The Avro 621 Tutor, of fabric-covered metal construction, was designed as a basic trainer to replace the Avro 504 in service with the Royal Air Force. The prototype (G-AAKT), powered by a 116-kw (155-hp) Mongoose IIIA radial engine, flew in 1930, but the second prototype and production aircraft were powered
Perhaps the most famous civil and military training aircraft of all time, the Avro 504 was designed in 1913 by Alliott Verdon Roe, the first Englishman to fly in England (in May 1908).
During its service the Avro 504K was occasionally operated as a seaplane and used a four-strut wing arrangement with wire bracing and fitted with floats.
Designed by A V Roe and Co Ltd of Hamble, the Avro 547 was a venture into the construction of a commercial airliner using as many components as possible from the Avro 504K, these being available in abundance after the conclusion of World War I; and fitted it with a
The Avro Avian series of aircraft, built by AV Roe & Co Ltd at its Manchester factory, is well known for its record-breaking flights in the hands of many of the famous pilots of the 1930s, including H F (Jim) Broadbent, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and H J (Bert) Hinkler.