Austins also opened their own  design office sometime in late 1916; although several war-time Austin designed aircraft were built as prototypes none received production orders. The first of these was the A.F.B.1.
Austin's also set up its own design facility around the end of 1916; although a few war-era Austins designed planes were built as test models, none got into mass production. The initial one was the A.F.B.1.