Avro 548

what is it?

The Avro 548 was a civil trainer aircraft built in Britain by Avro after World War I. Its design was based extensively on Avro's 504 military aircraft, but it had an inline engine and a third seat. The prototype, designated 545, first flew with a Curtiss OX-5 V-8 engine, but this proved impractical for the civil market on account of the engine's weight and the complexity of its cooling system. An air-cooled Renault engine was used instead, and the designation 548 applied to this configuration.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 129 km/htop speed
• range 282 kmwithout refuelling
• size 881 kgmax take-off weight
• built 38made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 107 years ago, in 1919.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1919

number built

38

role

civil utility aircraft

makers

Avro

engines

1× Renault 80 hp air-cooled V-8 engine

length

9 m

wingspan

11 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

881 kg

top speed

129 km/h

cruise speed

105 km/h

range

282 km

ceiling

3,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.