Avro 558
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| Avro 558 | |
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| Type | Ultralight Biplane |
| Manufacturer | A.V.Roe and Company Limited |
| Maiden flight | 1923 |
| Introduced | 1923 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Avro 558 was a British single-engined ultralight biplane built by Avro at Hamble Aerodrome.
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[edit] Design and development
The Avro 558 was designed for the 1923 Daily Mail-sponsored light-aeroplane trials for single-seaters at Lympne Aerodrome. Two Avro 558 biplanes were built, they were biplanes powered by motorcycle engines (one with a B&H twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, the second with a 500cc Douglas engine). The first aircraft was modified with a 698cc Blackburne Tomtit and both had modifications to the landing gear.
[edit] Operational history
The aircraft did not win the competition but the second aircraft went on to establish a world record for its class of aircraft of 13,850 ft (4,221 m) over Lympne on 13 October 1923 [1]. It is not known what happened to the two aircraft, they have not been reported since 1923.
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[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 166 ft² (15.42 m²)
- Empty weight: 294 lb (133 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 480 lb (218 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× 500cc Douglas motorcycle engine, ()
Performance
- Service ceiling 13,850 ft (4,221 m)
[edit] References
- ^ Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft Hawker Cygnet
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