3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New England Airways Avro X: Sam Hood· Public domain
- 2. StateLibQld 1 112632 Southern Sun, an Avro 618 Ten, ca. 1930: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 3. Avro 618 Ten New England Airways Royal Mail: Nation Library of Australia· No restrictions
what is it?
The Avro 618 Ten or X was a passenger transport aircraft of the 1930s. It was a licensed version by Avro of the Fokker F.VIIB/3m.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · 21.7 m wingspan
base stats
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Wingspan of 21.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- introduced
- 1930
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- role
- passenger & military transport
- makers
- Avro
- engines
- 3× Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVB or IVC / Lynx / Genet Major
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 8
- length
- 14.5 m
- wingspan
- 21.7 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,808 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- cruise speed
- 161 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,877 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q460362, Wikipedia: Avro 618 Ten (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.