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Avro
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The A.V.
Roe and Company Ltd. (Avro) was founded by Alliot Verdo
Roe. A.V. Roe designed, built and piloted the aircraft
credited with the first flight in England by a British-designed
aircraft powered by a British engine in 1909.
Famous Avro aircraft include the 504 of World War I fame, the Lancaster bomber of World War II and the Vulcan bomber of the 1960's and 1970's. Avro was acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1963. |
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