Beagle B.206
The Beagle B.206 is a light twin-engine propeller aircraft of the British manufacturer Beagle Aircraft from the 1960s. The military version was designated Beagle Basset CC.1.
History
The Beagle B.206 based on the Bristol 220, a canceled project from the 1950s. The design work began in 1960. On August 15, 1961, the prototype made B.206X ( registration G - ARRM ) made its first flight. The system, designed as a low-wing all-metal aircraft was fitted with five seats and was powered by two Continental IO470 boxer engines with 195 kW. The prototype was smaller than the standard machines and only had a wingspan of 11.58 m and a launch mass of 2862 kg.
The second prototype B.206Y ( registration G - ARXM ) was designed for seven people. The first flight of this machine, which had two GIO -470 engines with 230 kW, was carried out on 12 August 1962. Prototype went on May 25, 1964 lost in a flight accident.
Subsequently, two pre-production models were ordered by the Ministry of Aviation and delivered to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. The B.206Z1 ( ID XS742 ) was built in Shoreham- by-Sea and first flew on 24 January 1964. B.206Z2 The ( ID XS743 ) was prepared in Rearsby and launched on 20 February for their first flight. The wing was manufactured by Boulton Paul. This model served as a prototype for the B.206 Series 1 (also B.206R ). 20 aircraft were sold as Beagle Basset CC.1 to the Royal Air Force as a transport and liaison aircraft and delivered in May 1965 after the first flight was done on December 24, 1964. The car door was open in these machines of the airfoil. Another eleven machines went to civilian customers.
The prototype of the higher-powered Series 2 denied its first flight on 23 June 1965. This version had GTSIO520 engines and was also equipped with a door behind the wings which facilitated the entry and exit as well as the loading. The 47 aircraft built were used among other things as air taxi and as transport aircraft. Two models were sold to Australia at the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
As a final version of the Series 3 with a stretched fuselage and ten passenger seats, of which only 3 were built arose. Then ended the production of B.206 in favor of the more successful Beagle B.121. By 1969, 85 B.206 were built.