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 |designer =Igor Sikorsky
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 |primary user = United States Navy
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The '''Sikorsky RS''' was a designation used by the United States Navy for a number of different Sikorsky twin-engined amphibious flying boats.<ref name="andrade" />

==Variants==
;RS-1
:Designation for three [[Engineering:Sikorsky S-41|Sikorsky S-41]] flying boats for evaluation.<ref name="andrade" />
;XRS-2
:Designation for two [[Engineering:Sikorsky S-38|Sikorsky PS-2]] flying boats converted as transports.<ref name="andrade" />
;RS-3
:Four [[Engineering:Sikorsky S-38|Sikorsky PS-3]] flying boats converted as transports.<ref name="andrade" />
;RS-4
:Designation for two impressed [[Engineering:Sikorsky S-40|Sikorsky S-40]]A flying boats.<ref name=VPNavy>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKxhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA321 |title=VPNavy! USN, USMC, USCG and NATS Patrol Aircraft Lost or Damaged During World War II - Listed by Bureau Number |chapter=37854/37855 - Sikorsky RS-4 |author=Campbell, Douglas E. |date=2018 |edition=2018 |page=321 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-387-88879-5 }}</ref>
;RS-5
:Designation for two impressed [[Engineering:Sikorsky S-41|Sikorsky S-41]] flying boats.<ref name="andrade" />

==See also==
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*List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)
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==References==
===Notes===
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<ref name="andrade">Andrade 1979, p. 218</ref>
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last= Andrade |first= John |title= U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909|year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications|isbn= 0-904597-22-9}}


[[Category:Flying boats]]
[[Category:Amphibious aircraft]]
[[Category:Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft]]



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