The Avro 748 Performance Data Sales Brochure with Rolls-Royce Dart Engines

Hawker-Siddeley (Avro was founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe at the Brownsfield Mill on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester. The company remained based primarily in Lancashire throughout its 53 years of existence, with key development and manufacturing sites in Alexandra Park, Chadderton, Trafford Park, and Woodford. The company was merged into Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1963, although the Avro name has been used for some aircraft since then). Panoramic colour artwork by Norman Taylor.

Published by Published by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Richmond Road, Kingston-on-Thames circa . 1960., 1960

About this Item

Publisher's original glossy colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back] illustrated by Norman Taylor. Landscape 9½'' x 13''. Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer. Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War. Contains 28 (including the covers) printed pages with technical specifications, colour cut-a-way elevations, and monochrome illustrations throughout. The centre page has worked loose from the rusty staples, lifting of the laminate to the bottom of the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. AEROPLANES.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Avro 748 Performance Data Sales Brochure with Rolls-Royce Dart Engines
• Publisher: Published by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Richmond Road, Kingston-on-Thames circa . 1960.
• Publication Date: 1960
• Condition: Very Good