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Avro Production
For a description of the format and data included in
Production Tables, see here.
Low Volume Production This
page covers Avro aircraft with low production volumes and/or registration/serial allocations. For higher volume production,
see the individual type production list. | Farman Type | Single seat Farman Type biplane. One 20 h.p. Avro powerplant. | Curtiss Type
| Single seat Curtiss Type biplane, originally built as a landplane but converted to a seaplane,
becoming the Lakes Water Bird.
One 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant. |
| Duigan Biplane | Two seat tractor biplane. One 40 h.p. Alvaston (later 35 h.p. ENV Type D) powerplant. |
| Burga Monoplane | Single seat shoulder wing tractor monoplane. One 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant. |
| Type F | Single seat cabin monoplane. One 35 h.p. Viale powerplant. | | Type G | Two seat cabin military biplane, using Type 500 mainplanes, undercarriage and tail
unit. Powerplant as noted. | | Type 508 | Two seat twin boom pusher reconnaissance biplane for the RFC. One 80 h.p. Gnome powerplant. |
| Type 509 | 2/3 seat pusher heavy gun carrying biplane for RNAS. Two 100 h.p. Gnome or 120 h.p.
Austro-Daimler powerplants. | Type 510
| Two seat, two bay tractor tw float seaplane initially intended for the 1914 Circuit of Britain Race.
Later built for the RNAS, with revised, but outdated, floats and an added fin. One 150 h.p. Sunbeam Nubian powerplant. |
Type 511
| Single seat scout biplane featuring swept wings, which gave it the nickname 'Arrowscout'. One 80 h.p.
Gnome Monosoupape powerplant. | | Type 514 | Type 511 modified with conventional wings and a V-type racing undercarriage. | Type 530
| Two seat two bay biplane fighter. One 200 h.p. Hispano-Suiza (1st aircraft) or 200 h.p. Sunbeam Arab
(2nd aircraft) powerplant. Postwar, the Type 530 was offered as a high speed touring aircraft, but none were modified or
built as such. | Type 557 Ava
| Four seat, three bay coastal defence torpedo biplane, derived from the single engined Type 556
project, both designed to Specification DofR Type 9 (later Air Ministry Specification 6/22). Two 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce Condor
III powerplants. | Type 558
| Single seat light biplane built for the 1923 Daily Mail performance trials at Lympne,
and featuring a semi-recessed undercarriage. Both aircraft were powered by motorcycle engines, the first a B & H, the
second being fitted with a 500 cc Douglas. | Type 560
| Single seat light monoplane built for the 1923 Daily Mail performance trials at Lympne. One 698 cc Blackburn
Tomtit powerplant. Later to the Air Ministry for evaluation to meet Specification 44/23 for a Light Aeroplane. |
Type 562 Avis
| Two seat single bay light biplane with single I-type interplane struts, built for the 1924 Air Ministry
Two Seat Light Aeroplane Trials at Lympne. See note 2. | Type 584 Avocet
| Single seat fleet fighter with interchageable wheel and float undercarriage to meet Specification
17/25. One 180 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV powerplant. | Type 613
| Night bomber to meet Specification B.19/27. Two 450 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV powerplants. No
detail design completed and the aircraft was not built. | Type 660
| Monoplane transport, a scaled down version of Type 652 with fixed, trousered undercarriage. Two 140
h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major IA powerplants. Mockup completed but project cancelled. | Type 720
| Rocket propelled interceptor fighter to Specification F.124T (later F.137D) to meet
the requirements of OR.301. Initially one 8,000lb thrust Screamer or Spectre rocket motor, later supplemented with one 1,640
lb thrust Bristol Siddeley Viper turbojet.
A modified Type 720 fitted with a de Havilland Gyron Junior powerplant was
proposed to Specification F.177 to meet the requirements of OR.337. |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co., Brownsfield Mills, Manchester. First flew
in 1910. | | (none) |
(none) | Designed
by and built for Maurice F. Edwards of Bolton. | Total Production
1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co., Brownsfield Mills, Manchester for Capt. Edward
William Wakefield of Kendal. First flew June 1911. | | (none) | (none) | After testing as a landplane at Brooklands, delivered to Capt Wakefield
where it was converted to the Lakes Water Bird. | Total Production 1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co., Brownsfield Mills, Manchester for Australian
John Robertson Duigan. First flew December 1911. | | (none) | (none) |
After
Duigan returned to Australia, the machine was sold to the Lakes Flying Company in 1913 and converted into the Lakes Sea Bird. | Total Production 1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting, Manchester to the design of Lt Burga of the Peruvian Navy.
First flew November 1912. | | (none) |
(none) | |
Total
Production 1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting, Manchester, and assembled at Brooklands. First flew May 1912. |
| (none) | (none) | | Total Production 1 |
Competition Number | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Brownsfield
Mills, Manchester, for the Military Aeroplane Competition of 1912. First flew August 1912. | | 6 | |
1 |
| |
One
60 h.p. Green powerplant | | 7 | | |
| 1 | One
60 h.p. ABC powerplant. Not completed due to unavailability of powerplant. | | Total Production | 1 | | 1 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting,
Manchester. First flew 1914. | | none |
|
1 |
| |
N.t.u.
by the RFC; to Hall Flying School, 1916. | | Total Production | 1 | | | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles
Platting, Manchester, to contract C.P.10760/13 for the RNAS. Not completed. | | 94 | | |
| 1 | |
| Total
Production | | | 1 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting,
Manchester. First flew July 1914. Intended for the 1914 Circuit of Britain Race, it was immediately impressed into the
RNAS. | | 881 |
|
1 |
| |
|
| 5 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting,
Manchester, to contract C.P.30654/14 for the RNAS. Delivered between December 1914 and April 1915. |
| 130 - 134 |
|
5 |
| |
|
| Total
Production | 6 | | | |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles Platting, Manchester. First flew March 1914. |
| (none) | (none) | Given racing number 14 in the Aerial
Derby Race round London, intended for 23 May 1914, but postponed. | Total Production 1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes | | 1 aircraft converted by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Miles
Platting, Manchester, from the Type 511. First flew June 1914. | | (none) | (none) | Given racing number 20 in the Aerial Derby Race round London,6 June 1914
(postponed from 23 May), but did not take part. | Total Production
(1) |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 4 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester,
to contract AS.425/17/C for the RFC. Two machines built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. It is unlikely that the second
two | | machines were built.
First flew July 1917. | | B3952
- B3953 | | 2 | | |
|
| B9431 -
B9432 | | | |
2 | | | Total Production | 2 | | 2
| |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton
Heath, Manchester, to contract 356442/22. Built at Manchester but erected at Hamble. First flew 1924. |
| N171 | |
2 |
| |
Type
557 Ava Mk.I of wooden construction | | N172 | | | | | Type 557A Ava Mk.II of
metal construction | | Total Production | 2 | | | |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 2
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants for the 1923 Lympne Trials. | | (none) | (none) | 1923 Lympne trials number 5. Later
fitted with a 698 cc Blackburne Tomtit powerplant and raised, strutted, undercarriage. | | 5089 | G-EBHW | 1923 Lympne trials number 11. Later
fitted with raised, but still recessed, undercarriage. |
Total Production
2 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants for the 1923 Lympne Trials. | | (none) | (none) | 1923 Lympne trials number 6. Remodeled
and transferred to RAF in 1924 as J7322 under contract 487256/24 | Total Production 1 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble, Hants for the 1924 Lympne Trials. | | 5105 | G-EBKP | 1924 Lympne trials numbers 10 &
11 - see note 2. To E.L.O. Baddeley in 1927. | Total Production 1 |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Hamble,
Hants, to contract 693443/26. First flew December 1927. |
| N209 - N210 | | 2 | | | |
| |
Total Production | 2 | | | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 1 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton
Heath, Manchester, to contract 841675/28. Cancelled. |
| J9249 | |
|
| 1 | Serial
alloted but not built. | | Total Production | | | 1 | |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes |
| 1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester. Construction abandoned. |
| 723 | G-ACUN | | Total Production (Abandoned) 1 |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Chadderton,
to contract 6/Acft/9354. Cancelled. | | XD696, XD701 | | |
| 2 | Construction
of XD696 begun but incomplete before cancellation. |
| Total Production | | | 2 | |
Notes - Per Turpin
[6], the car for Coastal Patrol Airship serial C1 was fabricated using two Type 510 fuselages back to back in a tractor/pusher
configuration. The first flight of C1 took place on 26 May 1915, at which date all completed Type 510 airframes are accounted
for [7]. Avro would appear to have constructed additional fuselage components to enable the fabrication of the car for C1.
- Available for the Lympne trials with either the 33 h.p. Bristol Cherub II (trials number 10) or 35 h.p.
Blackburne Thrush (trials number 11) powerplants, although in the end the Thrush was never used. The geared Cherub II was
replaced by the direct drive Cherub I in early 1926, and by the 38 h.p. Blackburne Thrush for the 1926 Light Aeroplane Trials.
Production References Avro Aircraft Since 1908, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1965 & 1990) British
Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001) British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Vol 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1973) Royal Air Force Aircraft J1 - J9999, RAF Aircraft Register Series (Air-Britain Publications) - British Naval Airships, Brian J Turpin - Air Britain Aviation World 2018/4 (Air-Britain Publications
- Royal
Navy Aircraft Serials and Units, 1911-1919, Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page (Air-Britain Publications, 1992)
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