BRAND and MODEL
AVRO LINCOLN
TYPE
Long-range heavy bomber
ORIGIN
Great Britain
ENGINE
Four 1,305 kw (1,750 hp) CAC-built Rolls Royce Merlin 66, 85 or 102 twelve-cylinder VEE liquidcooled engines
SPECIFICATION
• Wingspan:36.57 m (120 ft)
• Length:23.88 m (78 ft 3½ in)
• Height:6.18 m (20 ft 3 in)
• Wing area:132 m² (1,421 sq ft)
• Max speed at 5,578 m (18,300 ft):499 km/h (310 mph)
• Economical cruising speed at 6,096 m (20,000 ft):346 km/h (215 mph)
• Stalling speed flaps and undercarriage down:121 km/h (75 mph)
• Range at economical cruising speed:6,437 km (4,000 miles)
• Empty weight:17,102 kg (37,702 lb)
• Loaded weight:37,195 kg (82,000 lb)
PHOTO SOURCE
tangmere-museum.org.uk
