AVRO-685 YORK
Avro-685 York belonging to the 25F squadron. (Michel Quinton)
 

UTILITY AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT

HISTORY

The York was introduced in 1942 as a military transport employing the wing, engines and tail unit of the Lancaster bomber.

Post-war Avro York. (ARR)

Production of the York continued until April 1948, when the 253rd and last machine of this type was delivered.

A number of war surplus York military transports and post-war built civil freighters remained in service with non-scheduled operators in various parts of the world. The York is powered by four 1,620 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines.
The French Naval Aviation operated between 1954 and 1962 fiveYorks allocated to the 25F and 31S (2 examples) squadrons based at NAS Lann-Bihoué. The "MW169" was offered to the Général de Gaulle and therefore used by the French Air Force within the GLAM command.

 

SPECIFICATIONS
(US)
(FR)
LENGTH
76 ft 10 in
23 m
WINGSPAN
102 ft
31 m
HEIGHT
17 ft 10 in
5.18 m
WEIGHTS
39 458 lb (empty)/ 71 000 lb (full)
17 897 kg (empty)/ 32 205 kg (full)
MAX SPEED
306 mph
492 km/ h
RANGE
-
-
OUTPUT
6 480 hp
4 832 kW

 

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