Avro 730
Military
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The Avro 730 reconnaissance and strategic bomber concept represented ambitious postwar thinking and advanced aerospace aspirations during the early Cold War. Crewed by three across a 49.8-meter fuselage, powered by eight engines and achieving an extraordinary 3,202.6 km/h, this aircraft embodied speculative engineering. Its development extended British experimental thinking.
Specifications
- Role
- Reconnaissance aircraft, strategic bomber
- Crew
- 3
- Engines
- 8
- Length
- 49.8 m
- Wingspan
- 18.2 m
- Max speed
- 3,203 km/h