The subject aircraft is a Terrier and was built by Beagle Aircraft, so as you should do with all canines, let's start by examining its pedigree. British Executive General Aviation Limited was the brainchild of Peter Masefield, former managing director of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Masefield's masterplan was to develop a range of all-British General Aviation types and Beagle's first products were civil conversions of ex-military Austers. When the A0P.9 entered service with the Army Air Corps (AAC) in 1959, Auster (and then Beagle) bought back more than 100 surplus AOP.6s and T.7s (the trainer version) including the test aircraft.
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