Model of Short Biplane No. 2 (1909), scale 1:10

This aircraft was constructed by Short Brothers for J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon. It was used by him to win the Daily Mail £1000 prize for the first 1 mile circular flight by an all-British aircraft in October 1909.

The aircraft is basically a Wright design, with the substitution of between-wing ailerons (referred to as 'balancing-planes') instead of wing warping.

Span 14.81 m (48 ft 7 in)

Power plant Green 4-cylinder engine of 60 hp (44.8 kW)

Scale 1:10

Inv. 1937-196