Beagle Husky
The Beagle A.113 Husky (originally, the Auster D.5) was a three-seat British light aircraft built in the 1960s, a development of the Auster Alpha. It first flew as an Auster design in January 1960, but that company was taken over by Beagle Aircraft in September. It was available with a choice of two engines, a 160 hp Lycoming O-320 or 180 hp Lycoming O-360. 148 examples (Auster D.4/180 and D.5/160) were built by the Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronáutico in Portugal from 1961 onwards, and the Portuguese Air Museum preserves two of these; one in flying condition.[1][2]
Operators
- Burma
- Portugal
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
Specifications (D.5/160)
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919: Volume I[5]
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 23 ft 4½ in (7.13 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
- Height: 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
- Wing area: 185 ft² (17.2 m²)
- Empty weight: 1,450 lb (659 kg)
- Loaded weight: 2,450 lb (1,114 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-A2A, 160 hp (119 kW)
Performance
References
Further reading
- Jackson, A. J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume I. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 85.
- Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 43.
See also
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