The C6 Atlantic was designed as a high-wing monoplane, four-seat executive tourer,[1] powered by a 185 hp (138 kW) Continental E-185-10 piston engine and based on the Auster J/5T with a tricycle landing gear and other modern items such as control wheels.
[1][2][3] One aircraft was built which, as a fitted out fuselage registered G-APHT,[4] was statically displayed at the 1957 SBAC Show at Farnborough.
[1] Subsequently a pair of Autocrat wings were fitted and early flight tests were encouraging.
An estimate was prepared of the projected development costs and this totalled in excess of £100,000, so that the break-even point required the sale of 300 aircraft.
[5] The sole aircraft was stored until being brought out of storage in 1960 for comparison with the proposed Auster D.8; since production of the C.6 would have required the manufacture of new jigs,[6] the D.8 was pursued instead, ultimately becoming the Beagle Airedale.