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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:

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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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