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The Avro 504K displaying in gorgeous early autumn light bringing a close to the UK 2016 airshow season.
Panning at a shutter speed of just 1/20sec with focal length of 800mm, hoping but failing to get a good propeller circle. Background looks good though. Practicing on cormorants over the winter paid off in a way - this was the only usable shot out of many.
Only 3 years separates the design of these two aircraft; the Roe IV dates from 1910, the Avro 504 from 1913. The Triplane was one of Avro's less successful products, only 1 was ever built; the Avro 504 was their most successful, with more than 11,000 made over a period of around 20 years. Engine power had increased considerably in those 3 years; the Avro 504 was almost 4 times more powerful, and four times faster than the Triplane.
Whilst the Triplane looks like some quaint relic, the Avro 504 is recognisable as a biplane type typical of the WW1 era.
The Avro 504 is further behind the other plane than it appears in the picture - look at the relative sizes of the pilots; the aircraft behind has a wingspan about 10% wider than the leading plane. Avro was founded by Alliot Verdon Roe in 1910.
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The Avro 504K displaying in gorgeous early autumn light bringing a close to the UK 2016 airshow season.
Compared to the Blackburn Type 'D' from 1912, of which only one was ever built, the Avro 504 was a roaring success, with over 11,000 constructed between 1913 and 1932. The Avro 504 was the most produced aircraft of any type in WW1.
The 'K' model dates from late in WW1 where the type was mainly used as a trainer (note the second seat in front of the pilot), but some were fitted with guns on the top wing, as shown here, and used for home defence. Compared to the sedate performance of the types dating from just a year or two earlier, the Avro 504 sparkled.
The aircraft in the picture is a genuine survivor from 1918 - well over 100 years old and is still very sprightly. A key identification aid for the Avro 504, is the single, central skid, sometimes referred to as a 'toothpick'.
The penultimate picture in my series of very old aircraft, this Avro 504K is owned and flown by the Shuttleworth Collection, based at Old Warden aerodrome near Bedford, England.
The Avro 504K displaying in gorgeous early autumn light bringing a close to the UK 2016 airshow season.
The Avro 504 was the most produced aircraft of any type during WW1. Production began in 1913 and, incredibly, continued until 1932. More than 10,000 were eventually built - many under licence in other parts of the world. Although rapidly superseded as a fighter, it became the standard basic trainer for the Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, until 1934. The type saw service in more than 30 countries around the globe.
This particular aircraft, was built in 2010 and is owned by Eric Vernon-Roe, grandson of Alliot Vernon-Roe, founder of Avro, where the original aircraft type was designed and manufactured.
1918 Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV
1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK Drive in Airshow 15th May 2021
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1918 Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV
1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK Drive in Airshow 15th May 2021
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Engineers from The Shuttleworth Collection move Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV to the Old Warden flightline during the Collection's Vintage Airshow 2021.
The Avro 504K displaying in gorgeous early autumn light bringing a close to the UK 2016 airshow season.
1918-built Avro 504K E.3273 over Old Warden during its display at the Shuttleworth Collection's 2024 Summer Evening Air Show.
Aircraft: A.V. Roe (Avro) 504K E.3273 (G-ADEV).
Location: Old Warden Aerodrome, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Learning how to spin the propeller. From an old 1923 photograph displayed at the CFB Borden Aeronautical Museum. Plane is an Avro 504K which were used extensively for training.
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1918 Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV
1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Old Warden Drive in Airshow 6th Sept 2020
Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK
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1918 Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV
1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK Drive in Air show 4th July 2021
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G-ADEV / E3273
Avro 504K
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Displaying at the 2016 Shuttleworth Finale.
Gosh, the sun was sitting so fast! You couldn't have another chance for a shot!
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A steel silhouette of the Avro aircraft in Winton, Australia
In 1920 Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Q.A.N.T.A.S) formed at Winton, Queensland with two aircraft on 16 November. Joy-flights and charter work are the mainstays of the business. Grazier Fergus McMaster provides vital guidance and becomes the first Chairman.
A year later in 1921 operations moved to Longreach and Qantas built a hangar that still exists. The first Qantas aircraft is an Avro 504K built in Sydney.
In November 1922 the first scheduled mail and passenger flights from Charleville to Cloncurry.
On the 2nd October ninety nine years ago the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) merged to form the Royal Air Force (RAF). The first worlds first independent air force.
This is one of their aircraft from the First World War; an Avro 504K taken at sunset at Old Warden.
WW1 Avro 504K (left) WW2 Handley Page Halifax Mk III (centre) WW1 The Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c (right)
Note the wing span of the Halifax bomber.
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Avro 504K biplane D7560 with 130hp Clerget engine no. 52090;
The Avro 504 first appeared in 1913 and was in service with the Royal Flying Corps during WWI.
As early as November 1914, three 504s carried out a 'mass' bombing raid on German airship construction sheds at Friedrichshafen. In 1915 the Avro was adapted for training duties and remained in this role until the late 1920s.
This particular one which can be found on display in Making the Mordern World in the Science Museum was made in 1917 inventory number 1920-52
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Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV, which served in WWII and starred in the film Reach For The Skies, is seen here in the night fighter colours of 77 Sqn which was based at East Lothian in 1918, carrying out a display at Old Warden during their Premiere and 100 Years of the Royal air Force airshow.
1918 Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV
1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Old Warden Drive in Airshow 2nd August 2020
Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK
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Avro 504K E3273 G-ADEV 1918 Served with the RAF as H5199 and in 1939 the Avro again served with the RAF as BK892 and was used to take part in glider towing experiments
Photo taken at Old Warden Airshow Held at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK 16th July 2022
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Built in 1918 as a K variant, this aircraft was one of those converted to a radial engined 504N while in RAF service. Later it passed into civilian ownership and was registered as G-ADEV. In 1940 it was impressed into military service and took part in glider towing experiments. After WWII it was returned to civilian use and converted back to K specification by Avro apprentices for the film Reach for the Sky – and then donated to Shuttleworth.
As part of the continuing maintenance programme at Old Warden the aircraft was completely overhauled during 2010 and since March 2011 has been presented in the night fighter configuration of a 77 Squadron machine based at East Lothian in late 1918.
The Collection’s 504 served in World War Two towing gliders used for trials of radar installations.
Source: www.shuttleworth.org/collection/avro504k/
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