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Beagle Terrier 1961, registration D ECKO
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Beagle Terrier 1961, registration D ECKO
Auster plane, registration D ECKO
Auster aircraft photo collections
Beagle Collection, Leicestershire Record Office
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Auster10_BWPhoto_Plane_Reg_D_ECKO.JPG
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The Auster Aircraft Company purchased a large number of former British Army Auster aircraft. These were Auster AOP.6, T.7 and T.10 aircraft which were updated and modified with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 10-1-1 engine. Initially two versions were offered for sale in the civilian market from 1960:
Auster 6A Tugmaster - a utility and glider towing aircraft
Auster 6B - a three-seat luxury version. When the company became part of Beagle Aircraft in 1960, the Auster 6B was renamed the Beagle A.61 Terrier 1.
In 1962 the Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 was introduced with a greater span tailplane, wheel spats and a metal propeller.
The Terrier was not an economic success as it was found that more man-hours were spent on rebuilding each aircraft after its military use than were spent in building the new aircraft for the Army. It was also out-dated as, by 1961, most competing manufacturers were introducing new designs which were all-metal, with tricycle undercarriages and powered by more modern engines such as Lycoming or Continental (e.g. the Cessna 150 and the Piper Cherokee).
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