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Avro 621 Tutor


Two-Seat Basic Trainer Biplane Aircraft


United Kingdom | 1933



"The Avro 621 Tutor became a mainstay trainer for various air powers of the world thanks to its Avro 504 lineage."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Avro 621 Tutor Two-Seat Basic Trainer Biplane Aircraft.
1 x Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC air-cooled radial piston engine developing 240 horsepower driving two-bladed propeller at the nose.
Propulsion
120 mph
193 kph | 104 kts
Max Speed
16,001 ft
4,877 m | 3 miles
Service Ceiling
250 miles
402 km | 217 nm
Operational Range
Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the Avro 621 Tutor Two-Seat Basic Trainer Biplane Aircraft.
2
(MANNED)
Crew
26.4 ft
8.04 m
O/A Length
34.0 ft
(10.36 m)
O/A Width
9.6 ft
(2.92 m)
O/A Height
1,843 lb
(836 kg)
Empty Weight
2,493 lb
(1,131 kg)
MTOW
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the Avro 621 Tutor family line.
621 Tutor - Base Series Designation; two-seat basic trainer.
621 Tutor II - Redesigned Wing Strut Arrangement.
646 Sea Tutor - Seaplane Derivative for Royal Navy; fitted with twin floats for naval operation.
PWS-18 - Polish designation for local licensed production of 621 Tutor models; some 40 examples produced.
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The Avro 621 Tutor was a primary component of RAF and RN pilot training in the interwar years. Developed from the World War 1 era Avro 504 series, the 621 type proved to be a follow-up success. Built to some 852 examples, the 621 graduated many an airmen from some ten world air forces during her production run making a special place for the aircraft in the annals of aviation history.

Design of the Avro 621 Tutor was of a basic biplane type with twin tandem seating for the student and instructor respectively in the tubular-shaped fuselage. Windscreens were afforded each seating position as were redundant control systems. The biplane structure was connected via a series of struts between them while the engine was fitted to the extreme forward portion of the design rotating a two-blade propeller. Landing gear were of the traditional World War 1 static design and a tail wheel was fitted at rear.

In training, the Tutor proved to be of exceptional quality while handling was deemed excellent. This was no doubt partly due to the fact of the types origins in the excellent and highly successful Avro 504 series designed during the First World War. Some 200 Tutor trainers were still in operational use with British forces by the time of the Second World War. In all, production was handled by the United Kingdom (Avro), South Africa and Poland (both of the latter under license production rights). The UK line would stop production of the 621 by 1936 by which time some near 800 models would be in circulation.

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Operators
Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the Avro 621 Tutor. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national aircraft listing.

Total Production: 852 Units

Contractor(s): Avro / A. V. Roe - UK
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