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Avro 523 Pike
YEAR BUILT:
1916
NUMBER BUILT:
2
WINGSPAN:
60 ft
LENGTH:
39 ft 1 in
HEIGHT:
11 ft 8 in
CREW:
3
MAX SPEED:
97 mph
POWERPLANT:
2 x 160 hp Sunbeam or 2 x 150 hp Green
ARMAMENT:
Avro Pike (type 523) At Hamble in 1916.
NOTES:
Designed to satisfy the War Office specification for a 'Class II Fighting Biplane'. The Avro Pike was found to be dangerously tail heavy on a test flight but landed safely when Roy Dobson climbed along the front fuselage!
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