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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.
[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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[edit] Operators
- Pakistan
[edit] Specifications (J-5F)
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: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 inline piston, 130 hp (112 kW)
Performance
[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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