G-EBKP Avro 562 Avis
(c/n 5105)
Yet another of the
lightplanes built specifically for the Lympne Light Aircraft
Trials. Bert Hinkler
won the Grosvenor Challenge Cup in it in
1924. Initially powered by a 33 h.p. Bristol Cherub,
the Avis was
re-engined in 1925 with a 35 h.p. Blackburn Thrush. It
participated in the two-seater
tests at Martlesham Heath in 1926 and
was flown by (then Wing Commander- later Sir) William
Sholto Douglas.
The aircraft was finally withdrawn from active use in 1928.