Alliott Verdon Roe
Alliott Verdon Roe | |
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 Alliott Verdon-Roe circa 1910 | |
| Born | Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe 26 April 1877 Patricroft, Eccles, England |
| Died | 4 January 1958 (aged 80) Portsmouth, England |
Resting place | St Andrew's Church, Hamble |
| Occupation | Aircraft manufacturer |
| Known for | British aviation pioneer |
| Relatives | Humphrey Verdon Roe (brother) Harry Stopes-Roe (nephew) |
Roe in the cockpit of his Roe III Triplane in September 1910 during his visit to the United States
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe OBE, Hon. FRAeS, FIAS (26 April 1877 – 4 January 1958) was a pioneer English pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company. After experimenting with model aeroplanes, he made flight trials in 1907–1908 with a full-size biplane at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey, and officially became the first Englishman to fly an all-British machine a year later, with a triplane, on the Walthamstow Marshes.