The Sikorsky RS was a designation used by the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

for a number of different Sikorsky twin-engined

amphibious Amphibious means able to use either land or water. In particular it may refer to: Animals * Amphibian, a vertebrate animal of the class Amphibia (many of which live on land and breed in water) * Amphibious caterpillar * Amphibious fish, a fish ...

flying boats A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged aircraft, fixed-winged seaplane with a hull (watercraft), hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in that a flying boat's fuselage is purpose-designed for floatation and contains a ...

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;RS-1 :Designation for three

Sikorsky S-41 The Sikorsky S-41 was an amphibious flying boat airliner produced in the United States in the early 1930s. Essentially a scaled-up monoplane version of the Sikorsky S-38 biplane flying boat, Pan Am operated the type on routes in the Caribbean, S ...

flying boats for evaluation. ;XRS-2 :Designation for two Sikorsky PS-2 flying boats converted as transports. ;RS-3 :Four Sikorsky PS-3 flying boats converted as transports. ;RS-4 :Designation for two impressed Sikorsky S-40A flying boats. ;RS-5 :Designation for two impressed

flying boats.

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* RS 1920s United States military transport aircraft Flying boats Amphibious aircraft Sesquiplanes Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft {{Aero-1920s-stub

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