Avro Type D
| Avro Type D | |
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| Type: | Sport plane |
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| First flight: |
April 1, 1911 |
| Number of pieces: |
6 or 7 |
In the Avro Type D is a biplane - airplane of the British manufacturer Avro .
history
After Avro had dedicated itself only to the construction of three -deckers in the first three years of production, the first flight of a two-seater Avro biplane was carried out on April 1, 1911 in Brooklands with the Type D.
The machine was considered by the pilots to be extremely good-natured and easy to fly. A total of six copies (seven copies according to other sources) of the Type D are said to have been built - all of them differ in various details such as the engine.
The British Navy acquired a machine for testing on the airship tender Hermione , which on November 18, 1911 was the first British aircraft to make a successful water start.
A modified Type D was equipped with a 45 kW (61 hp) water-cooled ENV engine for participation in the Daily Mail's Circuit of Britain race . However, it was no longer possible to take part in the race because the machine had previously crashed.
Other alternative engines were a Green in-line engine with 34 kW (46 hp), a Viale engine with 26 kW (35 hp) and the Isaacson engine with 37 kW (50 hp).
The machine was manufactured at Avro's manufacturing facilities in Manchester and Brooklands , Surrey .
Military use
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 2 |
| length | 8.53 m |
| height | 2.79 m |
| span | 9.45 m |
| Wing area | 28.80 m² |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 227 kg |
| Top speed | 78 km / h |
| Range | approx. 160 km |
| Engines | a Green in-line engine with 26 kW (35 PS) |
See also
literature
- AERO issue 16, pp. 447–448.
- AJ Jackson: Avro Aircraft Since 1908. Putnam, London 1965.
- P. Lewis: British Aircraft 1809-1914. Putnam, London 1962.
- World Aircraft Information Files. File 889, Bright Star Publishing, London, p. 92.
