Beagle Aircraft
| Beagle Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1960 |
| resolution | 1970 |
| Seat |
Shoreham-by-Sea , United Kingdom
|
| Branch | Aircraft construction |
Beagle Aircraft Limited was a British manufacturer of light propeller aircraft with plants in Rearsby ( Leicestershire ) and Shoreham-by-Sea ( Sussex ).
history
The company was founded in 1960 by merging the aircraft design office of the Pressed Steel Company with the aircraft manufacturers Auster Aircraft Company in Rearsby and FG Miles Limited in Shoreham to form British Executive & General Aviation Limited , BEAGLE for short.
In the beginning, the three parts of the company operated independently of each other, with the two manufacturing plants being run as Beagle-Auster Limited and Beagle-Miles Limited. It was not until 1962 that they jointly formed the Beagle Aircraft Limited .
When Pressed Steel became part of the British Motor Corporation , the company withdrew from aircraft construction. On December 12, 1966, Beagle was sold to the state for one million pounds sterling, but was placed under receivership in 1969 due to ongoing financial problems. Since no buyer could be found for the ailing company, it was dissolved in 1970.
Planes
The Bassett was a low-demand twin-engine aircraft that emerged from the Bristol 220 project. The single-engine Bulldogs and Pups were built in larger numbers, the Bulldog, however, no longer from Beagle, but from Scottish Aviation in Prestwick .
- Beagle Husky
- Beagle oyster D4 / 108
- Beagle A.61 Terrier - single-engine high- wing aircraft
- Beagle A.109 Airedale - single-engine high- wing aircraft
- Beagle B.206 - twin-engine low- wing transport aircraft
- Beagle Basset CC.1 - military version of the B.206
- Beagle B.121 Pup - single-engine low-wing aircraft
- Beagle B.125 Bulldog - military version of the Pup, built by Scottish Aviation
