Beagle A.109 and A.111 Airdale
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Type Description
- A.109 Airedale
- Four-seat, high-wing braced monoplane with a fixed, tricycle undercarriage, developed from the unbuilt Auster D.8 project. Construction continued the methods previously used by Auster, using some of the earlier Auster jigs and tooling, utilising welded steel tube covered by light alloy for the fuselage with fibreglass forward and fabric aft. The wings were metal spared with a metal leading edge, fibreglass tips, and fabric covering. The first three D.8 airframes were in construction when Beagle Aircraft bought Auster in 1960, at which point Beagle began introducing a series of major modifications to the D.8, which included moving the pilot's door aft and adding a second door on the right, widening the rear cabin, lengthening the rear fuselage and adding a swept fin, as well as many minor changes. One 180 h.p. Lycoming O-360-A1A powerplant.
- A.111 Airedale
- As A.109 but fitted with 175 h.p. Rolls-Royce Continental GO-300 powerplant.
| A.109 Airedale Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 36 ft 4 in | 26 ft 4 in | 10 ft | 185 sq ft | 1630 lb | 2750 lb | 133 mph/ 116 kn | 140 mph/ 122 kn | 940 mi | 12000 ft |
| 11.07 m | 8.03 m | 3.05 m | 17.19 m2 | 739 kg | 1247 kg | 214 km/h | 225 km/h | 1513 km | 3658 m |
Projected Variants
- A.121
- A series of A.109 derivatives, including a 5 seat light aircraft, a bush freighter and a swing tail freighter.
Production Details
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Notes |
| 43 aircraft built by Beagle Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby. Leicestershire, between April 1961 and June 1963. | ||
| B.501 | G-ARKE | Originally laid down as Auster D.8, c/n 3711. Prototype, original c/n A.109-X. Retained by Beagle. Converted by Marshalls of Cambridge in July/August 1961 to the sole A.111. |
| B.502 | G-ARKF | Originally laid down as Auster D.8, c/n 3712. Prototype, original c/n A.109-Y. Retained by Beagle. |
| B.503 | G-ARNP | Original c/n A.109-P1. Development aircraft. Rebuilt to lighter weight standard. To Thomas Pay and Sons Ltd., London, December 1963. |
| B.504 | G-ARNR | Original c/n A.109-P2. Development aircraft, retained by Beagle. Rebuilt to lighter weight standard. |
| B.505 | G-ARNS | Original c/n A.109-P3. Development aircraft. Rebuilt to lighter weight standard; to Roja Aviation, Switzerland, as HB-EUE, December 1962. |
| B.506 | G-ARNT | Original c/n A.109-P4. To George Harry Bollon Westle, Leeds. To OY-DRT. |
| B.507 | G-ARRO | Original c/n A.109-P5. To Holmsund Flooring, London. To EI-AVP; EI-AYL; G-ARRO. |
| B.508 | G-AROJ | Original c/n A.109-1. To Roja Aviation, Switzerland, as HB-EUC. Returned to Beagle as G-AROJ for rebuilt to lighter weight standard. |
| B.509 | G-ARXB | Original c/n A.109-2. Retained by Beagle as a demonstrator. To Pensnett Autos Ltd.,Brierly Hill, Staffs, April 1970. To EI-AYT; G-ARXB; EI-BBK; G-ARXB. |
| B.510 | G-ARXC | Original c/n A.109-3. Originally regd to Pressed Steel Co. Ltd. Damaged, repaired and loaned to the Parliamentary Flying Group Oct 1966. To EI-ATD; G-ARXC. |
| B.511 | G-ARXD | Original c/n A.109-4. To Associated Iliffe Press Ltd, Fairoaks, for 'Flight International'. |
| B.512 | G-ARYZ | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. Rebuilt to lightweight standard. To Benjamin Laird, Coventry. |
| B.513 | G-ARZP | To Scott (Toomebridge) Ltd, Toombridge, Co. Antrim |
| B.514 | G-ARZR | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. To Lothar Norman Hocking, Farnham Royal, via CSE (Aircraft Services) Ltd., Kidlington. |
| B.515 | G-ARZS | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. Rebuilt to lightweight standard. To the Maidenhead Organ Studio Ltd, White Waltham. To EI-BAL; G-ARZS. |
| B.516 | G-ASAI | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. Rebuilt to lightweight standard. To Charles Alexander Ramsay, Coldstream, Berwick. |
| B.517 | G-ASAF | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. To Scandinavian A/S, Kastrup, as OY-AOM. |
| B.518 | G-ASAH | To Beagle associate BEAS Ltd, Kidlington. To Ewart & Co (Studio) Ltd, Chelsea. |
| B.519 | G-ASBH | To Dennis Hinckman Crump, Oxted, Surrey. |
| B.520 | G-ASBI | To David, Lord Trefgarne, Chobham. To VH-UEM. |
| B.521 | G-ASBJ | To Machaine Watson & Co. Ltd, London. To 9M-AMT, 9V-BDL. |
| B.522 | CF-PDL | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASBK) To Sanderson Achfield Services, Malton, Ontario. |
| B.523 | G-ASBY | Initially retained by Beagle as a development and trials aircraft. To William Denis Anderson, Melrose, Roxburgh. |
| B.524 | AP-ANP | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASBX) To Société Dumez, Paris, but ntu. To Pakistan for the Sidhnai Barrage Construction Project. |
| B.525 | VH-UEP | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASBZ) To William R. Bedford & Lyle Barnes, Kyancutta, SA, via Aviation Services Australia. |
| B.526 | VH-UEH | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASCA) To Super Spread Aviation, Parafield, via Aviation Services Australia. |
| B.527 | G-ASCB | To Cumberland Air Services Ltd, Crosby. Later rebuilt in Portugal as CS-AIB. |
| B.528 | ZK-CCW | To Ran MacDonald (Light Aircraft) Ltd., Rongotai, New Zealand. |
| B.529 | CS-ALV | To Sociedade Mercantil, Lisbon. |
| B.530 | VH-DCP | To Charles D & E.C. Hall, Moree, NSW, via Allied Aviation Pty. |
| B.531 | VH-DCR | To Leewil Constructions, Revesby, NSW, via Allied Aviation Pty. |
| B.532 | VH-DCS | To Alfred B. Anderson, Mossman, NSW, via Allied Aviation Pty. |
| B.533 | PH-SFA | To J. Scholtan, Emmerloord. |
| B.534 | I-CINA | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASEL) To Aviaco SpA, Milan/Bresso. |
| B.535 | D-ENRU | To Wilhelm Plöger, Greven. To G-AWGA; EI--ATA. |
| B.536 | I-COSO | (Initially to Beagle as G-ASEM) To Aviaco SpA, Milan/Bresso. |
| B.537 | G-ASWF | To Beagle as demonstrator. |
| B.538 | G-ASRK | To Engineering Appliances Ltd., White Waltham. |
| B.539 | OY-DCN | To Karl Emil Karlstrøm, Pandrup. |
| B.540 | SE-EGA | To Sverige-Flyg AB. To G-AVKP. |
| B.541 | G-ATAW | To Archibald Cecil Stewart, Gainford, Co. Durham, via Shackleton Aviation. |
| B.542 | G-ATCC | To Paul Clive Moyes, Ipswich, via Shackleton Aviation. |
| B.543 | G-ASWB | To Kebbell Development Ltd, Watford, & United Marine (1939) Ltd., London, via Shackleton Aviation. |
| Total Production 43 | ||
| Total Conversions (1) | ||
Production Summary
All Aircraft By Type
| Type | Built New | Conv | Canc'd | Total |
| A.109 Airedale | 43 | 43 | ||
| A.111 Airedale | (1) | 1 | ||
| 43 | (1) | 0 |
Production References
- False Dawn - The Beagle Aircraft Story, Tom Wenham (Air Britain Publishing 2015
- Beagle Aircraft - A Production History, Compiled by the Midland Counties Research Group (Midland Counties Publishing, 1974)
Page Revision History
Revised at Version 2.0.0- Added Type Description and Specification details.
- Page completely revised based on 'False Dawn'.