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==Design and development== [[File:Avro 504K dwg.jpg|thumb|Technical drawing]] First flown from [[Brooklands]] by [[F. P. Raynham|Fred "Freddie" Raynham]] on 18 September 1913,<ref name="Jackson Avro p53">Jackson 1990, p.52.</ref> powered by an {{cvt|80|hp}} [[Gnome Lambda]] seven-cylinder [[rotary engine]], the Avro 504 was a development of the earlier [[Avro 500]], designed for training and private flying. It was a [[interplane struts#Bays|two-bay]] all-wooden biplane with a square-section [[fuselage]]. [[File:Avro 504 by ndrwfgg.jpeg|thumb|Avro 504K from the [[Shuttleworth Collection]]]] ===Manufacturers=== The following companies are recorded as manufacturing the Avro 504 under licence.<ref>''Flight'' 1954 p87</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gregorie |first1=Martin C. |title=The Avro 504K |url=http://www.gregorie.org/gregories/history/avro_504k.htm |website=Martin Gregorie's Home Page |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> * [[Avro|A. V. Roe and Co]] Ltd., Park Works, [[Newton Heath]], Manchester; and at Hamble Aerodrome, near Southampton, Hants * [[Australian Aircraft & Engineering|Australian Aircraft and Engineering]], Sydney, NSW, Australia * Bleriot and SPAD Aircraft Works, Addlestone * [[Brush Electrical Machines|The Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd]], Loughborough * [[Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd]], [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada * [[Eastbourne Aviation Company|The Eastbourne Aviation Co Ltd]], [[Eastbourne]] * [[Aero Historic]], Parana, Argentina * [[Fabrica Militar de Aviones]], [[Córdoba, Argentina|Cordoba]], Argentina * [[Frederick Sage and Co Ltd]], [[Peterborough]] and London * [[Grahame-White|The Grahame-White Aviation Co Ltd]], Hendon Aerodrome, London * [[Harland and Wolff]] Ltd, Belfast * [[The Henderson Scottish Aviation Factory]], Aberdeen * [[Hewlett & Blondeau|Hewlett and Blondeau Ltd]], [[Luton]] * [[Humber Limited]], Coventry * Morgan and Co, [[Leighton Buzzard]] * [[Nakajima Aircraft Company|Nakajima Hikoki Seisaku Sho]], [[Ōtemachi|Ohta-Machi]], Tokyo, Japan * [[Parnall & Sons]], Bristol * Regent Carriage, Fulham * [[S. E. Saunders Ltd]], East Cowes, Isle of Wight * Savages Ltd, [[King's Lynn]], * [[Societe Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautiques Haren]], Brussels, Belgium * [[Sunbeam Motor Car Company|The Sunbeam Motor Car Co Ltd]], Wolverhampton * [[TNCA]], Balbuena field in Mexico City * [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]], Japan
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