Auster Alpine
Appearance
J/5 Alpine | |
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Auster J/5R Alpine at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield in June 1996 | |
Role | 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.
History
[edit]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 an Auster J-5L Aiglet Trainer.
Variants
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/host-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Auster_J5Q_Alpine_Cranfield_01.07.89R.jpg/220px-Auster_J5Q_Alpine_Cranfield_01.07.89R.jpg)
- Auster J/5R Alpine – production version with de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine, six built.
- Auster J/5Q Alpine – lower-powered version with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine, four built.
Specifications (J/5R)
[edit]Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2 passengers[2]
- 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 sq ft (17.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,464 lb (664 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,250 lb (1,021 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 32 imp gal (38 US gal; 150 L)[2]
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 four-cylinder air-cooled inverted piston engine, 145 hp (108 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 128 mph (206 km/h, 111 kn)
- Cruise speed: 112 mph (180 km/h, 97 kn)
- Range: 460 mi (740 km, 400 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6,700 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,025 ft/min (5.21 m/s)
- Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15 m): 630 ft (190 m)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jackson 1974, pp. 80–81
- ^ a b c Bridgman 1956, pp. 48–49
- Bridgman, Leonard (1956). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
- 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.
External links
[edit] Media related to Auster Alpine at Wikimedia Commons