Auster Arrow

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J-2 Arrow
Type Touring aircraft
Manufacturer Auster Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight 1945
Introduced 1945
Number built 44
Variants Auster J-4

The Auster J-2 Arrow was a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

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The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engined. Import restrictions on the sale of American engines resulted in the nearly all of the 44 aircraft built being exported. Most of those exported went to Australia.

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 25 ft 3 in ()
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in ()
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in ()
  • Wing area: 185 ft² ()
  • Empty weight: 872 lb ()
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,450 lb ()
  • Powerplant: 1× Continental O-235-C1 piston, 108 hp ()

Performance

    • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9. 

     

     

    Designation sequence

    J-1 Autocrat • J-1U Workmaster • J-2 Arrow • J-3 Atom • J-4 • J-5 Autocar • J-5 Aiglet Trainer • J-5 Alpine

     

     

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