Avro 523 Pike

523 Pike
General information
TypeMulti-role military aircraft
ManufacturerAvro
Designer
Primary userAvro
Number built2
History
First flightMay 1916

The Avro 523 Pike (the first Avro aircraft to receive a name) was a British multi-role combat aircraft of the First World War that did not progress past the prototype stage. It was intended to provide the Royal Naval Air Service with an anti-Zeppelin fighter that was also capable of long-range reconnaissance and bombing.