Avro York aircraft

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British aircraft civil transport aircraft four‑engined aircraft military transport aircraft transport aircraft

The Avro York aircraft was a British four‑engined transport plane derived from the Lancaster bomber and widely used for military and civil airlift operations in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Avro York	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British aircraft ⓘ civil transport aircraft ⓘ four‑engined aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ
civilRegistrationPrefix	G- ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize	4 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed	255 mph ⓘ
derivedFrom	Avro Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
designer	Roy Chadwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineType	Rolls-Royce Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredRAFServiceInYear	1944 ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1942-07-05 ⓘ
height	32 ft ⓘ
introducedInYear	1943 ⓘ
length	78 ft 6 in ⓘ
manufacturer	Avro NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed	298 mph ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight	72000 lb ⓘ
notableOperation	Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberBuilt	259 ⓘ
numberOfEngines	4 ⓘ
primaryUser	Royal Air Force ⓘ
range	2600 mi ⓘ
retiredInDecade	1960s ⓘ
role	transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling	23000 ft ⓘ
tailConfiguration	triple-fin tail ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity	up to 56 ⓘ
usedBy	Armée de l’Air NERFINISHED ⓘ BOAC NERFINISHED ⓘ British South American Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan-Air NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistani Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ RAAF NERFINISHED ⓘ RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ SAAF NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyways NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	VIP transport ⓘ cargo transport ⓘ long-range airlift ⓘ troop transport ⓘ
usedInConflict	Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan	102 ft ⓘ