Avro Aircraft Types
AVRO 501
YEAR BUILT: 1912
WINGSPAN: 47 ft 6 in
HEIGHT: 12 ft 6 in
NUMBER BUILT: 1
LENGTH: 33 ft 12 in
CREW: 2
MAX SPEED: 55 mph (65 mph as landplane)
POWERPLANT: 1 x 100 hp Gnome
At Eastchurch, 1914.
At Eastchurch, 1914.
NOTES: A large seaplane ordered by the Admiralty which was converted to a landplane due to unsatisfactory performance.
AVRO 503
YEAR BUILT: 1913
WINGSPAN: 50 ft
HEIGHT: 12 ft 9 in
NUMBER BUILT: 4
LENGTH: 33 ft 6 in
CREW: 2
MAX SPEED: 50 mph
POWERPLANT: 1 x 100 hp Gnome
NOTES: An improved version of the Avro 501, it was purchased by the German Government and built under licence, forming the basis for the Gotha Seaplane development.
AVRO 504
SPECIFICATIONS FOR 504K
YEAR BUILT: 1913
WINGSPAN: 36 ft
HEIGHT: 10 ft 5 in
NUMBER BUILT: 10,000 +
LENGTH: 29 ft 5 in
CREW: 2
MAX SPEED: 95 mph
POWERPLANT: Various e.g. 1 x 110 hp Le Rhône
NOTES: First single-engined aeroplane to bomb German soil and one of the most influential trainer aircraft in history.
AVRO 508
YEAR BUILT: 1913
WINGSPAN: 44 ft
HEIGHT: 10 ft
NUMBER BUILT: 1
LENGTH: 26 ft 9 in
CREW: 2
MAX SPEED: 65 mph
POWERPLANT: 1 x 80 hp Gnome
At the Olympia Aero Show, London, March 1914.
At the Olympia Aero Show, London, March 1914.
NOTES: Two seat reconnaissance aircraft which struggled to match the performance of the Avro 504 and wasn't developed.
AVRO 510
YEAR BUILT: 1914
WINGSPAN: 63 ft
CREW: 2
NUMBER BUILT: 5
LENGTH: 38 ft
MAX SPEED: 70 mph
POWERPLANT: 1 x 150 hp Sunbeam Nubian
One of five built for the Royal Naval Air Service.
One of five built for the Royal Naval Air Service.
NOTES: The last development in the 501/503 series of float planes. It served at Coastal Air Stations during WWI.
AVRO 511
REDESIGNATED AVRO 514
YEAR BUILT: 1914
WINGSPAN: 26 ft
HEIGHT: 9 ft 4 in
NUMBER BUILT: 1
LENGTH: 22 ft 4 in
CREW: 1
MAX SPEED: 95 - 100 mph
POWERPLANT: 1 x 150 hp Gnome Monosoupape
At Hendon with F. P. Raynham in cockpit, May 1914.
At Hendon with F. P. Raynham in cockpit, May 1914.
NOTES: Appeared at the 5th Olympia Aero Show during March 1914. Was redesignated as Avro 514 but further work was terminated due to the outbreak of WWI.
AVRO 519
YEAR BUILT: 1914
WINGSPAN: 63 ft
HEIGHT: 11 ft 8 in
CREW: 1 (2)
NUMBER BUILT: 2 (+1)
LENGTH: 32 ft 9 in - 35 ft 2 in
(33 ft 8 in)
SPEED: 75 mph
POWERPLANT: 1 x 150 hp Sunbeam Nubian or 1 x 225 hp Sunbeam
At Eastchurch, 1916.
At Eastchurch, 1916.
NOTES: Long-range bomber with folding wings built for the Admiralty. Figures in brackets refer to the modified type 519A where different.
AVRO 521
YEAR BUILT: 1916
WINGSPAN: 30 ft
HEIGHT: 9 ft 10 in
CREW: 2
NUMBER BUILT: 1 (+ ?)
LENGTH: 28 ft 2 in
MAX SPEED: 94.6 mph
ARMAMENT: 1 x 0.303 Lewis gun
POWERPLANT: 1 x 110 hp Clerget
At Farnborough, January 1916.
At Farnborough, January 1916.
NOTES: Two-seater fighter trainer. The prototype crashed on 21st September 1916, killing its pilot Lt W.H.S. Garnett. The RFC ordered 25 aircraft but not all were completed.
AVRO 522
YEAR BUILT: 1916
WINGSPAN: 43 ft
MAX SPEED: 75 mph
NUMBER BUILT: 1
LENGTH: 33 ft 8 in
CREW: 2
POWERPLANT: 1 x 225 hp Sunbeam
At Hamble, 1916. Also known as the Type 519A.
At Hamble, 1916. Also known as the Type 519A.
NOTES: Although given a new type number, the Avro 522 was actually officially an Avro 519A.
AVRO PIKE
TYPE 523
YEAR BUILT: 1916
WINGSPAN: 60 ft
HEIGHT: 11 ft 8 in
NUMBER BUILT: 2
LENGTH: 39 ft 1 in
CREW: 3
MAX SPEED: 97 mph
POWERPLANT: 2 x 160 hp Sunbeam or 2 x 150 hp Green
At Hamble in 1916.
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!