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Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:55 am
came across this site thought it may interest some of you here.
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_b20.htm
Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:46 pm
Hi Dave--
Interesting machine. Sort of four parts Saro Lerwick and one part Convair Sea Dart...!
Extrapolating even further from the hypothetical unbuilt variants of the Blackburn 'boat, I can imagine this thing powered with, say, two late-mark P&W R2800s, or two R3350s, armed to the teeth in Fifth AF B-25H/J fashion, shredding Japanese shipping circa 1944-5...and not needing an island airfield to return to. Aviation is just full of such fascinating might-have-beens!
Thanx for the vector.
Steve T