Avro 621
Tutor K3215
(c/n
The Tutor was ordered by the RAF in 1931 as a succsessor
to that famous veteran, the Avro 504,
as its standard
primary trainer. Originally powered with a 155 h.p.
Armstrong-Siddeley Mongoose
engine, later
production models were equipped with the 215 h.p. Lynx IVC
incorporating a Townend
ring cowling.
Tutors also saw service with Argentina, Canada, China, Denmark, Eire,
Estonia, Greece,
Poland and South Africa. K3215
seen above whilst with the RAF, was later civilianized as G-AHSA
and is now part
of the Shuttleworth Trust collection where it flies as K3241 for some
reason.