Auster Autocrat

The Auster J / 1 Autocrat was a single-engine three -seat propeller airplane of the British manufacturer Auster Aircraft from the 1940s.

History

After the Second World War, Taylorcraft decided (England) to develop the best observation aircraft Taylorcraft Auster to a passenger aircraft. First got an oyster 5 tentatively a Blackburn Cirrus II engine. Parallel to this is a prototype, which was given the name " Taylorcraft Auster V Series J / 1 Autocrat ". With the renaming of the company in Auster Aircraft on March 8, 1946, the name of the new model on Auster J / 1 Autocrat was shortened.

The Autocrat was a high wing and had a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage. It had a spur -wheel drive and a two -blade propeller. Behind the two front seats was still a third seat

The first production aircraft was delivered in December 1945, production ended in 1952. With over four hundred copies, the Autocrat of the most successful post-war Britain was aircraft. On the basis of the J / 1 emerged in the following years further types of aircraft.

On 15 October 1946, the Autocrat of the English magazine The Aeroplane (registration G- AERO ) landed the first British civilian aircraft on an aircraft carrier, the Illustrious.

Versions

• Auster J / 1 Autocrat - series model with a Blackburn Cirrus II engine.
• Auster Autocrat J/1A - four -seater version
• Oyster J/1B Aiglet - agricultural aircraft with a de Havilland Gipsy Major I engine and enlarged vertical tail
• Oyster J/1N Alpha - J / 1 with a Gipsy Major I engine
• Auster Autocrat J/1S - J / 1 with a Gipsy Major 10 Mk 2 2 engine
• Kingsford Smith King Smith - An oyster J / 1 was in Australia by Kingsford Smith Aviation Services, 112kW Avco Lycoming with a O- 320 equipped engine and other improvements ( better among other things, seats and sound insulation).

Military user

• Iran Iran
• Israel Israel
• Kuwait Kuwait
• Jordan Jordan
• Rhodesia Rhodesia: 1
• Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia Sud 1923: 1
• Pakistan Pakistan

Specifications