Auster Arrow

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J-2 Arrow
Type Touring aircraft
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 1945
Introduced 1945
Number built 44
Variants Auster J-4

The Auster J-2 Arrow was a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

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[edit] History

The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engined. Import restrictions on the sale of American engines resulted in the nearly all of the 44 aircraft built being exported. Most of those exported went to Australia.

[edit] Specifications (J-2)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 25 ft 3 in (7.7 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: 872 lb (396 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,450 lb (659 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1× Continental O-235-C1 piston engine, 108 hp (80 kw)

Performance


[edit] References

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9. 

[edit] See also

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