AirUtility Cargo Company

[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

From the Western Aviation 26th Annual Directory, April 1954, two designs by the AirUtility Cargo Company. The AU-18-150 appears to have been built - has anyone seen other information on the design?

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[hesham]

What a beauty my dear Mark,


from USA or ...?.

 

[TomS]

The first two PDFs say AirUtility was based in Sacramento, California, USA.

 

[walter]

Hi Mark ;D
Thanks for the pics/detail, never seen this before. Attached is a pic of the (sole) AU-18-150 prototype with a smaller cargo pod.
The proto was registered NX68819 and first flew 18 April 1949. The AU-18-150 later apparently became AU-18-150B "after having received some modifications", but I have no idea what was modified. A planned AU-18-260 with two 130hp Lycoming O-290s was not built and it could be it was replaced by the larger AU-27-260 as shown by you.
Seems an interesting publication from which your info came.

 

[walter]

Another picture of the AU-18-150

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Nice photos Walter - thanks! Mark

 

[Bazinga]

https://flic.kr/p/a8wdea

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/5992320875/in/photolist-a8wdea

 

[Bazinga]

1957 Popular Mechanics https://books.google.nl/books?id=Ru...WOqqQKHQAMBhMQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

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