Avro 500

Avro 500
General information
TypeMilitary utility aircraft
ManufacturerAvro
Designer
Primary userUnited Kingdom
Number built18
History
Introduction date1912
First flight3 March 1912

The Avro Type E, Type 500, and Type 502 made up a family of early British military aircraft, regarded by Alliott Verdon Roe as his firm's first truly successful design. It was a forerunner of the Avro 504, one of the outstanding aircraft of the First World War.