Taylorcraft Model K Auster AOP.VI and Auster Model Q T.7
Including AOP.8, T.10, C4 Antarctic,
Auster 6, Auster 6A Tugmaster, Auster 7 & Auster 6B/A61 Terrier
Produced Variants AOP.VI (later AOP.6) | Model J with wing tanks and external flaps replacing the original Model J's split. 145 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Major 7 |
| powerplant. | T.7 | Trainer
variant of AOP.VI. | T.10 | AOP.VI converted to T.7 standard. | C4 Antarctic |
Float/Ski equiped Auster T.7 for Antarctic Expedition support. | Auster 6 | Auster
AOP.VI converted for civilian use. | Auster 6A Tugmaster | Two seat utility / glider
tug; Auster AOP.VI converted for civilian use and fitted with enlarged tail surfaces and a towing hook. |
| 145 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 Mk.1-1. |
Auster
6B | Three seat tourer; Auster AOP.VI converted for civilian use and fitted with enlarged
tail surfaces, improved ailerons and a | | car-type interior.
145 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 Mk.1-1. Redesignated Beagle-Auster A.61 Terrier 1. | Auster 7 | Auster T.7 converted for civilian use. |
Beagle-Auster A.61 Terrier 1 | See Auster 6B. |
Beagle-Auster
A.61 Terrier 2 | Terrier 1 with improved interior, exhaust silencer and undercarriage spats. |
Beagle-Auster
A.61 Terrier 3 | One aircraft modified by BEA apprentices and fitted with 160 h.p. Lycoming O-320-B2B
powerplant. |
Projected Variants AOP.8 | Described in Flight for March
3, 1949, as a cross between an AOP.6 and a T.7 |
Aircraft Delivered As Military
Serial Range | C/n | Type | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 1 aircraft ordered from Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (later Auster Aircraft Ltd.),
Rearsby, to contract Acft/5280. Converted on production line from Mk.V airframe. | TJ707 | 1592 | AOP.VI | 1 | | | |
86 aircraft ordered from Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (later Auster Aircraft
Ltd.), Rearsby, to contract Acft/4980. Delivered between May and September 1946. | TW523 - TW540 | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1836, | AOP.VI | 18 | | | |
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1909,
1919, 1911, 1923, 1926, 1925, 1922, 1934, | | |
| | | | 1946, 1947 | |
| | | | TW561 - TW598 | 1931, 1928, 1944, 1933, 1929, 1927, 1932, 1936, | |
38 |
| | | | 1945, 1930, 1924, 1948, 1935, 1942, 1949,
1950, | | | | | | | 2451, 2452, 1939, (See Note 4), 2501, |
| | | | | | 2454 - 2470 | |
| | | | TW613 - TW642 | 2471 - 2500 | |
30 |
| | | 86 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract Acft/5424. 143 delivered as AOP.VI, one T.7
and 26 cancelled. | VF482 - VF530 | 2251-2299 | AOP.VI | 49 | | |
| VF543 - VF582 | 2300, 2502-2540 | |
40 |
| | | VF600 - VF648 | 2541-2557, 2559-2575, 2592-2595, 2839-2849 | |
49 |
| | | VF660 - VF664 | 2850, 2865-2868 | |
5 |
| | | VF665 | 2869 | T.7 | 1 | | |
T.7 prototype, first flew April 1948 | VF666 - VF670 | | AOP.VI | | | 5 |
| VF713
- VF733 | | | | | 21 | |
36 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/35.
All aircraft diverted to Canada, delivered between May and June 1948. |
VP628 - VP646 | 2558, 2576-2591, 2596-2597 |
AOP.VI |
| |
19 | Diverted to Canada | VP653
- VP669 | 2598-2600, 2851-2864 | | | | 17 |
Diverted
to Canada | 16651
- 16686 | 2558, 2576-2591, 2596-2600, 2851-2864 | | 36 | | |
R.C.A.F. | Reservations for 20 aircraft from Auster
Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby. Not proceeded with. | VR811 - VR830 | | AOP.VI | | | 20 |
| 22 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/1145. All aircraft diverted to Belgium between August and December, 1947. |
VT976
- VT984 | 2815-2823 | AOP.VI | | | 22 | Diverted to Belgian AF |
VT985
- VT987 | 2828-2830 | | | | | | VT988 - VT991 | 2824-2827 |
| | | |
| VT992
- VT997 | 2831-2836 | | | | | | A-1 - A-7 | 2816, 2823, 2818, 2819, 2815, 2822, 2820, | |
22 |
| | Belgian AF |
A-8 - A-14 | 2824, 2817, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2829, 2830, | | | | | | A-15 - A-21 | 2834, 2835, 2832, 2831, 2828, 2833, 2821, | |
| |
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A-22 | 2836 | |
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40 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/1393.
Delivered between June 1948 and May 1949. | VW985 - VW999 | none | AOP.VI | 15 | | | | VX106 - VX130 | none | | 25 | | | | 4 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/2471. Delivered between May and July 1949. | VX922 - VX925 | none | AOP.VI | 4 | | | | 7 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/2471. Delivered between December 1949
and February 1950. | VX926 - VX929 | none | T.7 | 4 | | |
| VX934 - VX936 | |
| 3 | | | | 1 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/5425. Ddelivered February 1950. | VX942 | none | AOP.VI | 1 | | |
| 75 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/3934, 69 delivered between February 1950 and January 1952, 6 cancelled. |
WE534 - WE572 | none | T.7 | 39 | | |
| WE587 - WE616 | |
| 30 | | | | WE617 - WE622 | |
| | | 6 | |
6 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, for the R.C.A.F.,
delivered between March and July 1951. | 16687 - 16692 | none | T.7 | 6 | | | | 44 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/5920. 36 delivered as AOP.VI between
June 1952 and March 1953. 4 AOP.VI and 4 T.7 cancelled. | WJ354 - WJ378 | none | AOP.VI | 25 | | | | WJ398 - WJ408 | none | | 11 | | |
| WJ409
- WJ412 | | | | | 4 | |
WJ452
- WJ455 | | T.7 | |
| 4 |
| 20 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/6407. Cancelled. | WR920 - WR934 | | AOP.VI | | | 15 |
| WR939 - WR943 | | T.7 | | | 5 | | 5 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, for the S.A.A.F., delivered in 1953. |
5407 - 5411 | none? | AOP.VI | 5 | | |
| 6 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, for the Arab Legion (Jordanian) Air Force. 4 delivered as AOP.VI, 2 as T.7. |
A403 - A406 | ???? | AOP.VI | 4 | | | |
A410 - A411 | ???? | T.7 | 2 | | | | 3 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, for the Burmese Air Force. |
??? | ???? | T.7 | 3 | | | | | Total
Production
(Military) | | 466 | | 138 | |
Serial
Range | Type | Qty | Notes | 17 aircraft
supplied to the Royal Indian Air Force. Delivered in September 1947. | | AOP.VI | 17 | Ex
TW585 - TW590, TW595 - TW598, TW613 - TW615, TW618, TW620, TW622, TW623 | 5 aircraft supplied to the Royal
Pakistan Air Force. Delivered in September 1947. | | AOP.VI | 5 | Ex
TW592, TW594, TW598, TW613, TW617 | 2
aircraft supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force. Delivered in January 1952 for the Antarctic Flight. | A11-200
- A11-201 | AOP.VI | 2 | VX126,
VX127 | 1
aircraft bought by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in July 1956. | NZ1707 | T.7 | 1 | Ex
WE563 | | | 25 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | Serial
for one aircraft allocated. Not Built | WB323 | none | | | 1 | | | Total Production | |
| 1 | |
Aircraft Converted from AOP.6 Serial Range | C/n | Conv. | Notes | VF516,
VF543 | 2285, 2300 | (2) | | VF628,
VF636 | 2570,
2594 | (2) | | VX123,
VX942, WJ363 | none | (3) | | WJ368,
WJ401, WJ404 | none | (3) | | | Total Production | (10) | |
Aircraft Converted from T.7 Serial
Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 2 aircraft converted
by Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, in 1955 for the Trans Antarctic Expedition. | WE563, WE600 | | | (2) | | | | Total Production | | (2) | | |
Aircraft Converted from AOP.6 C/n | Initial Registration | Notes | | C/n | Initial Registration | Notes |
none | G-APRO | Ex
WJ370 | | 2817 | OO-FDD | Ex
Belgian AF A-9 | 1925 | G-BNGE | Ex
TW536 | | 2818 | OO-FDA | Ex
Belgian AF A-3 | 1928 | G-ALGW | Ex
TW562 not completed | | 2820 | OO-FDB | Ex
Belgian AF A-7 | 1942 | D-ECKO | Ex
TW574 | | 2821 | OO-OVL | Ex
Belgian AF A-21 | 2558 | CF-MMY | Ex
RCAF16651 | | 2824 | OO-FDC | Ex
Belgian AF A-8 | 2576 | CF-KBV | Ex
RCAF16652 | | 2825 | OO-FDG | Ex
Belgian AF A-13 | 2578 | CF-FJM | Ex
RCAF16654 | | 2826 | OO-FDE | Ex
Belgian AF A-11 | 2579 | C-FKBW | Ex
RCAF16655 | | 2827 | OO-FDF | Ex
Belgian AF A-12 | 2580 | CF-LGM | Ex
RCAF16656 | | 2831 | OO-FDK | Ex
Belgian AF A-18 | 2586 | CF-XNF | Ex
RCAF16662 | | 2832 | OO-FDJ | Ex
Belgian AF A-17 | 2587 | CF-KJP | Ex
RCAF16663 | | 2834 | OO-FDH | Ex
Belgian AF A-15 | 2589 | CF-KGZ | Ex
RCAF16665 | | 2835 | OO-FDI | Ex
Belgian AF A-16 | 2590 | CF-LXT | Ex
RCAF16666 | | 2836 | OO-FDL | Ex
Belgian AF A-22 | 2591 | CF-LIC | Ex
RCAF16667 | | 2853 | CF-LPA | Ex
RCAF16675 | 2596 | CF-MOE | Ex
RCAF16668 | | 2855 | CF-LSU | Ex
RCAF16677 | 2598 | C-FLWK | Ex
RCAF16670 | | 2857 | CF-KFN | Ex
RCAF16679 | 2599 | CF-LWA | Ex
RCAF16671 | | 2862 | CF-OMW | Ex
RCAF16684 | 2600 | C-FLOE | Ex
RCAF16672 | | none | C-GCID | Ex
?? | | | | | none | ZS-ECW | Ex
SAAF5408 |
Total Conversions (36) | Total (Not Converted) (1) |
Aircraft Converted from AOP.6 New
C/n (Original C/n) | Initial Registration | Notes | | New C/n (Original C/n) | Initial Registration | Notes | (1905) | G-ARDX | Ex
TW524 | | 3724 | G-ASHY | Ex
VX110 | (2261) | G-ARKC | Ex
VF492 | | 3725 | G-ASNB | Ex
VX118 | (2281) | G-ARRX | Ex
VF512 | | 3727/1 (1910) | SE-ELI | Ex
TW529 | (2295) | G-ARXU | Ex
VF526 | | 3728 (2452) | SE-ELC | Ex
TW578 | (2299) | G-ARGI | Ex
VF530 | | 3731 (2451) | OH-AUK | Ex
TW577 | (2463) | G-ARIH | Ex
TW591 | | 3732 (1934) | SE-ELB | Ex
TW538 | (2482) | G-ARCY | Ex
TW624 | | 3734 | SE-ELE | Ex
WJ373 | (2506) | G-ASEG | Ex
VF548 | | 3735 (1924) | SE-ELF | Ex
TW571 | (2515) | G-ARHM | Ex
VF557 | | 3736 (2541) | SE-ELG | Ex
VF600 | (2544) | G-ASOC | Ex
VF603 | | 3737 | SE-ELH | Ex
spare airframe | (2549) | G-ASIP | Ex
VF608 | | 3738 (1922) | SE-ELP | Ex
TW537 | (2556) | G-ASIF | Ex
VF615 | | 3743 (2283) | SE-ELM | Ex
VF514 | (2593) | G-ARGB | Ex
VF635 | | 3744 | LN-AEV | Ex
spare airframe | | G-ASEF | Ex
VW985 | | 3745 | G-ASTI | Ex
WJ359 | | G-ARYD | Ex
WJ358 | | | ZS-EFL | Ex SAAF 5409 | | G-APRO | Ex
WJ370 | | | | |
Aircraft Converted from T.7
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes | none | CF-KLD | Ex RCAF16690 | none | CF-KPL | Ex RCAF16692 | none | CF-KPM | Ex RCAF16689 | none | CF-KYB | Ex RCAF16691 | Total Production (4) |
Aircraft Converted From Type As Noted
New C/n
(Original C/n) | Initial
Registration | Notes | | New C/n (Original C/n) | Initial Registration | Notes | (1936) | G-ARLM | Ex AOP.6 TW568 -
see note 3 | | 3720 | G-ARLH | Ex AOP.6 VX109 | (2296) | G-ARRN | Ex AOP.6 VF527 | | 3721 | G-ARLR | Ex AOP.6 VW996 | (2487) | G-ARLN | Ex AOP.6 TW629 - see note 3 | | 3722 | G-ARNO | Ex AOP.6 VX113 | (2500) | G-ARLO | Ex AOP.6 TW642
- see note 3 | | 3723 | G-ARTM | Ex T.7 WE536 | (2506) | G-ASEG | Ex AOP.6
VF548 | | 3724 | G-ARLP | Ex T.10 VX123 | (2529) | G-ARUI | Ex AOP.6 VF571 | | 3726 | G-ARXL | Ex T.7 WE555 | (2539) | G-ARSL | Ex AOP.6
VF581 | | 3727 | G-ARLN | Ex T.7 WE558 | (2573) | G-ARLM | Ex AOP.6 VF631 - see note 3 | | 3729 | G-ARUX | Ex T.7 WE611 | (2573) | G-ARLP | Ex AOP.6
VF631 - see note 3 | | 3730 | G-ASKJ | Ex AOP.6 VX926 | (2575) | G-ASCG | Ex AOP.6 VF633 | | 3733 | SE-ELD | Ex T.7 WE553 | (2577) | C-FNQC | Ex AOP.6
RCAF16653 | | 3739 | SE-ELK | Ex T.7 VX935 | | G-ATHU | Ex T.7 WE539 | | 3740 | SE-ELL | Ex T.10 VF543 | | G-AVCR | Ex T.7 WE572 | | 3741 | SE-ELN | Ex T.7 WE554 | | G-AVCS | Ex AOP.6 WJ363 | | 3742 | G-ASZX | Ex T.10 WJ368 | | | | | 3746 | G-AVYU | Ex T.10 WJ401 |
Aircraft Converted From Type As Noted New
C/n(2) (Original C/n) | Initial Registration | Notes | | New C/n(2) (Original C/n) | Initial Registration | Notes |
B.601 | G-ARLR | Ex
AOP.6 VW996 | | B.625 | ZK-CDG | Ex
T.7 WE542 | B.602 | G-ARZT | Ex
T.7 WE604 | | B.626 | G-ASIE | Ex
AOP.6 VX924 | B.603 | G-ARZU | Ex
T.7 WE535 | | B.627 | G-ASOI | Ex
T.10 WJ404 | B.604 | G-ASAK | Ex
T.7 WE591 | | B.628 (2592) | G-ASWM | Ex
AOP.6 VF634 | B.605 | G-ASAJ | Ex
T.7 WE569 | | B.629 (2285) | G-ASMZ | Ex
T.10 VF516 | B.606 | G-ASAC | Ex
T.7 WE587 | | B.630 (2296) | G-ARRN | Ex
Terrier 1 | B.607
(2508) | G-ASAG | Ex
AOP.6 VF550 | | B.631 | G-ASRL | Ex
T.7 WE609 | B.608 | G-ASAN | Ex
T.7 VX928 | | B.632 | G-ASEY | Built
from AOP.6 spares | B.609
(1911) | G-ASAX | Ex
AOP.6 TW533 | | B.633 | G-ASRG | Ex
T.7 WE599 | B.610 | G-ASAD | Ex
T.7 WE559 | | B.634 (2288) | G-ASYN | Ex
AOP.6 VF519 | B.611 | G-ASAE | Ex
T.7 WE606 | | B.635 (2552) | G-ATBU | Ex
AOP.6 VF611 | B.612 | G-ASBT | Ex
T.7 WE603 | | B.636 (2510) | G-ASZE | Ex
AOP.6 VF522 | B.613 | G-ASBU | Ex
T.7 WE570 | | B.637 | G-ASYG | Ex
T.7 VX927 | B.614 | D-ECKO | Ex
AOP.6 TW574 | | B.638 (2499) | G-ATDN | Ex
AOP.6 TW641 | B.615 | G-ASCD | Ex
AOP.6 VW993 | | B.639 (2533) | G-ATKJ | Ex
AOP.6 VF575 | B.616 | HB-EUD | Ex
T.7 WE571 | | B.640 (2502) | G-ASPD | Ex
AOP.6 VF544 | B.617 | G-ASCF | Ex
T.7 WE548 | | B.641 (2570) | G-ASUI | Ex
T.10 VF628 | B.618
(2575) | G-ASCG | Ex
AOP.6 VF633 | | B.643 (2562) | G-ATMS | Ex
AOP.6 VF620 | B.619
(2523) | G-ASCH | Ex
AOP.6 VF565 | | B.644 (2566) | D-EEBN | Ex
AOP.6 VF624 | B.620
(2571) | G-ASCI | Ex
AOP.6 VF629 | | B.645 (2487) | EI-ARO | Ex
AOP.6 TW629 | B.621 | G-ASOY | Ex
T.7 WE551 | | B.646 (1936) | G-AYDW | Ex
AOP.6 TW568 | B.622
(2274) | G-ASOM | Ex
AOP.6 VF505 | | B.647 | G-AYDX | Ex
T.10 VX121 | B.623 | G-ASFM | Ex
T.10 VX942 | | B.702 (2573) | G-ASDK | Ex
Terrier 1 G-ARLM | B.624
(2560) | G-ASNT | Ex
AOP.6 VF618 | | B.703 (3727) | G-ASDL | Ex
Terrier 1 G-ARLN |
Aircraft Converted from AOP.6 C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes | B.642 | G-AVYK | Ex
WJ357 | Total Production (1) |
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Summary - Military Aircraft By Customer Summary - Model
K, All Aircraft By Type Customer | AOP.VI | T.7 | T.10 | | Type | Original Build | Conv. | Canc'd | RAF
/ AAC | 333 | 77 | (10) | | AOP.VI | 378 | | 123 | RCAF | 36 | 6 |
|
| T.7 | 88 | | 15 | SAAF | 5 | |
|
| AOP.8 | | | 1 | Arab
Legion AF | 4 | 2 |
|
| T.10 | | (10) | | Burma
AF | | 3 |
|
| Auster C.4 Antarctic | | (2) | | | 378 | 88 | (10) | | Auster
6 | | (40) | | | | | | | Auster 6A Tugmaster | | (31) | | | | | | | Auster 7 | | (4) | | | | | | | Auster A.61 Terrier 1 | | (26) | | | | | | | Auster A.61 Terrier
2 | | (48) | | | | | | | Auster
A.61 Terrier 3 | | (1) | | | | | | | | 466 | (162) | 139 |
Notes C/n's given are for the whole serial batch and do NOT follow in order of serial numbers.- Terrier
2 and 3 models were produced under the BEAGLE name and C/n's follow the BEAGLE numbering sequence.
- For ferrying
from St. Athan to Kiddlington, TW568, TW629, TW642 and VF631 were allocated civil registrations G-ARLM-P respectively. However,
only G-ARLO was to retain this identity along with its original c/n. TW568, TW629 and VF631 were converted to Terrier Series
2 as G-AYDW (c/n B.646) and EI-ARO (c/n B.645) and Terrier Intermediate Series 2 as G-ARLM (retaining c/n 2573) respectively
[13].
- http://austerhg.org [4] gives TW580 as both c/n 1943 and 2453. The latter would appear to be more likely.
Page Revision
History Page Top
Revised at Version 1.4.0 - Corrected c/ns for Auster VIs and T.7s.
- Cancelled
note 1, added note 4.
Revised at Version 1.2.0 - Deleted note 3 (associated
to Terrier 2 c/n B.601).
- Revised Terrier 1 details and added new note 3.
- Revised Auster 7 details.
V1.4.4 Created by Roger
Moss. Last updated August 2020
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