Designed by Mike Wittaker in 1974, the MW-2B Special, nick-named Buzzabout, was a single-seat all metal low wing monoplane with a twin boom tail and tricycle undercarriage.
To be powered by a VW engine driving a pusher propeller fitted into a ducted shroud, designed by Dowty-Rotol.
Backed by Charles Robertson (Developments) Ltd, the prototype, G-BDDX. c/n 001, PFA.41-10106, was being built at Bodmin, UK, in August 1975 with a first flight expected in early 1976.