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Avro 557 Ava
YEAR BUILT:
1924
NUMBER BUILT:
2
WINGSPAN:
96 ft 10 in
LENGTH:
61 ft 9 in
HEIGHT:
19 ft 8 in
CREW:
5
MAX SPEED:
POWERPLANT:
2 x 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor III
ARMAMENT:
3 x .303 Lewis guns 1 x torpedo or up to 2,000 lb bomb load
Avro Ava (type 557)
NOTES:
Designed for coastal defence and capable of carrying a torpedo. Only two aircraft were built before the Admiralty adopted the MK VIII torpedo, rendering the design obsolete.
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