Auster Aiglet Trainer

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J-5 Aiglet Trainer
Type Aerobatic trainer/tourer
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 1951
Primary user Pakistan Air Force
Produced 1951-1958
Number built 77
Developed from Auster J-5 Autocar
Variants Auster J-5R Alpine

The Auster J-5 Aiglet Trainer was a 1950s British single-engined four-seat high-wing training and touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

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[edit] History

Despite the name the aircraft had nothing to do with the Auster J-1B Aiglet, it was an aerobatic development of the Auster J-5 Autocar. Based on the J-5 fuselage with new wings and stressed for aerobatics. The prototype first flew in 2 June 1951.

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  • Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Wing area: 164 ft² (15.24 m²)
  • Empty weight: 1,323 lb (600 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,950 lb (885 kg)
  • Powerplant:de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 inline piston, 130 hp (112 kW)

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[edit] References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9. 

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