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Avro 616 Avian

YEAR BUILT:

1927

NUMBER BUILT:

396

WINGSPAN:

28 ft

LENGTH:

24 ft 3 in

HEIGHT:

8 ft 6 in

CREW:

2

MAX SPEED:

98 mph (up to 120 mph for the sports variant)

POWERPLANT:

Various from 80 hp Armstrong Iddley Genet II to 135 hp Genet Major I (7 cyinder)

ARMAMENT:

None

Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian displayed at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia. Image is copyright Rlandmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

NOTES:

A highly succesful biplane aimed at the private owner and flying club market. There were many variants of the type including biplane, monoplane, seaplane and autogyro configurations.

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