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The Avro 562 Avis was a two-seat light biplane designed and built by the A.V.Roe and Company Limited at Hamble for the 1924 Lympne Light Aeroplane Trials.

Avro 562 Avis
Role	Light biplane Type of aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Avro
First flight	1924
Retired	1931
Number built	1

Design and development

The Avis was a single-bay unstaggered biplane with full-span ailerons on both upper and lower wings. It had a fixed landing gear with a tailskid and could be powered by a nose-mounted 32 hp Bristol Cherub II engine or a 35 hp Blackburne Thrush radial piston engine.[1] It had tandem open cockpits. First flown with the Thrush engine prior to the trials, it was refitted with the Cherub, and first flown with this engine by Bert Hinkler at Lympne on 30 September 1924. On the next day it won the Grosvenor Cup at a speed of 65.87 mph.[2]

For the 1926 trials it was re-engined with a 38 hp Blackburne Thrush, being eliminated after a forced landing. In 1927, it was re-engined again with a Bristol Cherub I and passed into private ownership until it was scrapped in 1931.[3]

Specifications

Data from Avro Aircraft since 1908.[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: one (pilot)
• Capacity: one (passenger)
• Length: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
• Wingspan: 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
• Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
• Wing area: 246 sq ft (22.9 m²)
• Empty weight: 590 lb (268 kg)
• Gross weight: 995 lb (451 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Blackburne Thrush three-cylinder air-cooled radial engine , 35 hp (26 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 75 mph (120 km/h, 65 kn)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Hawker Cygnet
• Westland Widgeon

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avro Avis.

• Avro Avis – British Aircraft Directory

На других языках

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[de] Avro Avis

Die Avro 562 Avis war ein einmotoriges, zweisitziges Flugzeug des britischen Herstellers Avro.

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- [en] Avro Avis

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[fr] Avro 562 Avis

L'Avro 562 Avis est un avion biplace de tourisme britannique de l'entre-deux-guerres. Réalisé pour le concours des avions légers organisé par le Ministère de l’air britannique, dont les épreuves furent organisées en septembre et octobre 1924 à Lympne, il ne dépassa pas le stade de prototype.

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