Avro 519

Infobox Aircraft
name=519 and 522


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type=Bomber
manufacturer=Avro
national origin =United Kingdom
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first flight=1916
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number built=4
developed from =Avro 510
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The Avro 519 was a British bomber aircraft of the First World War, a development of the Avro 510 seaplane. They were two-bay biplanes of conventional configuration with greatly uneven span. Two single-seat examples, powered by a single 150 hp (112 kW) Sunbeam water cooled engine, were ordered by the RNAS in early 1916. This was followed soon by orders for two modified aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps. These were fitted with seats for a crew of two and had more powerful (225 hp (168 kW) Sunbeam engines

The first of the two-seaters was designated 519A to reflect its modifications. The second two-seater, however, was so different that it received a completely new number from Avro - 522 - and featured new wings with both upper and lower wings of equal, greater span, in the hope that this would rectify the type's poor climbing performance.

Never used operationally, all four were used for flight testing with the last still in service in April 1917.

pecifications (519)

aerospecs
met or eng?= eng
ref= Avro Aircraft since 1908 Jackson 1990, p.142.]
crew=one pilot
capacity=
length m=9.98
length ft=32
length in=9
span m=19.21
span ft=63
height m=3.56
height ft=11
height in=8

wing area sqm=55.8
wing area sqft=600

gross weight kg=1,360
gross weight lb=3,000

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Sunbeam Nubian V-8
eng1 kw= 112
eng1 hp= 150

max speed kmh=121
max speed mph=75

climb rate ms=1.0
climb rate ftmin=200

armament1=Bombs carried on underfuselage racks

ee also

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External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=295 britishaircraft.co.uk]