Hi John,
Have you looked in on our illustrious John McKenzie's BUILD (for Hendon) of the BE2b----and, of course his current thread on HIS FE, for Hendon.
Master at work my friend.
Cheers,
Dave.
PS I seem to recall some controversy over that French refusal to allow the Bleriot flight, but I can't for the life of me recall exactly. I feel it was aired here though....