Taylorcraft Aeroplanes: Auster

April 1944. The Auster IV.

August 1944. The Auster III Reg: NJ747.

November 1944.

2014. Possible Auster Propeller.

2014. Possible Auster Propeller.

2014. Possible Auster Propeller.

Note: This is a sub-section of Taylorcraft Aeroplanes

Type

• Military liaison and observation

Designers

Manufacturers

• Taylorcraft Aeroplanes

Production Dates

• 1942

Number produced

• 1,630

Engines

• Blackburn Cirrus Minor I
• De Havilland Gipsy Major 130 hp

Variants

• Taylorcraft Plus C
• Original civilian version with a Lycoming O-145-A2 engine, 23 built.

• Taylorcraft Plus C2
• Plus C re-engined with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I engine for the Royal Air Force, 20 conversions.

• Taylorcraft Plus D
• Plus C with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I engine, nine built.

• Taylorcraft Auster I
• Military version of Plus C, 1 conversion and 100 built.

• Taylorcraft Auster II
• Auster I with a Lycoming O-290 engine, two built.

• Taylorcraft Auster III
• Auster I with a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, 470 built.

• Taylorcraft Auster IV
• Three-seat version with a Lycoming O-290-3/1 H.O. engine, 255 built.

• Taylorcraft Auster V
• Auster IV with blind flying instruments (Vacuum pump) and flap modification, and removable armour plate installed for pilot only, 790 built.

• Taylorcraft Auster Model H
• Experimental tandem two-seat training glider converted from a Taylorcraft B.

See Also

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia