Short Biplane No. 2

Short Biplane No.2
General information
TypeExperimental aircraft
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerShort Brothers
Designer
Horace Short
Number built1
History
Introduction date1909
First flight27 September 1909

The Short No.2 was an early British aircraft built by Short Brothers for J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon. It was used by him to win the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper for the first closed-circuit flight of over a mile (1.6 km) to be made in a British aircraft.

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