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The Roe II Triplane sometimes known as the Mercury was an early British aircraft and the first product of the Avro company. It was designed by Alliott Verdon Roe as a sturdier development of his wood-and-paper Roe I Triplane. Two examples were built one as a display machine for Roe's new firm and the second was sold to W. G. Windham. The longest recorded flight made by the II Triplane was only 600 ft (180 m).

The Roe II Triplane, sometimes known as the Mercury, was an early British aircraft and the first product of the Avro company.1
to look after his new Roe II triplane, the first example of which, named "Mercury", was that day introduced to the public at the Olympia Aero Show.2

Made by Avro.

was the Roe II Triplane, one of a series of early designs that culminated in the Avro 500 biplane of 1912, considered by Roe to be his first truly successful design.3
Wing Area Sqm
26
Designer
Alliott Verdon Roe
Eng 1 Type
Green C.4
First Flight
April 1910
Eng 1 Kw
26
Span In
Gross Weight Lb
550
Number Built
2
Crew
one pilot
Gross Weight Kg
250
Height In
Manufacturer
Avro
Max Speed Mph
40
Max Speed Kmh
64
Height Ft
9
Span Ft
26
Wing Area Sqft
28
Met Or Eng
eng
Span M
8
Length Ft
23
Height M
3
Sequence
I (Biplane)-I (Triplane) - II - III - IV
Eng 1 Hp
35
Eng 1 Number
1
Length In
Length M
7
Category
Avro aircraft
British experimental aircraft 1910-1919
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft
Triplane aircraft

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