Fifty years ago, A. V. Roe flew the first Avro aeroplane. Today the world's most advanced and effective bomber, the delta-winged Avro Vulcan, is playing a vital operational role with the R.A.F.

From wood and wire to supersonic speeds : Avro's Golden Jubilee of aircraft marks half a century of unparalleled achievement during which the Company has produced over thirty different types of aircraft, among them the Avro 504 of the Kaiser War -at first Britain's only long-range bomber, later the most famous trainer in the world ; the Avro Avian, in which Bert Hinkler made the first solo flight to Australia, and in which Winifred Brown became the only woman to win the King's Cup Air Race ; the faithful Anson, of which 11,020 were built during 17 years of continuous production; the Lancaster which carried two-thirds of all bombs dropped by the R.A.F. between 1942 and 1945; and the Shackleton, the defender of our country's life-lines on the sea.

A fine record. A fine pedigree. Together they assure a fine future.

A. V. ROE & CO. LIMITED, MANCHESTER
MEMBER OF HAWKER SIDDELEY
ONE OF THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL LEADERS.