List of Avro Aircraft Types
Type
Name
Notes
Photograph
581
581 Avian
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Won six-lap race at the Daily Mail Light Aeroplane Trials at Lymne in 1926
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Bert Hinkler flew solo from England to Australia in 15 days, smashing the world's long-distance record
584
584 Avocet
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A shipboard seaplane fighter designed for Specification 17/25 in 1926
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Armed with two Vickers machine-guns
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Used as a practice machine for Schneider Trophy pilots
594 & 616
594 & 616 Avian
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Amelia Earheart flew an Avian Mk III across North America in 1928
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Wilfred 'Wop' May delivered medicine to Alberta when there was an outbreak of diphtheria in 1929
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Won the 1930 King's Cup Race
604
604 Antelope
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A high performance day bomber designed for Specification 12/26 in 1926
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Lost out to the Hawker Hart and didn't progress further than the initial prototype
618
618 Ten
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Licenced version of the Fokker F.VII B/3M
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Carried eight passengers and two pilots (hence the name)
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Used overseas in Australia, India and Egypt
619 & 624
619 Five & 624 Six
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Scaled-down versions of the Avro Ten
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Used overseas in Australia, Kenya and China
621
621 Tutor
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Replaced the Avro 504 as the RAF's frontline trainer in 1933
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Boasted a steel tube airframe and built using mass production techniques
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Sold to both military and civil customers
626 & 637
626 & 637
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A multi-role variant of the Avro Tutor
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Sold to the air force of fifteen countries
627
627 Mailplane
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Developed as a mail carrier for Canadian Airways
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Set the fastest time in the 1932 King's Cup Air Race
631
631 Cadet
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Aerobatic biplane sold to flying schools
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The 643 II variant was used by the Royal Australian Air Force
