Auster Alpine

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J/5 Alpine
Auster J5R Alpine W.Mountford 22.06.96R.jpg
Auster J/5R Alpine at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield in June 1996
RoleTrainer/tourer
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Number built10
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.

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History

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

Auster J/5Q Alpine at PFA Rally at Cranfield airfield, Bedfordshire, in July 1989 Auster J5Q Alpine Cranfield 01.07.89R.jpg
Auster J/5Q Alpine at PFA Rally at Cranfield airfield, Bedfordshire, in July 1989

Specifications (J/5R)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Jackson 1974, pp. 80–81
  2. 1 2 3 Bridgman 1956, pp. 48–49

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