Avro 519
Avro · United Kingdom · first flew 1916 · bomber
The Avro 519 was a British First World War bomber, a development of the Avro 510 seaplane, built as a conventional two-bay biplane with greatly uneven span.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Bombs carried on racks under the fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Two-bay biplane of greatly uneven span
- Single Sunbeam water-cooled engine
- Bombs carried on racks under the fuselage
A large, slow biplane with a much longer upper wing than lower wing, carrying bombs on underfuselage racks.
Specifications
- The Avro 519 has a length of 9.98 m (33 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 19.21 m (63 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 121 km/h (75 mph).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
The Royal Naval Air Service ordered two single-seat examples in early 1916, powered by a 150 hp Sunbeam water-cooled engine. Orders for two modified aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps followed soon after.
Variants
The first RFC two-seater was designated 519A. The second was so different that Avro numbered it 522: it had new wings with upper and lower spans equal but greater, intended to cure the type's poor climb. The two-seaters had 225 hp Sunbeam engines.
Where you'll see it
The type was never used operationally. All four aircraft were used for flight testing, the last still in service in April 1917, and an Avro 522A may later have been with 2 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, in the 1920s.
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