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Austin Production
For a description of the format and data included in
Production Tables, see here.
Produced Types | A.F.B.1 | Single seat biplane fighter. One 200 h.p. Hispano-Suiza powerplant. | | A.F.T.3 Osprey | Single seat triplane fighter to meet Specification A.1(a). One 230 h.p. Bentley B.R.2 powerplant. | | Greyhound | Two seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane to Specifications RAF Type lIl & Type IX. One 320 h.p. A.B.C. Dragonfly
I powerplant. | | Whippet | Single seat touring biplane. One 45 h.p. Anzani powerplant. | | Kestrel | Two seat touring biplane built for the 1920 Air Ministry Competition. 200 h.p. Beardmore powerplant. |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft ordered from Austin Motor Company, Birmingham,
to contract 87/A/1524. First flew July, 1917 | | B9909 | | 1 | |
| | | none | | | | 1 |
Possibly
the second, unbuilt, Austin-Ball fighter would have been designated A.F.B.2 | | Total Production | 1 | | 1 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 3 aircraft ordered from Austin Motor Company, Birmingham,
under Licence No.17. First flew February 1918. | | X15 | | 1 | |
| | | X16 - X17 | |
| | 2 | Not completed. | | Total Production | 1 | | 2 | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 3 aircraft ordered from Austin Motor Company, Birmingham,
to contract 35A/1226/C1146 & AS18024/18. First flew May 1919. |
| H4317 - H4319 |
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3 |
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| Total Production | 3 | | | |
C/n | Initial Registration | Notes |
| 5 aircraft
built by the Austin Motor Company, Birmingham. First flew mid 1919. | | AU.1 | K-158/G-EAGS | Retained
by the Austin Motor Co. | | AU.2 |
G-EAPF |
To
C.P.G. Ogilvie. To New Zealand 1929, reputedly as ZK-ACR (but see AU.4) | | AU.3 | G-EAUZ | To AJ Greenshields.
To Argentina as R-151 in 1920. | | AU.4 |
ZK-ACR |
To
New Zealand in 1921, originally unregistered; registered ZK-ACR in 1931. | | AU.5 | none | To New
Zealand in 1921, never flown. | Total Production 5 |
C/n | Initial Registration | Notes |
| 1 aircraft
built by the Austin Motor Company, Birmingham. First flew mid 1920. | | none | G-EATR | Retained
by the Austin Motor Co. | Total Production 1 |
| Type |
Built New |
Conv. |
Canc'd |
Total |
| A.F.B.1 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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A.F.T.3 Osprey |
1 |
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2 |
3 |
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Greyhound |
3 |
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3 |
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Whippet |
5 |
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5 |
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Kestrel |
1 |
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1 |
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11 |
0 |
3 |
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Production References - British
Aeroplanes 1914-18, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1957)
- British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Vol 1, A.J. Jackson
(Putnam, 1973)
- The Complete Civil Register of New Zealand, Air Britain Archive, Various Issues (Air-Britain
Publications)
- http://www.caa.co.uk
- Aviation In Birmingham, Geoffrey Negus and Tommy Staddon (Midland Counties Publishing, 1984)
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