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Avro Manchester 2024-05-19

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Start date May 19, 2024

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Avro Manchester - Model by Les Stone

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The Manchester was known for two things, the first was that it was the forerunner of the Avro Lancaster and the second reason was that because of the engines fitted it was notoriously unreliable. The Rolls Royce vulture engines were underdeveloped when placed in production and as a result any aircraft fitted was doomed to fail. The Rolls Royce Vulture used the four cylinder blocks from the Rolls Royce Peregrine arranged in an X layout, a simple idea to...