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| Two-seat (side-by-side) all-metal biplane trainer with a monocoque fuselage and fabric-covered wings. Entire output of 42 aircraft produced for pilot training at civilian Elementary and Reserve Flying Schools under the RAF expansion scheme. Blind-flying hood, camera-gun or vertical camera fitted for advanced instruction. All transferred to Air Training Corps squadrons as instructional airframes in 1942.
| MODEL | B-2 |
| CREW | 2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x De Havilland Gipsy III, 97kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 839 kg | 1850 lb |
| Loaded weight | 533 kg | 1175 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 9.19 m | 30 ft 2 in |
| Length | 7.39 m | 24 ft 3 in |
| Height | 2.74 m | 9 ft 0 in |
| Wing area | 22.85 m2 | 245.96 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 180 km/h | 112 mph |
| Cruise speed | 153 km/h | 95 mph |
| Range w/max.fuel | 515 km | 320 miles |
| Bernard Rumbold, e-mail, 12.02.2021 00:01 The Shuttleworth Collection has a B-2 which it regularly flies at airshows. reply | | Denis Gobeille, e-mail, 04.05.2011 20:01 I flew G-AEBJ with Richard Chandler on 13 July 1995 at Brough, U.K. while on a business trip with McDonnell Douglas. Shot five Touch 'n Go's on the grass runway at the Brough plant. Have several pictures taken by their Company photographer. Richard Chandler was a retired test pilot that used to fly the B-2 at airshows all over England and Europe. He was 76 years old when I flew with him. He was one fine gentleman. RIP
'gobe' reply | | Barry, 21.01.2011 14:52 There are still at least two B-2s on the British register one, G-AEBJ, is owned by BAe Systems. reply |
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