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- 1. Beagle B-206 Basset CC2, UK - Air Force AN1196916: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Beagle B.206 is a 1960s British seven-seat twin-piston engined liaison and communication aircraft built by Beagle Aircraft Limited at Shoreham Airport and Rearsby Aerodrome.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 13.9 m wingspan
base stats
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 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,620 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1961-08-15
- introduced
- 1965
- number built
- 79
- role
- light transport
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Beagle Aircraft
- engines
- 2× Rolls-Royce Continental GTSIO-520-C
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 6
- length
- 10.3 m
- wingspan
- 13.9 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,402 kg
- top speed
- 415 km/h
- cruise speed
- 351 km/h
- range
- 1,620 km
- ceiling
- 8,260 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q753560, Wikipedia: Beagle B.206 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.