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670 616 629: Exactly 299 792 458 m/s, by definition of the metre: Speed m/s ft/s km/h mph Notes Psychology. According to Jean Piaget, ...
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant that is exactly equal to 299,792,458 metres per second (approximately 300,000 kilometres per second; 186,000 miles per second; 671 million miles per hour).
Southern Sun Avro 618 Ten, 'Faith in Australia' (formerly Southern Moon) cockpit, 1933. The first five aircraft were sold to the new Australian National Airways.The type entered service on 1 January 1930 on the Brisbane-Sydney route, and later Melbourne-Sydney. [1]
On return from Canada, the Mailplane was entered in the 1932 King's Cup Race, where it recorded the fastest speed of 176 mph (283 km/h), [2] although owing to the handicap system, it came 29th. [ 1 ] After conversion to the Avro 654, the aircraft operational life was short, it being dismantled at Woodford Aerodrome in 1934.
The Avenger was designed as a private venture and Roy Chadwick penned a machine of great aerodynamic cleanliness for its time. As originally built, it was powered by a 525 hp (391 kW) Napier Lion VIII and it first flew on 26 June 1926, [1] but no order was forthcoming; this was partly because by the time it was evaluated, the Air Ministry did not favour the Lion as a fighter engine.
The Avro 536 and its follow-on design, the 546 were developments of the 504 military biplane, marketed for civil use in the years following World War I.Principally intended for joyriding, the aircraft had greater wing area and a more powerful engine to lift four passengers, seated in two rows of side-by-side seats behind the pilot.
Data from Avro Aircraft since 1908 General characteristics Crew: one pilot Capacity: two passengers Length: 29 ft 5 in (8.97 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m) Height: 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) Wing area: 330 sq ft (30.7 m 2) Empty weight: 1,338 lb (607 kg) Gross weight: 1,943 lb (881 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Renault 80 hp air-cooled V-8 engine, 80 hp (60 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 80 mph (129 km/h ...
The Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft produced by Hawker Siddeley for the Royal Air Force (RAF), developed from the Avro-designed HS 748 airliner.