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
VariantsC.B.2F | Proposed version of the C.B.2 Nile for Canadian Airways. |
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 |
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Total Production |
1 |
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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 |
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Type |
Built New |
Conv. |
Canc'd |
Total |
R.B.2 Sydney |
1 |
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1 |
C.B.2 Nile |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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Production References - Blackburn Aircraft
Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
- Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939,
Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)
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