J/5 Alpine
Auster J/5R Alpine at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield in June 1996
Role Trainer/tourer
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Number built 10
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.

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

Specifications (J/5R)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 2 passengers[2]
  • Length: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Wing area: 185 sq ft (17.2 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1,464 lb (664 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,250 lb (1,021 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 32 imp gal (38 US gal; 150 L)[2]
  • Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 four-cylinder air-cooled inverted piston engine, 145 hp (108 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 128 mph (206 km/h, 111 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 112 mph (180 km/h, 97 kn)
  • Range: 460 mi (740 km, 400 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6,700 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,025 ft/min (5.21 m/s)
  • Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15 m): 630 ft (190 m)[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jackson 1974, pp. 80–81
  2. 1 2 3 Bridgman 1956, pp. 48–49
  • Bridgman, Leonard (1956). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.

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