Auster

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Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1962.
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Auster J-1 Autocrat f 1946
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Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer of 1953
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Beagle A.61 Terrier of 1962

History

The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited, making light observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of America. 1,604 high-wing Taylorcraft Auster monoplanes were built during World War II for the armed forces of the UK and Canada.

The name change to Auster occurred on 7 March 1946, when production shifted to Rearsby aerodrome, also in Leicestershire. All designs were evolved from the early Taylorcraft with a sprung skid or tailwheel beneath the fin (except for a low-wing aircraft called the "Agricola" designed for crop-spraying; only two of these were completed). When the company was merged into Beagle Aircraft in 1960 the high-wing design was developed still further as the Terrier and, with a nosewheel, the Airedale.

The Auster name was dropped in 1968.

Aircraft

  • Taylorcraft Plus C - licence-built Taylorcraft B
  • Taylorcraft Plus D - re-engined Plus C.
  • Model D/1 - Auster I - military version of Plus C with enlared windows.
  • Model E - Auster III - re-engined Auster I with split flaps.
  • Model F - Auster II - re-engined Auster I.
  • Model G - Auster IV - enlarged version of Auster III.
  • Model H - Experimental tandem two-seat training glider converted from Taylorcraft B.
  • Model J - Auster V - Auster IV with blind-flying instruments.
  • J-1 Autocrat - Three-seat high-winged monoplane light aircraft (fitted with Blackburn Cirrus Minor II engine)
  • Auster J-1A Autocrat - Four-seat version of Autocrat
  • Auster J-1B Aiglet - Re-engined agricultural version of Autocraft (De Havilland Gipsy Major engine)
  • Auster J-1N Alpha - Re-engined four-seat Autocrat (De Havilland Gipsy Major engine)
  • Auster J-1S Autocrat
  • J-1U Workmaster - Agricultural version of the Alpha
  • J-2 Arrow
  • J-3 Atom - low-powered version of Arrow with Continental engine
  • J-4 - Arrow with Blackburn Cirrus Minor I engine
  • J-5 Autocar
  • Auster J-5B Autocar - Four-seat high-winged monoplane light aircraft
  • Auster J-5E Autocar
  • Auster J-5G Autocar
  • Auster J-5P Autocar
  • Auster J-5V Autocar
  • J-5 Aiglet Trainer - aerobatic version of the Autocar
  • Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer
  • Auster J-5K Aiglet Trainer
  • Auster J-5L Aiglet Trainer
  • Auster J-8L Aiglet Trainer
  • J-5 Alpine - Improved Aiglet Trainer
  • Auster J-5R Alpine
  • Auster J-5Q Alpine
  • Model K - Auster AOP6 - Post-war military Air Observation aircraft.
  • Auster 6A Tugmaster - Glider towing conversion of the Auster 6
  • Auster 6B / Beagle Terrier - civil conversion of the Auster 6
  • Model L - Proposed low-wing monoplane, not built.
  • Model M - Auster A2/45 - 2 or 3-seat high-wing AOP aircraft, prototype only.
  • Model N - Auster A2/45 - Re-engined Model M, prototype only.
  • Model P - Auster Avis - four-seater based on J/1 with slimmer fuselage, two built.
  • Model Q - Auster T7 - two-seat trainer version of AOP6.
  • Model S - AOP aircraft based on AOP6 with enlarged tail, prototype only.
  • Model A7 - Light twin project, not built.
  • Model B1 - Mid-wing AOP project, not built.
  • Model B3 - radio-controlled target drone.
  • Model B4 - Auster B4 - Four-seat high-winged ambulance aircraft
  • Model B5 - Auster AOP9 - 1950s military Air Observation aircraft
  • Model B6 - low-wing agricultural project, not built.
  • Model B8 - Auster B8 Agricola - Low-winged agricultural aircraft
  • Model B9 - Ramjet helicopter project, not built
  • Model C4 - Auster Antarctic - Modified Auster T7 for Antarctic support.
  • Model C6 - Auster Atlantic - four-seat high-wing touring monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, one built.
  • Model D4 - Auster D4 - two-seat development of the Auster Arrow.
  • Model D5 - Beagle Husky - re-engined version of Auster Alpha with modified tail
  • Model D6 - Auster D6 - four-seat development of Auster Autocar
  • Model D8 - Original designation of Beagle Airedale.
  • Model E8 - AOP9 with modified engines as the AOP11.

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References

  • The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988 James J.Halley. London: Air-Britain, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
  • Canada's Flying Gunners Lt.-Col. D.L. Fromow (Ottawa: Air O.P. Pilot's Association, 2002);
  • Battle History 666 (Calgary: Abel Book Company, 2006)
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Lawrence Auster is an American traditionalist conservative and essayist. Auster was born Jewish, but later converted to the Episcopal Church.[1] He attended Columbia University. He currently resides in Manhattan.
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Motto
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"God and my right"
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Taylorcraft Aviation

Corporation
Founded 1935
Headquarters Brownsville, Texas

Key people C.G. Taylor, Founder
Industry General Aviation
Products Light aircraft
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Conventional landing gear describes an aircraft landing gear configuration with an undercarriage arrangement consisting of two main wheels and a tail wheel. In early aircraft, a tail skid made of metal or wood was used.
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Type Agricultural aircraft
Manufacturer Auster
Maiden flight 1955
Status 1 model survives
Number built 9 The Auster B8 Agricola
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Aerial application, commonly called crop dusting, involves spraying crops with fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides from an agricultural aircraft. The specific spreading of fertiliser is also known as aerial topdressing.
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Beagle Aircraft Limited was a British light aircraft manufacturer of types like the Airedale, Bassett, Husky and Pup. It had factories at Rearsby in Leicestershire and Shoreham in Sussex.
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Type Light Transport
Manufacturer Beagle Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 1961
Developed from Taylorcraft Auster

The Beagle A.61 Terrier is British single-engined monoplane built by Beagle Aircraft.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Specifications (Taylorcraft BC-12D)


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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Liaison aircraft
Manufacturer Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited
Introduced 1942
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 1,630
Developed from Taylorcraft Plus C
Variants Beagle A.
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Type Touring aircraft
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 1945
Introduced 1945
Produced 1945-1952
Number built 420
Developed from Taylorcraft Auster 5
Variants Auster Workmaster
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