Auster Alpine

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J-5 Alpine
Type Trainer/tourer
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Number built 10
Developed from Auster J-5 Aiglet Trainer

The Auster J-5 Alpine 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

The Alpine was a hybrid aircraft based on the fuselage of the J-5 Aiglet Trainer fitted with the wings from the J-1 Autocrat. The prototype was converted from a Auster J-5L Aiglet Trainer.

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[edit] Specifications (J-5R)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Wing area: 185 ft² (17.19 m²)
  • Empty weight: 1,464 lb (664 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,250 lb (1020 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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[edit] See also

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