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- 1. Beagle pup g-axia arp: Adrian Pingstone ( Arpingstone )· Public domain
what is it?
The Beagle B.121 Pup is a 1960s British 2–4 seat single-engined training and touring aircraft built by Beagle Aircraft Limited at Shoreham Airport and Rearsby Aerodrome.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1967-04-08
- introduced
- 1968
- number built
- 175
- role
- general aviation
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Beagle Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-320-A2B / Lycoming O-320
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.1 m
- wingspan
- 9.5 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 873 kg
- top speed
- 222 km/h
- cruise speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,481 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812910, Wikipedia: Beagle Pup (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.