The Centaur IV was a two-seat wire-braced, fabric-covered wooden biplane designed by A.A. Fletcher.
It was the first original design to be built by Central Aircraft Company at Kilburn, London during 1919.
The Centaur IV was originally proposed in two versions: No market existed for private ownership at that time, so the eight aircraft were all built as three-seaters.
As the postwar slump continued, some of the aircraft were sold in Belgium and were still operating in 1938.
The last survivor was destroyed in the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940.