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Avro Type D
YEAR BUILT:
1911
NUMBER BUILT:
7
WINGSPAN:
31 ft
LENGTH:
28 ft
HEIGHT:
9 ft 2 in
CREW:
1
MAX SPEED:
45 - 50 mph
POWERPLANT:
1 x 35 hp Green or 1 x 45 hp Green or 1 x 35 hp Viale or 1 x 50 hp Isaacson or 1 x 50 hp E.N.V
ARMAMENT:
Avro Type D at Brooklands, October 1911
NOTES:
Became the first British aeroplane to take off from water on 18th November 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness.
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