- Beagle Husky
Infobox Aircraft
name=Husky
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type=Utility aircraft
manufacturer=Auster ,Beagle Aircraft ,Oficinas de Gereais Matereal Aeronautico
designer=
first flight=10 January 1960
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number built=211
developed from=Auster Alpha
variants with their own articles=The Beagle A.113 Husky (originally, theAuster D.5) was a three-seat British light aircraft built in the 1960s, a development of theAuster Alpha . It first flew as an Auster design in January 1960, but that company was taken over byBeagle Aircraft in September. It was available with a choice of two engines, a 160 hpLycoming O-320 or 180 hpLycoming O-360 . Around 170 examples were built byOficinas de Gereais Matereal Aeronautico in Portugal from 1961 onwards, and the Portuguese Air Museum preserves two of these; one in flying condition.Operators
;UK
*Royal Air Force - One aircraft only.
**One Beagle Husky was presented to the RAF'sAir Training Corps in 1969.pecifications (D.5/160)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=propcrew=one pilot
capacity=2 passengers
length alt=6.75 m
length main=22 ft 2 in
span alt=10.97 m
span main=36 ft
height alt=2.51 m
height main=8 ft 3 inarea alt= 16.9m²
area main= 182 ft²
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empty weight alt=616 kg
empty weight main=1,358 lb
loaded weight alt=950 kg
loaded weight main=2,094 lb
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more general=engine (prop)=
Lycoming O-320
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number of props=1
power main= 160 hp
power alt= 120 kW
power original=max speed main= 127 mph
max speed alt= 203 km/h
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range main= 460 mph
range alt= 740 km
ceiling main= 12,600 ft
ceiling alt= 3,850 m
climb rate main= 750 ft/min
climb rate alt=3.8 m/s
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References
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* Beagle: A.61 - A.109 - A.111 - A.113 - B.121 - B.125 - B.206lists=
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