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Key founder: Alliott Verdon Roe
A.V. Roe and Co. registered, 1910, became limited company 1913. Prototypes, 1912, said to include world's first cabin monoplane and cabin biplane. Type 500 tandem trainer biplane of 1912 led to Type 504, 1913, which became most important British trainer pre-1935.
By the time of Dir1920, Avro has agents in Argentina and Australia among many other places.
Names: First A.V. Roe and Co., then A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd. (Avro)
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p36-7
- Gunston, 2005, p41-41; Dir1920 p45
| Names | A.V. Roe and Co., A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Avro |
|---|---|
| Country | Great Britain |
| City | Factory at Brooklands before moving to Manchester and then Newton Heath; second factory, 1916, at Hamble, near Southampton. Flying school, established 1910 at Brooklands, moved to Shoreham, 1911. |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | airplane, biplane, triplane |
| Started aero | 1910 |
| Ended aero | 1928, sold interests to form Saunders-Roe |
| Key people | Alliott Verdon Roe |
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Publications referring to Avro
- Roe, 1908, Some model aeroplane experiences and details of man-carrying 'Avroplane' (Simple title: A study of model gliders, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Publication B2p0105e10, 1912, New Avro mono is all-weather machine (Simple title: New Avro mono is all-weather machine, Journal: Aero and Hydro)
- Roe, 1912, Avro biplane (Simple title: Avro biplane, Journal: Aerial Age)
- Publication B2p0104e22, 1914, Avro safety belt (Simple title: Avro safety belt, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Publication B2p0104e19, 1914, Avro firm testing novel scouting biplane (Simple title: Avro firm testing novel scouting biplane, Journal: Aero and Hydro)
- Hastings, Max, 2020, Operation Chastise : The RAF’s Most Brilliant Attack of World War II (Simple title: OPERATION CHASTISE)
