The Blackburn B-20 was an experimental aircraft, first flying in 1940, that attempted to drastically increase the performance of flying boat designs. Blackburn Aircraft undertook an independent …

At the time the B20 was being developed, Blackburn had a parallel project to produce a two or three-seat twin-engined aircraft for the Royal Navy, fast enough to be used as a fighter but …

The unique Blackburn B20, which was built at Blackburn Aircraft works at Dumbarton, was a twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft designed to meet Specification R.1/36.

Today we’re looking at the Blackburn B-20. This was a flying boat aircraft that used an ingenious mechanism to raise its main hull out of the water, giving its engines and wings a better...

2023年4月21日 · Kept secret until 1945, the Blackburn B20 was a classified experimental flying boat most renowned for its innovative lower fuselage which could be retracted or extended …

2021年1月20日 · An excellent view of the Blackburn B-20 highlighting the aircraft’s extended hull, retracted wingtip floats, and well-engineered cowlings for the Vulture engine.

The Blackburn B-20 was an experimental aircraft, first flying in 1940, that attempted to drastically increase the performance of flying boat designs. Blackburn Aircraft undertook an independent …

2018年5月15日 · Britain's long-ranging coastline and free access to surrounding seas made it a priority for its military to field a fleet of capable flying boats in the post-World War 1/pre-World …

2021年4月16日 · Though the Blackburn B20 wasn’t chosen as the new patrol aircraft, the RAF recognised that Blackburn had come up with something potentially revolutionary and so …

2020年11月23日 · The B20 was an attempt to create a flying boat with a slim streamlined fuselage, by have the entire planing hull of the aircraft extend for landing. Note the outriggers …