The Balloon Factory at Farnborough decided to buy the de Havilland No. 2 for £400. Being a pusher biplane like the Farman, de Havilland’s aircraft was given the official designation F.E.1 (Farman Experimental No. 1). After quite a lot of flying it was wrecked, rebuilt with a Gnome instead of its original 45 hp de Havilland Iris engine and re-designated F.E.2. A successful fighter of 1916-17.
Engine: 1 x 60-h.p. E.N.V., “F”
Span: 38ft 0in
Length: 40′
Loaded wt: 1,200 lb
Seats: 1
All Aero 