Avro Cadets
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 RAAF photo | |
 photo by Phil Vabre | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Type | Biplane trainer |
| Role | Basic Flight Training |
| Designer | Avro |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Produced | 1932-39 |
| Number built | 104 |
| Primary users | RAAF; RAF; Ireland |
| In service | 1932 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
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[hide]Remarks
Known in the RAAF as Avro Trainers, the Avro 643 Cadet was a variation of the earlier Cadet 631. A modified rear fuselage with a raised rear seat. 34 of them were fitted with a rear tailwheel for the RAAF and delivered between November 1935 and February 1939. They remained in service until 1946 after which the remaining ones were sold to private buyers.. .
General characteristics
- Crew:Two - Instructor & Trainee pilot
- Length: 7.55 m
- Wingspan: 9.20 m
- Height: 2.69 m
- Empty weight: 585 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 907 kg
- Powerplant: 1 x Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major 1 A
- Maximum speed: 187 km/h
- Range: 161km/h
- Service ceiling: 3,660 m
- Armament
- Guns: Nil
- Bombs:Nil
Crew members
Ground Crew
No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF
Pre war unit
- † Herman Fred Sass 17 May 1937 - 4 Jul 1937