Short Biplane No. 2

Short Biplane No.2
Role Experimental aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Short Brothers
Designer Horace Short
First flight 27 September 1909
Introduction 1909
Number built 1

The Short No.2 was an early British aircraft built by Short Brothers for J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon. It was used by him to win the £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper for the first closed-circuit flight of over a mile (1.6 km) to be made in a British aircraft.

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