1932 Blackburn B-2 Sole Survivor

[mauld]

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Blackburn B2

Oddly enough, I recently came across this photograph in my files. It is an official Royal Air Force photograph, and on the reverse is stamped ' R.A.F. OFFICIAL 18 Jul 1970 R.A.F. LECONFIELD'. There is a slip of paper also attached on the reverse, on which the following words are printed '"Steady" Blackburn B2 side slipping'.

I presume it is the same aircraft.


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[LynxDriver]

Used to love watching that fly at the old Hatfield open days.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Saw it at the Farnborough Air Show in 1964! Glad it's still flying.

[Rosevidney1]

Side by side seating in a trainer may have been a step too far for the services in those days!

[oftenflylo]

I think it was the metal structure that frightened the rAF

[India Four Two]

Saw it at the Farnborough Air Show in 1964! Glad it's still flying.

HD,

Me too. How come we didn't bump into each other?

I thought that it was a lovely aircraft. I have always felt that side-by-side is better for ab-initio instruction but doubly so for passengers. A much better experience for both pilot and passenger.