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The Roe II Triplane, sometimes known as the Mercury,
[Bell 2002] was an early British aircraft and the first product of the
Avro company. It was designed by
Alliott Verdon Roe
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe OBE, Hon. FRAeS, FIAS (26 April 1877 – 4 January 1958) was a pioneer English pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company. After experimenting with model aeroplanes, he made flight tr ...
as a sturdier development of his wood-and-paper
Roe I Triplane
The Roe I Triplane (often later referred to as the Avro Triplane) was an early aircraft designed and built by A.V. Roe which was the first all-British aircraft to fly.Jackson 1990 p.6 (Roe's previous biplane had a French engine).
Backgrou ...
. Two examples were built, one as a display machine for Roe's new firm, and the second was sold to
W. G. Windham. The longest recorded flight made by the Roe II Triplane was 600 ft (180 m).
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1910s British experimental aircraft
Roe II Triplane
Triplanes
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Aircraft first flown in 1910