VICTA (AESL) AIRTOURER

Title: Victa (AESL) Airtourer No’s 1 and 2

The Airtourer was designed by Henry Millicer and was the winner of a light aircraft design contest organised by the British Royal Aero Club in 1953. A wooden prototype was built and first flew in Australia in 1959. An all-metal version was put into production by Victa Ltd, a company best known for manufacturing lawn mowers, and between 1961 and 1966 172 examples were built. Victa attempted to get the Australian government to put tariffs on the Cessna’s and Piper’s then flooding the country, but were unsuccessful and therefore shut down production.

In 1967 rights to the aircraft were purchased by the New Zealand company, Aero Engine Services Ltd (AESL) and between 1967 and 1973 around another 80 examples were built. AESL installed more powerful engines, up to the 150 hp engine used in the T6 Airtourer. Four examples of this model were used by the RNZAF for training instructors.

We offer two titles covering the Airtourer including flight manuals for most variants of the model plus several manufacturer’s brochures. The files have been scanned from the original flight manuals and retain any colour pages. Each title is US$9.95.