Roe II Triplane

Avro

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1910
Founder	Alliott Verdon Roe
Products	Aircraft

The Roe II Triplane, occasionally referred to as the Mercury, was among the earliest British aeroplanes and marked the inaugural creation of the Avro company. Designed by Alliott Verdon Roe, it represented a more robust iteration of his original wood-and-paper Roe I Triplane. Two units were constructed: one served as a demonstrator for Roe’s newly established enterprise, while the other was purchased by W. G. Windham. The aircraft’s longest documented flight covered a distance of 600 ft (180 m).