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Avro 558

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Design and development
Operational history
Operators
Specifications
See also
References
External links

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

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

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|span main=30 ft 0 in
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|area main=166 ft²
|area alt= 15.42 m²
|empty weight main=294 lb
|empty weight alt= 133 kg
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|max takeoff weight main=480 lb
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|engine (prop)=500cc Douglas
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|power main=18 hp^[3]
|power alt=13 kW
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|ceiling main= 13,850 ft
|ceiling alt= 4,221 m
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References

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

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{{cite magazine|date= 4 October 1923|title= The Light 'Plane Competitions at Lympne, Oct 8–13: Twenty-Eight Machines Entered|magazine= Flight|volume= XV|issue= 771|pages=602–611 |id= |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1923/1923%20-%200602.html|accessdate= |quote= }}
{{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10006-9 }}
{{cite book |title= Avro Aircraft since 1908|last=Jackson |first= A.J. |year= 1990|publisher= Putnam Aeronautical Books|location= London|isbn=0-85177-834-8 |pages= |url= }}
{{cite magazine|last=Riding|first=Richard |title=British pre-war ultra-lights: No. 40: Avro 558|magazine=Aeroplane Monthly |date=July 1984 |volume=12|issue=7|pages=386–388|issn=0143-7240}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182450/http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=266 Avro 558] – British Aircraft Directory

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