The Auster J/5 Aiglet Trainer was a 1950s

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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 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 1 ...

''Flight'' 13 May 1955, p. 648. ; * Lebanese Air Force – 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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