The Avro Type E, Type 500, and Type 502 made up a family of early British military aircraft, regarded by Alliott Verdon Roe as his firm’s first truly successful design.
It was a forerunner of the Avro 504, one of the outstanding aircraft of the First World War.
18 aircraft built.
Variants
500
7 built
502
11 built
Specifications
Crew
1
Capacity
1
Length
30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
29 ft (9 m) Avro 500
Wingspan
36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Wing area
330 sq ft (31 m2)
Empty weight
1,100 lb (499 kg)
900 lb (408.2 kg) Avro 500
Gross weight
1,650 lb (748 kg)
1,300 lb (589.7 kg) Avro 500
Powerplant
1 × E.N.V. Type D 4-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine
