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Avro 557 Ava

YEAR BUILT:

1924

NUMBER BUILT:

2

WINGSPAN:

96 ft 10 in

LENGTH:

61 ft 9 in

HEIGHT:

19 ft 8 in

CREW:

5

MAX SPEED:

POWERPLANT:

2 x 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor III

ARMAMENT:

3 x .303 Lewis guns 1 x torpedo or up to 2,000 lb bomb load

Avro Ava (type 557)

NOTES:

Designed for coastal defence and capable of carrying a torpedo. Only two aircraft were built before the Admiralty adopted the MK VIII torpedo, rendering the design obsolete.

All Avro Aircraft Types

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