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The Austin Kestrel was a British two-seat
biplane designed and built by the
Austin Motor Company. Only one aircraft was built.
Design and development
Designed to enter a 1920 Air Ministry competition the Kestrel was a conventional biplane with an open cockpit with side-by-side seats for two.
[Jackson 1973, p. 289.] Registered ''G-EATR'' the Kestrel came third in the small aeroplane class.
The company decided to concentrate on motor car production and the aircraft was sold in 1924 but not flown again.
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External links
Austin Memories: Aircraft Production
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1920s British civil utility aircraft
Kestrel
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Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
Aircraft first flown in 1920