Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8
1913


RECONNAISSANCE	Virtual Aircraft Museum / United Kingdom / Royal Aircraft Factory

Follow-up to the B.E.2 powered by a 60kW Gnome rotary engine. Small numbers served as reconnaissance and then training aircraft with the RFC.

Specification

ENGINE	1 x 80hp Gnome air-cooled rotary engine
DIMENSIONS
Wingspan	12.04 m	39 ft 6 in
PERFORMANCE
Max. speed	113 km/h	70 mph

Comments

John Roberts, rob150(@)bigpond.net.au, 29.06.2008

Not specific to the B.E.8, but cannot see an entry for the B.E.9 "pulpit" style airacraft. A photo exists in the book "Air Force Blunders" by Geoffrey Regan, Carlton Books London 1996, see pages p35 with text on the aircraft lifted in the index. Best wishes and thanks for a very valuable compendium.

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