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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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