Avro Avian

about the attached video: Item title reads: " The Longest Flight Ever Made - By
a woman - begins as Mrs. Keith Miller - piloted by Capt. Lancaster - leaves for
13,000 trip to Australia in an " Avro Avian" light ' plane."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Avian

The Avro Avian was a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro
in the 1920s and 1930s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound
aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold by the de Havilland Moth and its
descendants.

The Avro 581 Avian prototype was designed and built to compete in the Lympne
light aircraft trials at Lympne Aerodrome in September 1926. Its wooden fuselage
was based on that of the Avro 576 autogyro, but it was fitted with conventional
biplane wings and powered by a 70 hp (50 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet engine. It
performed well at the trials, but was eliminated due to engine failure.

In early 1927 it was re-engined with an 85 hp (63 kW) ADC Cirrus engine as the
Type 581A and sold to Bert Hinkler.

Production aircraft were designated Type 594 and were built in a number of
versions, mainly powered by Cirrus engines. A version with a welded steel tube
fuselage was produced in 1929 as the Avro 616 Avian IVM to meet overseas
requirements for an easier-to-repair structure. This version was built in the
largest numbers, with approximately 190 built.

The Avian was also produced under licence in Canada, by Ottawa Car Manufacturing
Company in Ottawa, Ontario.


Role
Tourer/Trainer

Manufacturer
Avro

Designer
Roy Chadwick

First flight
1926

Introduction
1927

Primary users
Private pilot owners
Royal Canadian Air Force
South African Air Force
Chinese Naval Air Service
Estonian Air Force

Produced
1926–1928

Number built
405

Avro Avian 594 Avian III (SN R3/AV/101) was owned by Lady Mary Heath and Amelia
Earhart. Earhart's Avian had an 84 hp (63 kW) Cirrus Mk II engine. It was
originally registered to Lady Heath on 29 October 1927 and given the UK aircraft
marking G-EBUG. When Earhart brought it to the United States it was assigned
"unlicensed aircraft identification mark" 7083; aircraft not officially
certificated in the United States were allowed to be flown as unlicensed but
identified aircraft. Avian 7083 was used on Earhart's first long solo flight,
which occurred just as Amelia was coming into the national spotlight. By making
the trip in August 1928, she became the first woman to fly solo across the North
American continent and back. In 2001 Carlene Mendita recreated this flight in
Greg Herrick's Type 594 Avian which he had purchased from Lang Kidby. At the
time Herrick purchased the Avian from Kidby, two years prior, it was the oldest
flying aircraft in Australia. It is now based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Wilfrid R. "Wop" May used a 594 to make his famous January 1929 mercy flight
with diphtheria antitoxin from Edmonton to Fort Vermilion, Alberta.

An Avian (Red Rose) was used by Bill Lancaster on a successful long distance
flight to Australia, and another (Southern Cross Minor) on his final record
attempt to South Africa in 1933.

In July 1930, Winifred Brown won the King's Cup Race flying Cirrus III Avian.
One Avian, piloted by Sydney Thorn, took part in the Challenge International de
Tourisme 1930 with moderate success (16th place).

On 7 January 1931, Guy Menzies flew an Avian, the Southern Cross Junior, from
Australia to New Zealand. He was the first person to fly solo across the Tasman
Sea.

Specifications (Avian IVM)

General characteristics
Crew: two
Length: 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m)
Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Wing area: 245 ft² (22.8 m²)
Empty weight: 1,005 lb (456 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,523 lb (691 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × A.D.C Cirrus Hermes I inline piston engine, 105 hp (78 kW)

Performance
Maximum speed: 105 mph (91 kn, 169 km/h)
Cruise speed: 90 mph (78 kn, 145 km/h)
Range: 360 mi (313 nmi, 579 km)
Service ceiling: 12,500 ft (3,800 m)
Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
Wing loading: 6.21 lb/ft² (30.4 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.069 hp/lb (0.113 kW/kg)




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