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Avro 549 Aldershot

YEAR BUILT:

1922 -

NUMBER BUILT:

17

WINGSPAN:

68 ft

LENGTH:

45 ft

HEIGHT:

15 ft 3 in

CREW:

3

MAX SPEED:

110 mph (Aldershot III)

POWERPLANT:

1 x 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor III or 1 x 1,000 hp Napier Cub or 1 x 850 hp Beardmore Typhoon I

ARMAMENT:

.303 Lewis gun. Up to 2,000 lb bomb load

Avro 549 at Hamble in 1922.

NOTES:

Designed to meet Specification 2/20. The Air Ministry ordered 15 Aldershots to form 99 Sqn RAF.

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