Roe III Triplane

Avro

Industry	Aviation
Founded	1910
Headquarters	United Kingdom

Template:Infobox aircraft The Roe III Triplane represents an early model of aircraft produced by the British firm Avro. Its design bore resemblance to the Roe II Triplane, featuring a triplane tailplane and an open fuselage with a triangular cross-section. However, the Roe III was distinct in accommodating two occupants and incorporated ailerons for the first time in a Roe model. Production versions—reported as five units, though some accounts mention three—varied from the prototype by relocating the ailerons to the middle wing (the prototype had them on the upper wing) and replacing the prototype’s JAP engine with a Green powerplant.

One unit was acquired by the Harvard Aeronautical Society, another was shipped to the United States, while two others encountered an unusual incident during transit to the 1910 Blackpool Meeting—sparks from the steam locomotive transporting them ignited the aircraft. Roe managed to rapidly reconstruct replacements using spare components.