Another RAF type, the Avro 701 Athena. Designed to Spec T.7/45 for a three-seat advanced turboprop-powered advanced trainer. The Athena, likes its Boulton Paul Balliol competitor, was converted to RR Merlin power when the turboprops failed to be reliable enough to use. Only 15 T.Mk.2 were built before production ceased in favour of the Balliol.