Avro 652

Infobox Aircraft
name=Avro 652


caption=
type=Light airliner and mailplane
manufacturer=Avro
designer=Roy Chadwick
first flight= 7 January 1935
introduced= 11 March 1935
retired= March 1942
status=
primary user= Imperial Airways
more users= Air Service Training Ltd Fleet Air Arm
produced= 1935
number built= 2
unit cost=
variants with their own articles= Avro AnsonThe Avro 652 was a British light civil airliner of the 1930s built by A.V. Roe and Company Limited. It was a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a retractable undercarriage, and a tailwheel. Although only two were produced, it formed the basis for the successful Avro Anson.

Design and development

Imperial Airways issued a specification to Avro in 1933 for a light airliner to transport four passengers for up to 420 miles at a cruising speed of 130 mph. By August, Roy Chadwick's team had produced a design study. This had to be revised when Imperial changed the specification to enable the machine to fly the Karachi-Bombay-Colombo night mail service but the amended design was accepted and an order for two aircraft was issued in April 1934. The first aircraft flew on 7 January 1935 and the type was certificated in March of that year.cite book
last = Mondey
first = David
title = The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II
year = 1994
publisher = Chancellor Press
location = London
isbn = 1 85152 668 4 ]

Operational history

The aircraft were delivered to Imperial Airways at Croydon on 11 March. They served with Imperial until 1938, when they were sold to Air Service Training Ltd.

After the outbreak of war, both 652s were impressed by the Air Ministry for service with the RAF but both were transferred directly to the Fleet Air Arm in 1941 and served with 811 Squadron until struck off in March 1942.cite web |url=http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Avro652.htm
title= Fleet Air Arm Archive |last= |first= |date= |accessdate= |work= |publisher=]

Aircraft

;G-ACRM:Named "Avalon" by Imperial Airways, later to Fleet Air Arm as serial DG655.;G-ACRN:Named "Ava" by Imperial Airways, later to Fleet Air Arm as serial DG656.

Operators

;UK
*Air Service Training Ltd.
*Imperial Airways
*Fleet Air Arm
*Royal Air Force

pecifications (Avro 652)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

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title=Imperial Airways
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crew=2
capacity=4 passengers
length main= 42 ft 3 in
length alt= 12.88 m
span main= 56 ft 5 in
span alt= 17.2 m
height main= 13 ft 1 in
height alt= 3.99 m
area main= 410 ft²
area alt= 38.1 m²
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empty weight main= 5,375 lb
empty weight alt= 2,437 kg
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max takeoff weight main= 7,400 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 3,358 kg
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engine (prop)=Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah V
type of prop=radial engine
number of props=2
power main= 270 hp
power alt= 201 kW
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propeller or rotor?=propeller
propeller=2-bladed
max speed main= 163 knots
max speed alt= 188 mph, 302 km/h
cruise speed main= 143 knots
cruise speed alt= 165 mph, 265 km/h
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main= < 60 mph
stall speed alt=
range main= 687 nm
range alt= 790 mi, 1,271 km
ceiling main= 19,000 ft
ceiling alt= 5,791 m
climb rate main= 770 ft/min cite book |last= Jackson|first= A J |title=Avro Aircraft since 1908 |edition= 2nd edition|year= 1990 |publisher= Putnam Aeronautical Books|location= London |isbn= 0-85177-834-8 ]
climb rate alt= 3.9 m/s
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References

*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10006 9

External links

ee also

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related=
* Avro Anson

similar aircraft=
* Airspeed Envoy
* Bristol 142
* Percival Q.6
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lists=
List of aircraft of Imperial Airways

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