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Avro 501

YEAR BUILT:

1912

NUMBER BUILT:

1

WINGSPAN:

47 ft 6 in

LENGTH:

33 ft

HEIGHT:

12 ft 6 in

CREW:

2

MAX SPEED:

55 mph (65 mph as a landplane)

POWERPLANT:

1 x 100 hp Gnome

ARMAMENT:

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At Eastchurch, 1914

NOTES:

A large seaplane ordered by the Admiralty which was converted to a landplane due to unsatisfactory performance.

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