A replica Roe I Triplane, at an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the all-British "first flight" on Walthamstow Marshes
Role
Experimental aircraft
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Alliott Verdon Roe
Designer
Alliott Verdon Roe
First flight
5 June 1909 (but sources differ as to which attempt should first be regarded as a "flight")
Number built
2
The Roe I Triplane (often later referred to as the Avro Triplane) was an early aircraft designed and built by A.V. Roe which was the first all-British aircraft to fly.[1] (Roe's previous biplane had a French engine).
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successful aircraft, the RoeITriplane, named The Bullseye after a brand of braces manufactured by Humphrey. The railway arch where A.V. Roe in 1909 built and...
a year later, with a triplane, on the Walthamstow Marshes. Roe was born in Patricroft, Eccles, Lancashire, the son of Edwin Roe, a doctor, and Annie Verdon...
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in East Africa during clashes against Italy who occupied Abyssinia. A.V. Roe built 287 Audaxes as part of the RAF expansion scheme during 1935–1937. These...
he began work as Alliott Verdon-Roe's (later Sir Alliott) personal assistant and the firm's draughtsman at A.V. Roe and Company, Avro, based at Brownsfield...
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ISBN 978-0-7509-4448-9. Stewart, Greig. Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro Arrow. Toronto: McGraw-Hill-Ryerson, 1991. ISBN 0-07-551119-3...
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and Australia from 31 May 1945. It also served with the RAF; RAF Lancaster I serial number PD328, was converted to a Lancastrian and renamed Aries, as...
companies are recorded as manufacturing the Avro 504 under licence. A. V. Roe and Co Ltd., Park Works, Newton Heath, Manchester; and at Hamble Aerodrome...
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This is a list of aircraft types having triplane wings. Citations Davilla 1997, p. 46. "Besson canard". www.aviafrance.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27. "Besson...
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