biography
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Roe, Sir (Edwin) Alliot Verdon
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| lived:
| (1877–1958)
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| biography:
| Aircraft manufacturer, born near Manchester, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. After an apprenticeship in a locomotive works he went to sea as an engineer for three years. Returning home with an interest in flying, he built a biplane in Brooklands (1907), being the first Englishman to design, build, and fly his own aircraft. With his brother Humphrey Verdon Roe (1878–1949), he formed A V Roe & Co in 1910, producing the famous AVRO 504 bomber/trainer type that set a standard for design for many years. He sold out to Armstrong Siddeley in 1928 and formed Saunders–Roe to build flying boats at Cowes. He was knighted in 1929. |
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