B.E.2

1912 military aircraft family by the Royal Aircraft Factory
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B.E.2

Summary

B.E.2 is an aircraft family[1]. B.E.2 draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_family category, ranking #544 of 1,568).[2]

Key Facts

  • B.E.2's image is recorded as RAFBE2.jpg[3].
  • B.E.2's image is recorded as ZK-BFR IMG 3379-Edit.jpg[4].
  • B.E.2's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[5].
  • B.E.2's operator is recorded as Royal Flying Corps[6].
  • B.E.2's manufacturer is recorded as Royal Aircraft Establishment[7].
  • B.E.2's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92004076[8].
  • B.E.2's subclass of is recorded as military aircraft with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine[9].
  • B.E.2's subclass of is recorded as biplane with 1 engine[10].
  • B.E.2's subclass of is recorded as reconnaissance aircraft[11].
  • B.E.2's designed by is recorded as Geoffrey de Havilland[12].
  • B.E.2's designed by is recorded as Edward Teshmaker Busk[13].
  • B.E.2's Commons category is recorded as Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2[14].
  • B.E.2's first flight is recorded as +1912-02-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • B.E.2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p378[16].
  • B.E.2's service retirement is recorded as +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • B.E.2's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+3500'}[18].
  • B.E.2's described by source is recorded as The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939, Chartwell Edition[19].
  • B.E.2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8.30'}[20].
  • B.E.2's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3.39'}[21].
  • B.E.2's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+11.28'}[22].
  • B.E.2's vehicle range is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+320'}[23].
  • B.E.2's wing area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+34.8'}[24].
  • B.E.2's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987012430981305171[25].

Body

Physical Characteristics

B.E.2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8.30'}[20].

Designation and Status

B.E.2's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[5].

Why It Matters

B.E.2 draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_family category, ranking #544 of 1,568).[2] B.E.2 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] B.E.2 is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939, Chartwell Edition. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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