Avro Type D

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name=Type D


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type=Experimental aircraft
manufacturer=Avro
designer=Alliott Verdon Roe
first flight=1 April 1911Sharpe, Michael. "Biplanes, Triplanes, an Seaplanes", pg.56. London, England: Friedman/Fairfax Books , 2000. ISBN 1-58663-300-7.]
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variants with their own articles=The Avro Type D was an early British aircraft from A.V.Roe and Company.

Design

The Type D was a two-bay biplane of conventional configuration, with equal-span, unstaggered wings. The fuselage was triangular in cross-section, and lateral control was provided by wing warping. The first of seven aircraft flew at Brooklands on 1 April 1911.

Operational history

The Type Ds were used in a variety of roles by the Avro, mostly concerned with exploring the limits of what an aeroplane could do. In its first few weeks of existence, the prototype was used to make a number of attempts on aerial endurance records, as well as demonstrations for the Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee.

One Type D was purchased by the Royal Navy and fitted with floats for trials from HMS "Hermione". This aircraft became the first British seaplane when it took off on 18 November 1911. Type Ds were also used for air racing, the prototype participating in one such event very early in its career. Another example was specially built and modified to compete in the "Daily Mail" Circuit of Britain Race, but crashed before the event. Other Type Ds remained in service until 1914.

pecifications

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crew=one pilot
capacity=1 passenger
length m=8.53
length ft=28
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span m=9.45
span ft=31
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height m=2.79
height ft=9
height in=2
wing area sqm=28.8
wing area sqft=310

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gross weight kg=227
gross weight lb=500

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eng1 type=4-cylinder Green inline piston
eng1 kw=26
eng1 hp=35

max speed kmh=78
max speed mph=49

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References

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