Auster Aiglet Trainer

infobox Aircraft
name = J-5 Aiglet Trainer
type = Aerobatic trainer/tourer
manufacturer = Auster Aircraft Limited

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first flight = 1951
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primary user = Pakistan Air Force
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produced = 1951-1958
number built = 77
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developed from = Auster J-5 Autocar
variants with their own articles = 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.

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.

Variants

* Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer - production version.
* Auster J-5K Aiglet Trainer - Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine, one built.
* Auster J-5L Aiglet Trainer - de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine. 10 built.
* Auster J-8L Aiglet Trainer - J-5K re-engined with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine.

Operators

;PAK
*Pakistan Air Force

pecifications (J-5F)

aircraft specification

plane or copter?=plane
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crew=3
length main= 23 ft 6 in
length alt= 7.16 m
span main= 32 ft 0 in
span alt= 9.75 m
height main= 6 ft 6 in
height alt= 1.98 m
area main= 164 ft²
area alt= 15.24 m²
empty weight main= 1,323 lb
empty weight alt= 600 kg
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loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main= 1,950 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 885 kg
engine (prop)=de Havilland Gipsy Major 1
type of prop= inline piston
number of props=1
power main=130 hp
power alt= 112 kW
max speed main= 132 mph
max speed alt= 212 km/h
range main= 270 miles
range alt= 435 km
ceiling main= 12,500 ft
ceiling alt= 3810 m
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10006 9

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