Avro 558

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Avro 558
General information
TypeUltralight Biplane
Manufacturer A.V.Roe and Company Limited
Number built2
History
Introduction date 1923
First flight 1923

The Avro 558 was a British single-engined ultralight biplane built by Avro at Hamble Aerodrome.

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Design and development

The Avro 558 was designed for the 1923 light aircraft trials for single-seaters at Lympne Aerodrome. Two Avro 558 biplanes were built, they were biplanes powered by motorcycle engines (one with a B&H twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, the second with a 500 cc Douglas engine). The first aircraft was modified with a 698 cc (42.6 in3) Blackburne Tomtit and both had modifications to the landing gear.

Operational history

The aircraft did not win the competition, but the second aircraft went on to establish a world record for its class of aircraft of 13,850 ft (4,222 m) over Lympne on 13 October 1923. [1] It is not known what happened to the two aircraft, not having been reported since 1923.

Operators

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Specifications

Data from Avro Aircraft since 1908 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. Jackson 1974, p.292.
  2. Jackson 1990, p.215.
  3. Flight 4 October 1923, p.607.