Blackburn B2 Engine Run

Join the Shuttleworth engineers for this, the third run of the day (Thursday 26th May 2022) of the the Blackburn B2, running up to max chat and then testing the idle.
The Blackburn B-2 was developed as a successor to the Bluebird IV trainer. It has a semi-monocoque all-metal fuselage, instead of metal and fabric, while retaining the side-by-side seating of the earlier aircraft.
Of the 42 aircraft built, just two survived the Second World War. These were first used by the “Brough Flying Club” and then by “North Sea Air Transport Ltd”.
One crashed in 1951, leaving this aircraft, G-AEBJ, as the sole survivor.
Formerly owned by BAE Systems, the aircraft was transferred to the ownership of the Shuttleworth Collection from BAE Systems on 17th March 2022.