Nicholas-Beazley NB8G

NICHOLAS-BEAZLEY NB8G

Most common color was yellow; registration and trim was black.

SCALE DATA SOURCES

• Aero Digest, Dec. 1931
• U.S. Civil Aircraft, Vol. 5, Juptner
• The Lightplane 1909-1969, Underwood & Coltinge
• assorted publications, circa 1930s
• careful inspection of two aircraft

SPECIFICATIONS

• power - 5 cyl., 80 h.p., Genet Mk. II
• span - 37 ft. 6 in.
• length - 20 ft. 3 in.
• height - 7 ft. 9 in.
• wing area - 184.65 sq. ft.
• weights - empty 707 lbs.; gross 1,200 lbs.
• power loading - 15 lbs./h.p.
• wing loading - 6.5 lbs./sq. ft.

PERFORMANCE

• speeds - 110 max; 93 cruise; 38 landing
• rate of climb - 750 f.p.m.
• ceiling - 18,000 ft.
• t.o. roll - 300 ft.
• landing - 150 ft.

SCALE

NICHOLAS-BEAZLEY NB8G Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co., Inc. Marshall, Mo.

by Colonel Hurst G. Bowers, USAF, Ret.

Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.