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Avro 626 Prefect
YEAR BUILT:
1930
NUMBER BUILT:
196
WINGSPAN:
34 ft
LENGTH:
29 ft 6 in
HEIGHT:
9 ft 7 in
CREW:
2
MAX SPEED:
130 mph
POWERPLANT:
Armstrong Siddley Lynx IVC or Cheetah V
ARMAMENT:
None, other than a frontier patrol variant which had one Vickers gun
An RAF Avro 626 (Avro Perfect)
NOTES:
A development of the Tutor aimed at overseas customers with limited financial resources. Conversion kits were available for initial flying training, bombing, photography, gunnery, wireless, night or blind flying, navigation and seaplane instruction. The RAF bought seven for navitation training, and these were known as Prefects.
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