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single-engined four-seat high-wing training and touring monoplane built by

Auster Aircraft Limited Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.Willis, issue 122, p.55 History The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited, m ...

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History

Despite its name, the aircraft type had nothing to do with the

Auster J/1B Aiglet The Auster J/1B Aiglet is a British light civil utility aircraft developed in the 1950s. Development The Auster J/1 Autocrat of 1946 had achieved considerable sales success but orders died away in the late 1940s. Few sales were achieved in t ...

, 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.

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 The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ar, سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. History Early days Jordan gained independence in 19 ...

''Flight'' 13 May 1955, p. 648. ; *

Lebanese Air Force The Lebanese Air Force (LAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية اللبنانية, Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnaniyya) is the aerial warfare branch of the Lebanese Armed Forces. The seal of the air force is a Roundel with two wings and a Lebanese C ...

– two aircraftEllison 1965, pp. 47-50 ; *

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

– 17 aircraft

Specifications (J/5F)

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