Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 (Blériot Experimental) was a British single-engine two-seat biplane in service with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during World War I. About 3 500 were built used as fighters interceptors light bombers trainers and reconnaissance aircraft. A B.E.2a of No.2 Squadron RFC was the first aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps to arrive in France after the start of the First World War on 26 August 1914.

such as the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 series that had proved so vulnerable to the attentions of German fighters in the period of the ‘Fokker scourge’ from the spring of 1915.1

Made by Bristol Aeroplane CompanyRoyal Aircraft EstablishmentVickers.

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 is the predecessor of the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12.Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9.

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was designed with emphasis on stability, which made it ...Royal Aircraft Factory Aircraft - All the World's Helicopters and ...2
Height Main
11
Height Alt
3.39 m
Length Alt
8.31 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the RAF*List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
Loaded Weight Main
2350.0
Max Speed Alt
63
Type Of Prop
air cooled V-8 engine
Endurance
11700.0
Crew
Two
pilot and observer
Max Speed Main
72 mph
Power Main
90 hp
Introduced
August 1914
Bombs
224
Max Speed More
at 6
500 ft
Ceiling Main
10000.0
Number Built
~ 3
500
Successor
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
Span Main
1127.76
Area Main
371.0
Primary user
Royal Flying Corps
Span Alt
11.28 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
67.0
Engine(prop)
RAF 1a
Manufacturer
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Vickers
First Flight
February 1912
Loaded Weight Alt
1068.0
More Performance
2715.0
Number Of Props
1
Guns
Normally 1 × .303 in Lewis gun for observer
Empty Weight Alt
623.0
Variants With Their Own Articles
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
Length Main
830.58
Area Alt
34.8 m²
Similar Aircraft
* Aviatik B.I* Albatros B.I* LVG B.I
Related
* B.E.12
Empty Weight Main
1370.0
Ceiling Alt
3
050 m
Category
British military reconnaissance aircraft 1910-1919
Military aircraft of World War I
Royal Aircraft Factory aircraft

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