Avro: 504
Note: This is a sub-section of Avro
Type
- Multi-role Trainer, Fighter, Bomber
Designers
Manufacturers
Production Dates
- 1913-1932
Number produced
- 8,970
Engines
- Gnome Lambda
- Rolls-Royce Hawk
- Le Rhone 9J
- Gnome Monosoupape
- Bentley BR1
- Armstrong Siddeley Lynx
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major
- Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose
For 15 year the 504 was the standard trained for the British flying services
1913 July. Prototype tested at Brooklands
- Avro 504A Single-seat bomber. 80 hp Gnome engine
- Avro 504B Two-seat trainer. 80 hp Gnome or 80 hp Le Rhone engine
- Avro 504C Single-seat anti-Zepplin fighter. 80 hp Gnome engine
- Avro 504N Two-seat training aircraft. Redesigned postwar trainer for RAF with 160 hp (120 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Lynx engine. 598 built. A version of the 504K with revised wings and undercarriage. biplane trainer Powered by the 160 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Lynx; 180 hp Lynx IV and the 215 hp Lynx VIc. 598 machines built.
1925 The improved, redesigned and radial engined 504N with a new undercarriage was produced by Avro in 1925. After evaluation of two prototypes, one powered by the Bristol Lucifer and the other by the Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx, the Lynx powered aircraft was selected by the RAF to replace the 504K. 592 were built between 1925 and 1932, equipping the RAF's five flying training schools, while also being used as communication aircraft. The 504N was also exported to the armed forces of Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Greece, Thailand and South Africa, with licensed production taking place in Denmark, Belgium, Canada and Japan.[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Naval Aircraft by Owen Thetford
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries