Auster Aiglet Trainer Explained

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 its name, the aircraft type had nothing to do with the Auster J/1B Aiglet, it being an aerobatic development of the Auster J/5 Autocar.

The Aiglet Trainer was based on the J/5 fuselage with new wings and stressed for aerobatics. The prototype first flew on 2 June 1951.

Most Aiglet Trainers were bought by private pilots and flying clubs, but 15 went to the Pakistan Air Force, 14 to the Iran Civil Aviation Club and two to the Lebanese Air Force.^[1]

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

• Royal Jordanian Air Force^[2]

Lebanon

• Lebanese Air Force – two aircraft^[3]

• Pakistan Air Force – 17 aircraft

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56. 1955. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York.
• Book: Ellison, N.H.. Auster Aircraft - Aircraft Production List. 1965. N.H. Ellison for Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.
• Book: Ellison, N.H.. Auster Aircraft. 1966. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. B0041OQAEG.
• Book: Hitchman, Ambrose. The History of the Auster Aeroplane. 1989. International Auster Pilot Club. B0019BV2YM.
• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
• Book: Jackson, A.J.. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. 1974. Putnam. London. 0-370-10006-9 .
• The World's Air Forces: Their Composition, Duties and Aircraft. Flight. 13 May 1955. 67. 2416. 615–668.

Notes and References

1. Ellison, 1966, pp. 61-64
2. Flight 13 May 1955, p. 648.
3. Ellison 1965, pp. 47-50