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Auster B8 Agricola
Produced Variants | B.8 Agricola | Low wing agricultral aircraft constructed of fabric over a corrosion-proofed steel frame, featuring a fixed tailwheel
| | | undercarriage, an aft cabin that could seat two passengers
and a hopper over the centre of the wing. | | |
One
240 h.p. Continental 0-470-B powerplant. |
| B.8A Agricola | Developed version with 295 h.p.
powerplant. Construction commenced but not completed. |
C/n | Initial Registration | Notes | | 15
aircraft built by Auster Aeroplanes, Rearsby, between 1955 and 1956. Only 8 completed | | B.101 | ZK-BMI | Regn.
G-ANYG never used. | | B.102 | ZK-BMJ | | | B.103 | ZK-BMK | | | B.104 | ZK-BML | | | B.105 | ZK-BMM | | | B.106 | ZK-BMN | | | B.107 | G-APFZ | Regn.
ZK-BMO alloted but never used. See also B.118 | | B.108 | (ZK-BMP) | NTU - became
B.117 | | B.109 | (ZK-BMQ) | stored incomplete | | B.110 | (ZK-BMS) | stored incomplete | | B.111 | (ZK-BMT) | not completed | | B.112 | (ZK-BMU) | not completed | | B.113 | (ZK-BMV) | not completed | | B.114 | (ZK-BMW) | not completed | | B.115 | (ZK-BMX) | not completed |
Aircraft
Rebuilt C/n | Initial Registration | Notes | B.105 | ZK-CCU | Rebuilt
from the fuselage of ZK-BMM with parts from c/ns B.103, B.104 and B.118 | B.117 | VP-GAZ | C/n B.108 rebuilt | B.118 | G-APFZ | C/n
B.107 rebuilt; to NZ as ZK-CCV. | AIRP-860 | ZK-BXO | Built
from crashed remains of B.106 | AF-001R | ZK-DEU | Built from
spares/crashed airframes |
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Production (New Built) 8 | | Total Rebuilds
(4) | Total Not Completed 7 |
C/n | Initial
Registration | Notes | | 1 aircraft built by Auster Aeroplanes, Rearsby. Not completed. | | B.116 | | Not completed | Total Production (Not Completed) 1 |
All Aircraft By Type Type | Original Build | Rebuilt | Not Built | B8
Agricola | 8 | 5 | 7 | B8A Agricola | | | 1 | | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Production References British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Vol 1, A.J.
Jackson (Putnam, 1973) The Complete Civil Register of New Zealand, Air Britain
Archive, Various Issues (Air-Britain Publications) - Additional information thanks to Murray E. Kirkus
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