Avro 530

The Avro 530 was a British two-seat fighter biplane designed in 1916 to compete with the Bristol F.2A, of fabric-covered wooden construction and powered by a 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engine. It was first flown in July 1917. Its performance proved good, but it did not improve enough on the Bristol F.2A to earn production orders, and priority for the Hispano-Suiza engines was being given to the S.E.5a. In 1918 a second 530 was fitted with a 200 hp Sunbeam Arab engine, but development was then abandoned.