the selling price, and that break-even would be achieved after 4,000 aircraft. Production and Sales The first delivery (a Series 1) was to the Shoreham Flying School on 12 April 1968. The aircraft was popular and sold to flying clubs and private users worldwide. Deliveries were made to civilian operators in several countries including Australia, Iraq, Sweden and Switzerland. The Series 3 variant, a four-seater, was developed for the Iranian Civil Air Training Organisation. By 1969 production had increased at Shoreham to one Pup a day; aircraft were flown to either Rearsby Aerodrome or Cambridge Airport for painting and finishing. In December 1969 the government withdrew financial support for Beagle and the company was placed in receivership. Over 250 Pups were on order but Beagle production ceased with the 152nd aircraft. Some remaining nearly-completed aircraft were finished at a variety of locations, the last being HB-NBA (s/n B121-177), first registered 8 March 1977, making a total of 175 Pups completed. About 40 incomplete fuselages were sold as scrap. Restoring the G-AVDF Prototype The original Beagle Pup prototype (G-AVDF) flew over 200 hours of test and promotional flights between 1967 and 1968. At the end of 1968 it was modified and used as an engine testbed for the Beagle Bulldog, but when the Bulldog flew in May 1969, G-AVDF became surplus to requirements and was partially dismantled and put into storage. In 1993, while looking for a restoration project, David Collings, Beagle Pup pilot and enthusiast, found G-AVDF at Brooklands, and bought the aircraft with the intention of restoring it to flight. The project was put on hold until 2015 when restoration work began, and finally in the summer of 2020, the original Beagle Pup prototype took to the skies again. Bulldog It was always the intention of Beagle to make a military version of the Pup to replace the Chipmunk in particular. Earlier proposals for this were superseded following the interest of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1967 when they assessed the Pup 150. In consequence the design was improved significantly and evolved into the Beagle B.125 Bulldog with a Lycoming engine. The first prototype made its first flight at Shoreham on 19 May 1969 and on 12 June 1969 the Swedes ordered 58 Bulldogs with an option on 45 more; this was followed by two further orders from Zambia (8) and Kenya (5). The Bulldog was also being assessed