Beagle Airedale

what is it?

The Beagle A.109 Airedale is a British light civil aircraft developed in the 1960s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · fixed tricycle gear · 11.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 225 km/htop speed
• range 1,050 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,247 kgmax take-off weight
• built 43made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,050 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1961-04-16

number built

43

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Beagle Aircraft

engines

1× Lycoming O-360-A1A / Lycoming O-360

crew

1

passengers

3

length

8 m

wingspan

11.1 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,247 kg

top speed

225 km/h

cruise speed

214 km/h

range

1,050 km

ceiling

3,658 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

fixed tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.