Avro 500
| Avro 500 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Military utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | United Kingdom |
| Number built | 18 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1912 |
| First flight | 3 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.