.
 N241  369/1  1      
  Total Production 1      

C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire. Construction abandoned in 1930.
 ??  none  Hull completed when project abandoned.
Total Production (Not Completed)   1




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 R.B.2 Sydney 1     1
 C.B.2 Nile     1 1
  1 0 1  

Production References
  1. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
  2. Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939, Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)

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