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"AVRO -- The History of an Aircraft Company. The story os A. V. Roe & Company Limited (Avro) started within a short time of man's conquest of the air when very few believed in the potential of the flying machine. It was in 1906 when Alliott Verdon Roe patented a design for a mechanically driven aeroplane and his biplane was the first heavier-than-air machine to leave the ground in Britain. Although his excursions were only classed as 'hops,' Roe continued with his quest to fly and made enormous strides in the science of aviation before going on to form the company which bore his name in 1910.…
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3 editions · 2 languages- Hardcover · English · 2004The Crowood Press · 192 pages · 9781861266514
- Other · English · 1994Airlife · 196 pages · 9781853105319
- Other · UND · 1993N.Richardson · 9781852160821
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