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Avro 685 York

YEAR BUILT:

1942

NUMBER BUILT:

256

WINGSPAN:

102 ft

LENGTH:

78 ft 6 in

HEIGHT:

16 ft 6 in

CREW:

5 (+ up to 30 passengers)

MAX SPEED:

298 mph

POWERPLANT:

4 x Rolls Royce Merlin (1,620 hp) or 4 x Bristol Hercules (1,650 hp)

ARMAMENT:

None

Avro York (Type 685)

NOTES:

Used extensively during the Berlin airlift in 1949. Churchill used a York in VIP configuration called the Avalon.

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