The Avro Ten was a British-built variant of the very successful Fokker F.VIIB/3m airliner produced in the 1920s in The Netherlands, a licence to build and supply the type through the British Empire, excluding Canada, having been obtained by AV Roe and Co Ltd in 1928.
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
George Brougham Hubert Austin was born in South Yarra, VIC on 28 February 1860 and during his career worked as an architect with the Department of Public Works in Victoria, being responsible for a number of buildings in Melbourne. In 1907 he attended the 1st Aero Exhibition in London and
The Atlanta was built for Imperial Airways to be used on sections of the trunk routes to South Africa and Australia. A total of eight aircraft was built for the Nairobi to Capetown, and Karachi to Singapore sections of the trunk routes.
In 1921 the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co Ltd placed an order with Handasyde Aircraft Co Ltd, and design of the aircraft was carried out, and the aircraft completed, by Air Navigation and Engineering Co Ltd of Adddletone, Surrey, the order being for the construction of a four passenger and mail
One of the most graceful and elegant airliners built and known as the Elizabethan Class, the Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador was designed by a team headed by Arthur (A E) Hagg.
The prototype Envoy (G-ACMT – c/n 17), a direct development of the Airspeed Courier, first flew on 26 June 1934 with Wolseley AR.9 Mk II nine-cylinder radial engines, and models were proposed with Gnome-Rhone Titan Major 7Kd radials, or the Wright R-760-E2 Whirlwind engine.
The Nord 262 light transport, originally known as the Max Holste Super Broussard, was designed by Avions Max Holste but in 1960, this company was taken over by Nord Aviation.