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Avro 558

The Avro 558 was a British single-engined ultralight biplane built by Avro at Hamble Aerodrome.

Design and development

The Avro 558 was designed for the 1923 light aircraft trials for single-seaters at Lympne Aerodrome. Two Avro 558 biplanes were built, they were biplanes powered by motorcycle engines (one with a B&H twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, the second with a 500&nbsp;cc Douglas engine). The first aircraft was modified with a 698&nbsp;cc (42.6&nbsp;in<sup>3</sup>) Blackburne Tomtit and both had modifications to the landing gear.

Operational history

The aircraft did not win the competition, but the second aircraft went on to establish a world record for its class of aircraft of 13,850&nbsp;ft (4,222&nbsp;m) over Lympne on 13 October 1923. It is not known what happened to the two aircraft, not having been reported since 1923.

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See also

References

External links

  • Avro 558 – British Aircraft Directory