Beagle Aircraft Limited was a British light aircraft

Aircraft

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 manufacturer of types such as the Airedale, Bassett, Husky and Pup. It had factories at Rearsby in Leicestershire and Shoreham in Sussex. The company was dissolved in 1969.
The British Executive & General Aviation Limited (trading as BEAGLE) was formed in 1960 when the Pressed Steel Company

Pressed Steel Company

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 combined its aircraft design office with the former aircraft manufacturers Auster Aircraft Company

Auster

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 of Rearsby, Leicestershire and F.G Miles Limited

Miles Aircraft

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 of Shoreham, Sussex.

Initially the three parts of the company operated independently, the Rearsby factory as Beagle-Auster Limited and the Shoreham factory as Beagle-Miles Limited.