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LOT 173

A 1:4 SCALE MODEL OF THE 1911 ROE IV TRIPLANE,

Sold for US$5,075 inc. premium
Lot 173

Property from the Collection of Don C. Boulton

A 1:4 SCALE MODEL OF THE 1911 ROE IV TRIPLANE,

A 1:4 SCALE MODEL OF THE 1911 ROE IV TRIPLANE,

museum quality model, with dummy engine, fully rigged struts, 8 foot wingspan.

The Roe IV Triplane was an early British aircraft designed by Alliot Verdon Roe and built by A.V. Roe and Company (later to be named Avro). It was first flown in September 1910 and retired in August 1911. It was powered by a 35 horsepower Green water-cooled four-cylinder inline engine, with the radiator mounted above the fuselage between the front inner inter-plane struts. The single example built was used for a while as a trainer at the Avro Flying School at Brooklands, Surrey, England, where several pilots who were to become famous learnt to fly in it, including Howard Pixton, who gained his Aero Club certificate in it on 24 January 1911. During its service as a trainer it was crashed numerous times, including at least twice into the notorious Brooklands sewage farm!

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