A.Jackson Avro Aircraft since 1908 (Putnam)

In the summer of 1910 A. V. Roe and Company declared its willingness to build aeroplanes to other people’s designs and the first such aircraft was a Farman-type biplane for the Bolton business man and manufacturer of Avro aero engines, Maurice F. Edwards. Bolts, fittings and bracing wires were also supplied to Miss Lilian Bland who built and flew the Mayfly biplane of her own design at Carnamony, Belfast. Each of these aircraft was fitted with one of the few examples of the 20hp two-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled Avro engines. The Farman-type evidently did not met with much success as 18 months later, at the end of 1912, the engine and airframe were advertised for sale in new condition for £45 and £60 respectively.