{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} __NOTOC__ <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft |name=Flanders B.2 |image=Aviation Before the First World War Q69724.jpg |caption= |type=Two-seat light biplane |manufacturer=Howard Flanders |national_origin=United Kingdom |designer=Howard Flanders |first_flight=22 December 1912 |introduction= |retired= |status= |primary_user=Royal Naval Air Service |more_users= |produced= |number_built=1 |variants= }}

The '''Flanders B.2''' was a 1910s British experimental biplane designed and built by Howard Flanders and later used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)

==Development== Flanders designed and built a two-seat biplane designated the Flanders B.2 to take part in military trials that were to be held on Salisbury Plain in 1912. It did not take part in the trials as an engine was not available in time. The aircraft was eventually flown with a variety of engines, with the final engine fit (a 70&nbsp;hp (52&nbsp;kW) Gnome rotary) the aircraft was bought in 1914 by the Admiralty and operated by the RNAS from Great Yarmouth on non-operational duties.

==Operators== ;{{UK}} *Royal Naval Air Service

==Specifications (ABC engine as originally flown)== {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = imp |crew=Two |length m=9.6 |length ft=31 |length in=6 |span m=13.11 |span ft=43 |span in=0 |wing area sqm=37.16 |wing area sqft=400 |empty weight kg=304 |empty weight lb=607 |gross weight kg=499 |gross weight lb=1100 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=A.B.C inline engine |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->30 |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->40 |max speed kmh=90 |max speed mph=56 }}

==See also== {{aircontent |related= |similar aircraft= |lists= * List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service |see also= }}

==References== * The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing

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