Here is a full pilots report describing the experience of taking the new FE.2b into the air!
Enjoy the smell of burnt castor oil and another piece of history brought to life by The Vintage Aviator Ltd.
This exceptional project was a massive undertaking comprising years of work and determination, much longer than the mere months it would have taken ninety years ago.
This aircraft was airworthy when it arrived here in New Zealand but we wanted to restore it and add more details that would make it a more accurate replica.
The Vintage Aviator Ltd recently held the first of what is planned to be a regular series of afternoon air displays at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton, New Zealand.
We decided to build two reproduction BE.2c’s- one each of early and later style.
For the first time in nearly 100 years a new Oberursel rotary engine has been manufactured to power a WW1 fighter.
