Greetings Folks, You've all heard of and likely seen at some point the Tiger Moth, well at the start of WW2 the other two seat basic trainer the RAF had on their books was this.. The BLACKBURN B-2.. No, never heard of it have you.. Not surprised.. The Tiger won all the glory, much like the Spitfire with the Hurricane.. The B-2 was mainly aimed at the military trainer marker, and the prototype B-2 was shipped to Lisbon in September 1933 for evaluation by Portugal. Although it performed well in the evaluation, the Portuguese preferred a tandem layout, and purchased the de Havilland Tiger Moth.. Although not successful in competing for major military orders, the B-2 continued in production to equip civilian flying schools in the United Kingdom that were busy training pilots for the Royal Air Force under the RAF expansion scheme, with the B-2 equipping flying schools at Brough Aerodrome and London Air Park, Hanworth owned by Blackburn. A total of 42 B-2s, including the prototype, were built, with production continuing until 1937. The last three B-2s were sold to the Air Ministry and issued to the Brough flying school where they were operated in actual RAF markings. On the outbreak of the Second World War, the aircraft at Hanworth were moved to Borough, where the two training schools merged, becoming No 4 Elementary Flying Training School. The school at Brough continued to be operated by Blackburn, with the aircraft remaining with civilian registrations (although they were repainted with wartime training markings with yellow fuselages, camouflaged wings and RAF roundels). The remaining aircraft were taken over by the RAF in February 1942, being handed over to the Air Training Corps, where they were used as instructional airframes. This is the last actual airworthy and complete example, there are NO more.. A tatty fuselage is the other bit left.. All gone now.. The Tiger ruled! It fly now only at Shuttleworth, never leaving the airfield.. Enjoy Rob P.S Yes, that is a Po-2 behind!