| III Triplane | |
|---|---|
 Alliot Verdon Roe in thecockpit of his Roe III Triplane in September 1910 during his visit to theUnited States. | |
| General information | |
| Type | Experimental aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Avro |
| Designer | |
| Number built | 6 |
| History | |
| First flight | 24 June 1910 |
TheRoe III Triplane was an earlyaircraft designed by the British aircraft manufacturerAvro. In configuration, it was similar to theRoe II Triplane, with atriplanetailplane and an open-top fuselage of triangular cross-section, but the Roe III was a two-seater, and featuredailerons for the first time in a Roe design. The five (some sources give three) production machines differed from the prototype in having the ailerons fitted to the middle wing (the prototype's were on the upper wing) and in being powered by aGreen engine in place of the prototype'sJAP.
One example was sold to the Harvard Aeronautical Society, one was exported to theUnited States,[1] and two others suffered a curious fate whileen route to the 1910 Blackpool Meeting - sparks from thesteam locomotive taking them to Blackpool set fire to the aircraft. Roe was able to quickly replace them with new aircraft built from spare parts.
General characteristics
Related developmentRoe I Biplane -Roe I Triplane -Roe II Triplane -Roe III Triplane -Roe IV Triplane
