I am interested in selling my Avro 504 propeller. I bought it from Bob Gardner (from England and known to many of you) in 2008 and it is in excellent, conserved (not restored) condition, including the cloth-covered tips.
It is marked for the 504 and the 504A. The A model was the main production version made in 1915 and 1916. It would have continued in use in 1917 and 1918. Highly interesting is that the prop carries a rare calibration data table from a Royal Aircraft Factory test on 21 May 1917 and the prop hub also has a date on it, 30 June 1917, probably when it was accepted into a Stores Depot. The prop design likely dates from 1914.
Some information about the Avro 504: in November 1914 three such aircraft bombed the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance. It was also the first plane to be shot down by the Germans, on August 22, 1944. More can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_504
If interested, I can be contacted at: smithe@rowan.edu
Mickey Smith
It is marked for the 504 and the 504A. The A model was the main production version made in 1915 and 1916. It would have continued in use in 1917 and 1918. Highly interesting is that the prop carries a rare calibration data table from a Royal Aircraft Factory test on 21 May 1917 and the prop hub also has a date on it, 30 June 1917, probably when it was accepted into a Stores Depot. The prop design likely dates from 1914.
Some information about the Avro 504: in November 1914 three such aircraft bombed the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance. It was also the first plane to be shot down by the Germans, on August 22, 1944. More can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_504
If interested, I can be contacted at: smithe@rowan.edu
Mickey Smith
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