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Avigdor Lieberman Avigdor Lieberman (), also Liberman (born on 5 June 1958 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union) is a right-wing Israeli politician and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party. He has served as the Minister of Strategic Affairs and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Israel since November 2006.
Avila Adobe The Avila Adobe, was built in 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, and has the distinction of being the oldest standing residence in Los Angeles. It is located in the paseo of famous, historical Olvera Street and is now a part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, a Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Avilius of Alexandria Avilius (Abilius in the West), also known as Milius or Melyos served as the third Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 83 and 95.
Avim The Avim in the Old Testament were a people dwelling in Hazerim, or "the villages" or "encampments" on the south-west corner of the sea-coast (). They were subdued and driven northward by the Caphtorim.
Avimimus Avimimus (ay-vih-MY-mus) meaning "bird mimic", because it resembled a bird (Latin avis = bird + mimus = mimic) was a birdlike dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia, around 75 million years ago.
Avinash Kak Avinash Kak (also known as Avi Kak to his friends around the world) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University who has done pioneering research in image processing, tomography, computer vision, and computer languages.
Avinyonet del Penedès Avinyonet del Penedès is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the south-east of the comarca, and is served by the N-340 road between Barcelona and Tarragona.
Avion (band) Avion is a Los Angeles-based alternative rock band consisting of Steve Bertrand on lead vocals and guitar, Josh Dunahoo on guitar, Joey Clement on bass, Ben Hazlett on guitar and keyboards, and Jamie Wollam on drums. Avion's front man, Steve Bertrand was formerly lead singer of the pop group The Tories, who disbanded in 2002.
Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) is Part 7 of the ARINC 664 Specification which defines how Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) networking technology will be used for future generation Aircraft Data Networks (ADN). AFDX defines a low-level network and protocol to communicate between avionics (referred to as End-System) devices in aircraft.
Avionics software Avionics software is embedded software with legally-mandated safety and reliability concerns used in avionics. The main difference between avionic software and conventional embedded software is that the development process is required by law and is optimized for safety.
Avipes Avipes (meaning "bird foot") may have been a theropod dinosaur, which lived during the Late Triassic. Its fossils were found in Bedheim, SĂĽdthĂĽringen, Germany, in lettenkohlensandstein deposits (a form of sandstone) and it was named in 1932 by von Huene.
Aviron Bayonnais Football Club Aviron Bayonnais Football Club is a French association football team founded in 1935. They are based in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group C.
Avis Durgan "Avis Durgan" is the ASCII-string on which an exclusive OR operation (XOR) was performed in the text of the vintage Sierra Entertainment AGI adventure games to keep the gamers from snooping clues in these games. In earlier versions of AGI games that booted directly from diskette, the "Avis Durgan" string was also used to encrypt sections of code as a copy-protection scheme.
Avisaurus Avisaurus or "bird-lizard" is a member of a group of Cretaceous birds called Enantiornithes. Its first known remains were leg bones, discovered in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North America (c.
Avishag Zahavi Avishag Kadman-Zahavi (born 1922 in Haifa) is an Israeli professor emeritus of Plant Physiology at The Volcani Center for Agricultural Research, Bet-Dagan, Israel. She is best known for her close collaboration with her husband Amotz Zahavi, who developed together with her the so-called Handicap principle, a sociobiological approach to the theory of natural selection.
Avishai David Rabbi Avishai Chaim David (1949 - ) is currently the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Shraga (also known as YTS) in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem, Israel, and rabbi of Beit Medrash Torani Leumi (BMTL) in Bet Shemesh. He studied under Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik for 14 years and received his semicha from RIETS, Yeshiva University, New York City.
Avishai Raviv Avishai Raviv was a member of Israel's Shin Bet or Shabak, Israel's Secret Police, as part of the Shabak Jewish Section, a controversial section of the Shabak that is used to monitor Jewish opponents of Israeli government activities.
Avishka Gunawardene Dihan Avishka Gunawardene (born May 26, 1977 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is an explosive left-handed batsman who first came into the public eye during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when he scored a century and achieved the highest score in the South African defeat.
Avista Stadium Avista Stadium is a stadium in Spokane, Washington, USA. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Spokane Indians minor league baseball team, a class A short-season affiliate of the Texas Rangers, and the Spokane RiverHawks of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.
Avital Ronell Avital Ronell is Professor of German, comparative literature, and English at New York University, where she directs the Research in Trauma and Violence project. She is a member of the faculty of the European Graduate School, as well.
Avitohol Point Avitohol Point (Nos Avitohol 'nos a-vi-to-'hol) is a point on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica projecting 700m into Hero Bay. The point is named after the legendary Khan Avitohol listed in the 8th Century ‘Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans’, who laid the foundations of the Bulgarian statehood in Europe in 165 AD.
Avitone Records Avitone Records is an independent record label formed by singer/songwriter Jody Watley in 1995, established after Watley departed ways with MCA Records. The labels first release was her fifth solo studio album Affection released the same year.
Aviv String Quartet The Aviv String Quartet was founded in Israel in 1997, and performs internationally. Among the quartet's various awards is the DaimlerChrysler Grand Prize at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition than a year after its establishment, the Aviv Quartet won second prize in the International String Quartet Competition at the Prague Spring Festival in May 1998.
Aviva Chomsky Aviva Chomsky is a professor at Salem State College (formerly Harvard), specializing in history of Latin America and the Caribbean. She is the eldest daughter of linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky and is able to speak and/or read seven languages.
Avivim school bus massacre The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack that took place in Israel on May 8, 1970 near Avivim. Palestinian gunmen from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) attacked the town's school bus, killing twelve people, mostly children.
Avjet Aspen Crash Avjet Aspen Crash was a Gulfstream III jet aircraft, registered N303GA, operating as a chartered passenger flight by Avjet Corporation, that crashed into terrain while on instrument approach to Aspen, Colorado on March 29, 2001. The 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant and 15 passengers all perished in the accident.
Avnei Eitan Avnei Eitan (), elevation 385 metres above sea level, is a Israeli moshav on the Golan Heights founded after the 1973 Yom Kippur War in honor of six Israeli soldiers who had been killed in battle. A prominent landmark in the area is one of the starting points to the El Al stream, the other being the neighbouring moshav of Eli Ad.
Avner Falk Avner Falk (1943- ) is an Israeli clinical psychologist, political psychologist and psychohistorian, known for his psychoanalytic studies of Jewish and Israeli leaders, Jewish history and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1960-1966) and at Washington University in St.
Avner Offer Avner Offer is an Economic historian and distinguished academic who currently holds the Chichele Professorship in Economic history at the University of Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and of the British Academy.
Avobenzone Avobenzone (trade names Parsol® 1789, Eusolex® 9020, Escalol® 517 and others, INCI Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane) is an oil soluble ingredient used in sunscreen products to absorb both UVA and UVB rays. Its ability to absorb ultraviolet light over a wider range of wavelengths than many organic sunscreen agents has led to its use in many commercial preparations marketed as "broad spectrum" sunscreens.
Avoca, Pennsylvania Avoca is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, ten miles (16 km) northeast of Wilkes Barre and nine miles (15 km) southwest of Scranton. As is true of much of Pennsylvania, the mining of coal was a key industry in the past.
Avoca, Victoria Avoca is a town of about a thousand people in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, some seventy kilometres northwest of Ballarat. It is one of two main towns in the Pyrenees Shire, the other being Beaufort to the south.
Avocado Declaration The Avocado Declaration was initiated in January 2004 by Californian politician Peter Camejo (b. 1939) as part of the Avocado Education Project to explain how the Green Party of the United States needed to adopt a firm and uncompromising identity if it was to promote its values and combat the opposition of the more powerful Democratic and Republican parties in the United States.
Avocent Avocent Corporation was formed in 2000 from the merger of the world’s two largest KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch manufacturers: Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation. Avocent's integration of hardware, software and embedded technologies provides a single interface to quickly and efficiently manage your IT infrastructure and solve system problems anytime, anywhere, no matter the location or health of your servers or network devices.
Avocet snipe-eel The avocet snipe-eel, Avocettina infans, is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific, at depths between 50 and 4,500 m. Their length is up to 75 cm.
Avogadro (crater) Avogadro is an ancient lunar crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The formation has been heavily worn and eroded by subsequent impacts, so that the rim is now little more than a rounded edge surrounding the crater depression.
Avogadro constant The Avogadro constant (symbols: L, NA), also called the Avogadro number and, in German scientific literature, sometimes also known as the Loschmidt constant/number, is formally defined to be the number of "entities" in one mole, that is the number of carbon-12 atoms in 12 grams (0.012 kg) of unbound carbon-12 in its rest-energy electronic state.
Avogadro's law Avogadro's law (Avogadro's hypothesis) is a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro, who in 1811 hypothesized that equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain the same number of particles, or molecules. Thus, the number of molecules in a specific volume of gas is independent of the size or mass of the gas molecules.
Avoch Avoch ( - mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Avoch was the location for Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) House, perhaps the most magnificent mansion house in the Scottish Highlands until demolished in the 1959.
Avoid One Thing Avoid One Thing was started as a side project by former Mighty Mighty Bosstones' bassist Joe Gittleman. The Boston-based group's first album, titled "Avoid One Thing," was released in 2002 on Side One Dummy Records.
Avoid the Noid Avoid the Noid is a platform computer game for the Commodore 64 and DOS operating system, written in 1989 to promote Domino's Pizza. It was modeled after the company's ad campaign during the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Avoidance play In contract bridge, avoidance play is a play technique whereby the declarer tries to avoid one particular defender to take a trick, so as to eschew a dangerous lead from that hand. The dangerous hand is usually the one who is able to finesse through declarer's honors, or to give a ruff to the partner.
Avoidance speech Avoidance speech, or "mother-in-law languages", is a feature of many Australian Aboriginal languages and some North American languages whereby in the presence of certain relatives it is taboo to use everyday speech style, and instead a special speech style must be used.
Avoided crossing The eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix depending on N continuous real parameters cannot cross except at a manifold of N-2 dimensions. In the case of a diatomic molecule (one parameter, which describes the bond length), this means that the eigenvalues do not cross.
Avokaya language Avokaya (also spelled Abukeia, Avukaya, or, in Arabic script, ) is a Nilo-Saharan language of Sudan that is also spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Avokaya speakers occupy a contiguous area along both sides of the international boundary, with Maridi in Sudan and Faradje in Congo as the main centres of the language.
Avola Avola was the name of a line of lords and later marquises in Sicily, bearing the family name Arago. The line was originated by the king Frederick II of Aragon, who gave the title "Lord of Avola" to his son Orland.
Avolition Avolition is a psychological state characterized by general lack of desire, motivation, and persistence. Commonly seen in patients with schizophrenia, those suffering from avolition will not start or complete any major tasks.
Avon (county) The County of Avon was a non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. In 1996 the county was abolished and the area split between Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire unitary local authorities.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary Avon & Somerset Constabulary is the Home Office police force in England responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Somerset and the districts of South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; before 1996 these districts formed the now-defunct county of Avon, hence the force's name. The force, providing service for 1.
Avon Cities Skiffle Group Avon Cities Skiffle Group featuring Ray Bush was founded in England during 1949 by members of the Avon Cities Jazz Band. The group became a part of the skiffle craze that swept the UK in 1957 and made several recordings and appeared on BBC Light Programme shows.
Avon Cobourne Avon Cobourne (born March 6, 1979 in Camden, New Jersey) is a football running back in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes. He was a runningback for West Virginia University from (1999-2002) before entering the NFL.
Avon Descent The Avon Descent is an annual, two-day, white water event involving both paddle craft (kayaks, surf skies) and small motor boats. It runs from Northam to Perth, Western Australia along the Avon and Swan Rivers, and is held in August of every year.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service The Avon Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory FRS or Fire and Rescue Service covering the area of what used to be the County of Avon (1974-1996) but now consists of the four unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire in South West England.
Avon Grove High School It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Avon Inflatables Avon Inflatables, Ltd is a manufacturer of inflatable boats, RIBs and marine safety equipment. The company is based in Dafen, near the town of Llanelli in South Wales, United Kingdom, and supplies the leisure, commercial and military markets.
Avon Safety Wheel The Avon Safety Wheel was a new type of wheel for cars, invented by the Avon Tyre Company of Britain in the early 1970s. With the advent of radial tyres, taking over from the older crossply type, it was found that in the event of a puncture or blowout, the tyre would be much more prone to detach from the rim, which would make a bad situation somewhat worse.
Avon Valley Railway The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. Until 2004 its eastern terminus was the station at Bitton, but an extension of 1.
Avon Wildlife Trust The Avon Wildlife Trust aims to protect and promote wildlife in the area of the former county of Avon — now Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, in England. The trust was formed in 1981, has 14,000 members and manages 38 nature reserves, covering a total of 7 km² including 12 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Avon, North Carolina Avon is a place in Dare County in the State of North Carolina in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 35°21'7" North, longitude 75°30'39" West, which is south of Salvo and north of Buxton on Hatteras Island.
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings The Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is an open-air industrial and architectural museum located in Stoke Heath, a district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Opened in 1967, the museum was conceived following the dismantling of a 15th century timber-framed house in Bromsgrove in 1967 to provide a location for its reconstruction.
Avondale Agricultural Research Station Avondale Agriculture Research Station is one of thirteen research farms/stations operated by Western Australia's Department of Agriculture. In addition to its research Avondale has historical buildings, a farming equipment museum and operates as an agriculture education centre specialising in introducing primary school children to farming and it history in Western Australia.
Avondale College Avondale College is an Australian tertiary education provider affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Avondale College has three campuses, Lake Macquarie being the primary campus situated in Cooranbong, NSW, Australia.
Avondale College, Auckland Avondale College is a secondary education provider in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. It is currently one of the largest secondary schools in New Zealand with 2654 students, with 108 of those being international studentsThere is a large cultural diversity within the school, with an ethnic composition of New Zealand European/ Pākehā 28%, Māori 9%, Samoan 15%, Chinese 12%, Indian 9%, other Asian 7%, other European 5%, Tongan 4%, Niuean 3%, other Pacific 2%, Other 6%.
Avondale High School (Auburn Hills) Avondale High School is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which is located in the greater Metro Detroit area. Avondale High School, or AHS as it is commonly known, is the only high school serving the Avondale School District.
Avondale High School (Cheadle Heath) Avondale High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, state-funded secondary school located in Cheadle Heath in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. However it should be noted that this Avondale High School lacks the charm and gumption of the Avondale High School located in Auburn Hills.
Avondale House Avondale House, Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland is the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891) one of the greatest political leaders of Irish history. It is set in a magnificent forest park of over 500 acres with tree trails and walks ranging in duration from one to five hours.
Avondale Shipyard Avondale Shipyard was an independent shipbuilding company, acquired by Litton Industries, in turn acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Now, along with the former Ingalls Shipbuilding, the yard is known as Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.
Avondale, Birmingham, Alabama Avondale, Alabama was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama. The city was annexed into Birmingham and is now divided into three separate neighborhoods, Avondale, East Avondale and South Avondale.
Avondale, Chicago Avondale is a neighborhood located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. Its main borders are the North Branch of the Chicago River, Diversey Avenue, Addison Street and Pulaski Road; bisecting the community are Belmont and Milwaukee Avenues along with the Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90/Interstate 94).
Avonite Avonite is a polyester solid-surface material that has a textured granite or gemstone look manufactured by the company Avonite Surfaces and Aristech Acrylics LLC. Avonite resembles stone, with the color being the same throughout the material.
Avonlea Avonlea is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, its sequels, and the television series Road to Avonlea. Avonlea is based on the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Avonmouth Docks The Avonmouth Docks are part of the Port of Bristol, in England. They are situated on the eastern side of the mouth of the Avon, with the Royal Portbury Dock on the western side, where the river joins the Severn estuary, within Avonmouth.
Avot (Hebrew) In the Hebrew language, Avot, "fathers," is the plural of av, "father." Although the usual form of male pluralization is -im, while -ot is used for the female plural, it is not unusual for the usages to be reversed.
Avowry In law, avowry is where one takes a distress for rent or other thing, and the other sues replevin. In which case the taker shall justify, in his plea, for what cause he took it, and if he took it in his own right, is to show it, and so avow the taking—which is called his avowry.
Avraham Korman Avraham Korman was a Galician born Orthodox Rabbi who wrote extensively (and prolifically) on many subjects. Korman was an unconventional Rabbi who didn't quite belong to any particular Orthodox group though he is most commonly identified with the Religious Zionist (Dati-Leumi) community.
Avraham Mordechai Alter Avraham Mordechai Alter (December 25 1866 - June 3 1948) who was also known by the title of his Torah book's as the Imrei Emes was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi who was the rebbe and spiritual leader of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) of Hasidic Judaism in Poland from the town of GĂłra Kalwaria (known as "Ger" in Yiddish). He succeeded his father Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter as the third rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, and was the Gerrer Rebbe from 1905 to 1948.
Avraham Rivkind Professor Avraham "Avi" Rivkind is the head of the department of general surgery and the trauma unit of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. He is admired and revered "for refusing to give up on the most hopeless patients, such as the soldier who was shot in the heart and pronounced dead on arrival and whom Rivkind revived.
Avraham son of Rambam Abraham ben Moses Maimon (Hebrew: אברהם בן משה מיימון, also Avraham son of Rambam, also Avraham Maimuni) (1185 – December 7, 1237) the son of Maimonides (Rambam) was the head of the Egyptian Jewish community following his father.
Avraham Shapira Rabbi Avraham Elkanah Kahana Shapira is a prominent figure in the Religious Zionist world. Rabbi Shapira has been the head of the Rabbinic court of Jerusalem, and both a member and the head of the Supreme Rabbinic Court.
Avraham Shlonsky Avraham Shlonsky (1900, March 6, Karyokov, Poltava guberniya - May 18, 1973, Tel Aviv-Yafo), , , was an Israeli poet born in Ukraine. He was important in the poetry of modern Hebrew, influencing literature in Israel in the fields of translation, editing, and drama.
Avraham Stern Avraham Stern (Hebrew: אברהם שטרן Avraham Shtern), alias Yair (Hebrew: יאיר) (December 23, 1907 - February 12, 1942) was the founder and leader of the Zionist underground organization later known as Lehi which was also known as the "Stern Gang".
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (אברהם ישעיה קרליץ) (also "Yishayahu", "Yeshayah", "Yeshayah", "Yishaya" - in English Abraham Isaiah Karelitz) (1878-1953) known by his pen name as the Chazon Ish (חזון אי"ש) ("Vision [of] Man"), was a Belarusian born Orthodox rabbi who became leader of Haredi Judaism in Israel. His final 20 years were in Israel from 1933 to 1953.
Avraham Yoffe Avraham Yoffe (Died 1983) was a general in the Israeli Army during the Six-Day War. He commanded a troop division in Egypt during the attack on the Sinai Peninsula, through Wadi Haroudin, an area impassable to the Israeli tanks.
Avram Davidson Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many unclassifiable but unforgettable stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and was three time winner of the World Fantasy Award in the science fiction and fantasy genre, and a Queen's Award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre.
Avram Glazer Avram Glazer is part of the Glazer family, who control First Allied Corporation, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and who have purchased a controlling interest in Manchester United, an important European football club based in Manchester, England. The family is based in Florida, in the United States.
Avram Iancu Avram Iancu (Janko Avram in Hungarian; 1824, in Vidra [de Sus], today Avram Iancu in Alba county, Romania—September 10 1872, in the same area) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains.
Avrami equation The Avrami equation describes how solids transform from one phase (state of matter) to another. It can specifically describe the kinetics of crystallisation, can be applied generally to other changes of phase in materials, like chemical reaction rates, and can even be meaningful in analyses of ecological systems.
Avril Benoît Avril Benoît is a Canadian broadcaster best known for her radio programmes and documentaries on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2006, after two decades in journalism, she left the CBC to join Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Canada as director of communications.
Avriri Avriri (Hebrew: אוורירי ,אוורירי הפקות, קולנוע אוורירי) is a new movement in cinema; a group of filmmakers from Israel, that written a manifesto titled "The Avriri Manifesto" (Tel Aviv2006) and a declaration of principles called "The Avriri Declaration" (October 2005).
Avro 707 The Avro 707 was a British experimental aircraft built to test the delta wing design for the Avro 698 jet bomber (later to become the Vulcan), and was effectively a one-third scaled-down version of that aircraft.
Avro 730 The Avro 730 was a planned British Mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft and bomber for the Royal Air Force. It was cancelled in 1957 along with other development on manned aircraft as part of the 1957 Defence White Paper.
Avro 748 The Avro 748 was a small short-range turboprop airliner designed by Avro in the late 1950s as a replacement for the now-aged DC-3's then in widespread service as feederliners. Avro concentrated on performance, notably for STOL operations, and found a dedicated market and 380 aircraft were built.
Avro Anson The Avro Anson was a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces during World War II and afterwards. Named for British admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance but was soon rendered obsolete.
Avro Jetliner The Avro C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949. It was beaten into the air by only 13 days by the de Havilland Comet, thereby becoming the second jetliner in the world, yet the name "Jetliner" was more catchy and for many years all such aircraft were colloquially given that name.
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). First used in 1942, together with the Handley-Page Halifax it was the main heavy bomber of the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving with RAF Bomber Command.
Avro Lincoln The Avro Type 694 Lincoln was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War, first flying on 9 June 1944 and entering service in August 1945, too late to be used in action. The last piston-powered bomber built for the RAF, a total of 604 were built.
Avro Manhattan Avro Manhattan (1914-1990) was an author whose works were highly critical of the Roman Catholic Church (see anti-Catholicism) (though he also wrote on other things) in politics and was the author of several works relating to the Vatican's role in world politics and world affairs.
Avro Manchester The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engined heavy bomber developed during the Second World War by the Avro aircraft company in the United Kingdom. The Manchester was a failure due to its under-developed, under-powered and unreliable engines, but it was the forerunner to the famous Avro Lancaster, one of the most successful bombers of the war.
Avro Shackleton The Avro Shackleton was a Royal Air Force long-range patrol bomber developed from the Avro Lincoln bomber with a new fuselage. It was originally used primarily in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) roles, and was later adapted for airborne early warning (AEW), search and rescue (SAR) and other roles from 1951 until 1990.
Avro Tudor The Avro Tudor was a piston-engined airliner based on Avro's four-engine Lincoln bomber, itself a descendant of the famous Avro Lancaster. Although it had reasonably long range, customers saw the aircraft as little more than a pressurised Douglas DC-3, and few orders were forthcoming.

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