Avro Tutor

what is it?

The Avro Type 621 Tutor is a two-seat British radial-engined biplane from the interwar period. It was a simple but rugged basic trainer that was used by the Royal Air Force as well as many other air arms worldwide.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 193 km/htop speed
• size 1,131 kgmax take-off weight
• built 606made 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.4 m: about 2 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

1929-09

introduced

1933

retired

1941

status

retired

number built

606

role

trainer

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Avro

engines

1× Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC

crew

2

length

8 m

wingspan

10.4 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

1,131 kg

top speed

193 km/h

cruise speed

156 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.