title: Avro Type F
text: # Avro Type F
  
  The Avro Type F was an early single seat British aircraft from Avro. On 1 May 1912 it became the first aircraft in the world to fly with a completely enclosed cabin for the pilot as an integral part of the design.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  It was a wire-braced mid-wing monoplane with a tailskid undercarriage. The fuselage was teardrop-shaped with flat sides and cellon windows. Oil leakage from the engine had been anticipated to obscure pilot view by coating cabin windows; so two circular windows at the pilot's head level could be opened for the pilot's head to protrude when flying, but their use proved unnecessary. Ingress and egress was via a sheet-aluminum trapdoor in the fuselage top. The cabin was quite cramped, being only 2 ft (60 cm) across at its widest point.
  
  The Type F made a few test flights in mid-1912 until damaged beyond repair in a hard landing on 13 September, after which it was not repaired. Its Viale 35 hp engine is on display at the Science Museum in London; and the rudder was preserved by the Royal Aero Club.
  
  A replica, BAPC.328. is displayed at the Avro Heritage Museum in Woodford, Greater Manchester.
  
  ## Specifications
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one pilot
  * Length: 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
  * Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
  * Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
  * Wing area: 158 sq ft (14.7 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 550 lb (250 kg)
  * Gross weight: 800 lb (360 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Viale 35 hp 5-cylinder radial , 35 hp (26 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 65 mph (105 km/h, 56 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 300 ft/min (1.5 m/s)
  