Auster B5 AOP.9
Produced Variants AOP.9 | High
wing three seat military air observation aircraft to Specification A.20/49 to meet the requirements of OR.270. 180 h.p. Blackburn | | Cirrus Bombardier 203 powerplant. | 9M | Civilianised version of the AOP.9. |
Projected Variants
(none) | Unnamed
STOL variant fitted with slats. 240 h.p. Continental 0-470-B powerplant. |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | 56
aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/5920, delivered between June 1954 and December 1955. | WZ662
- WZ679 | | 18 | | | | WZ694
- WZ731 | | 38 | | | | 25 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd.,
Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/11436, delivered between February 1956 and March 1957. | XK374
- XK382 | | 9 | | | | XK406
- XK421 | | 16 | | | | 15
aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract KC/N/034, delivered between September 1959 and April 1960. | XN407
- XN412 | | 6 | | | | XN435
- XN443 | | 9 | | | | 33 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd.,
Rearsby, to contract KC/N/047, delivered between November 1960 and November 1961. | XP232
- XP254 | | 23 | | | XP254 to AOP.11 | XP277
- XP286 | | 10 | | | | XS238 | | 1 | | | Replacement for XP254 delivered November 1962 | 16 aircraft
ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract KC/N/058, delivered between November 1961 and April 1962. | XR236
- XR246 | | 11 | | | | XR267
- XR271 | | 5 | | | | 10 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd.,
Rearsby, for India. | IN-755 - IN-764 | 2990-2999 | 10 | | | | 25 aircraft
ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, for India. | IN-1659 - IN-1683 | 3422
- 3446 | 25 | | | | 2 aircraft ordered from Auster Aircraft
Ltd., Rearsby, for the S.A.A.F. | 5412 - 5413 | ??? | 2 | | | | Total Production | 183 | | | |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes | | G-AVHT | Ex WZ711 | | G-AVXY | Ex XK417 | | G-AXRR | Ex XR241 | | G-AXWA | Ex XN437 | | G-AYUA | Ex XK416 | | G-AZBU | Ex XR246 | | G-BDER | Ex WZ672 | | G-BDFH | Ex XR240 | | G-BDXY | Ex XR269 | B.704 | G-BEBF | Thought to be a proposed rebuild from componants. Not completed | | G-BGBU | XN435 | | G-BGKT | Ex XN441 | | G-BGTC | Ex XP282 | | G-BJXR | Ex XR267 | | G-BKVK | Ex WZ662 | | G-BUCI | Ex XP242 | | G-BURR | Ex WZ706 | | G-BWKK | Ex XP279 | | G-BXON | Ex WZ729 | | G-CEHR | Ex XP241 | | G-CICR | Ex XR244 | | N38224 | Ex XN407 | | N408XN | Ex XN408 | | VH-XKA | Ex XK406 | Total Production
(23) |
Military Aircraft By Customer All Aircraft By Type
Customer | Qty Built | | Type | Original Build | Conv. | Not Completed | RAF
/ AAC | 146 | | AOP.9 | 183 |
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| India | 35 | | 9M | | (23) | (1) | SAAF | 2 | | | 183 | (23) | (1) | | 183 | | | | | |
Production References - British Civil
Aircraft Since 1919, Vol 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1973)
- Air Enthusiast Quarterly 122
- http://austerhg.org
- http://www.caa.co.uk
- RAF Aircraft Register Series, Various Volumes (Air-Britain Publications)
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