Avro 504
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| Avro 504 | ||
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 Avro 504K |
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| Description | ||
| Role | trainer, bomber, reconnaissance | |
| Crew | 2 | |
| First flight | ||
| Entered service | July 1913 | |
| Manufacturer | Avro | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 29 ft 6 in | 9.0 m |
| Wingspan | 36 ft | 11.0 m |
| Height | 10 ft 5 in | 3.2 m |
| Wing area | ft² | m² |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | 1230 lb | 560 kg |
| Loaded | lb | kg |
| Maximum takeoff | lb | kg |
| Capacity | ||
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines | Gnôme Monosoupape rotary, Le Rhône rotary or Clerget 9B | |
| Power | 100, 110 or 130 hp | 75, 82 or 97 kW |
| Performance | ||
| Maximum speed | 82, 95 or 94 mph | 132, 153 or 151 km/h |
| Combat range | miles | km |
| Ferry range | miles | km |
| Service ceiling | ft | m |
| Rate of climb | ft/min | m/min |
| Avionics | ||
| Avionics | ||
| Armament | ||
| Guns | 1 Lewis gun, some have 1 Vickers machine gun & 1-2 Lewis guns | |
| Bombs | ||
| Missiles | ||
| Rockets | ||
| Other | ||
The Avro 504 was a World War I biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others.
The first 504 was built in 1913. Production totalled 8,340 and continued for almost twenty years. It was used by both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service as a trainer, bomber and reconnaissance plane. The plane was withdrawn from frontline service in the summer of 1915 but remained the standard British trainer for the rest of the war. Was Billy Bishop's first army aircraft.
The 504 was the first airplane to strafe troops on the ground as well as the first to make a bombing raid over Germany. It was also the first Allied airplane to be downed by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
The 504 is easily recognisable because of the single skid between the wheels.
[edit] Variants
- 504
- 504A
- 504B
- 504C
- Single-seat anti-zeppelin aircraft for the RNAS. The 504C was fitted with an extra fuel tank, in place of the observer.
- 504D
- Single-seat anti-zepplin aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps. Six built.
- 504E
- 504F
- 504G
- 504H
- Used for catapult trials.
- 504J
- Used as a trainer.
- 504K
- Two-seat training aircraft. The 504K had a universal mount to take different engines. Used for anti-zeppelin work, it was armed with a 0.303-inch Lewis machine-gun on the upper wing. Several were assembled in Australia by Australian Aircraft & Engineering.
- 504L
- Floatplane version.
- 504M
- Three-seat cabin biplane. Only one was ever built.
- 504N
- Two-seat training aircraft.
- 504P
- Unbuilt version of the 504N.
- 504Q
- Three-seat cabin biplane. The 504Q was built for the Oxford University Arctic Expedition. Only one was ever built.
- 504R Gosport
- Reworked trainer. Ten were sold to Argentina, and 100 more were built by FMA under licence in Argentina. Three were exported to Estonia, and an unknown number to Peru.
- 504S
- Two-seat training aircraft. Built under licence in Japan by Nakajima.
- Yokosuka K1Y
- Two-seat training aircraft for the Japanese Navy. Japanses version of the 504K. 104 were built in Japan.
- U-1
- Russian copy of the 504K.
- NU-1
- Russian seaplane version.
[edit] Operators
- Argentina, Australia (RAAF), Belgium, Brazil, Canada (RCAF), Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), New Zealand (NZPAF), Norway, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Siam (Thailand), United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.
[edit] External links
| Aviation in World War I |
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| Aces | Aircraft of the Entente Powers | Aircraft of the Central Powers | Zeppelins | Category: World War I Aircraft |
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