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The Avro Avian was a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and '30s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold by the De Havilland Moth and its descendants.
Variants
- Avro 581 Avian - First prototype, one 70 hp (52 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet.
- Avro 581A - Modified first prototype, one 85 hp (63 kW) ADC Cirrus and reduced span wings.
- Avro 581E - Further modified Avro 581A for long distance flights, with new wings and modified fuselage.
- Avro 594 Avian I - Preproduction aircraft, two built.
- Avro 594 Avian II - Initial production, 85 hp (63 kW) Cirrus II engine, nine built.
- Avro 594 Avian III - *Modified engine mount and tubular steel struts, 33 built.
- Avro 594 Avian IIIA - 95 hp (71 kW) Cirrus III engine, 58 built.
- Avro 594 Avian IV - Revised undercarriage and ailerons, 90 built.
- Avro 605 Avian - Two Avro 594 Avian IIIs were converted into floatplanes.
- Avro 616 Avian IVM - Steel tube fuselage. Powered by 105 hp (78 kW) Cirrus Hermes I or 100 hp (75 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major, approximately 190 built.
- Avro 616 Sports Avian - Version for racing with reduced drag, 16 built.
- Avro 616 Avian IVA - Modified one-off long range version for Charles Kingsford Smith, Southern Cross Junior, 120 hp (90 kW) de Havilland Gipsy II engine, with additional fuel tank and revised 30 ft span wings.
- Avro 616 Avian V - *Long range single-seater again built for Charles Kingsford Smith, Southern Cross Minor. Bill Lancaster would later attempt to fly solo from England to South Africa in this aircraft, and die in the attempt.
- Avro 625 Avian Monoplane - Low-wing monoplane development, two built.
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