The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney (serialN241) was a long-range maritime patrolflying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was a parasol-wingedbracedmonoplane of typical flying boat arrangement with triple tailfins and its three engines arranged on the wing's leading edge. After evaluation, it was not ordered into production and no further examples were built.
^"Blackburn: Sydney". Grace's Guide. Grace's Guide. 2 August 1929. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
Bibliography
London, Peter (2003). British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN0-7509-2695-3.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 158.
– British Aircraft Directory
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