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Starting in 1946, newly built examples of the Autocrat and Alpha were exported direct from the production line at Rearsby to many countries worldwide including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Ceylon, Denmark, Egypt, France, Iraq, Jordan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, South
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light aircraft with more than 400 built. A small number of variants were built and the aircraft became the basis for a family of light aircraft. The Autocrat was used by individual pilots, aero clubs and by small charter firms for passenger flights, banner towing and photography.
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The first production aircraft, registered G-AGTO, was delivered in December 1945. One of the more spectacular feats of the type was the first visit of a civilian aircraft to an aircraft carrier,
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engine for trials. At the same time a prototype aircraft was built designated the Taylorcraft Auster V Series J/1 Autocrat. The long name was not used as the company changed name to
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Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Uruguay. Other UK-registered aircraft were later sold overseas on the secondhand market.
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Numbers of Autocrats and Alphas continue to fly into the 2010s with private owners in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
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was converted by V.H. Bellamy in 1965 to be powered by a Rover TP gas turbine engine. It reverted to normal power in 1968.
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approached, the designers at Taylorcraft decided to develop a tourer version of the robust and reliable Taylorcraft Auster
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An Auster J/1 conversion in Australia by Kingsford Smith Aviation Services, fitted with a 150hp (112kW)
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standard with a higher fin and fitted with a 130 h.p. Gipsy Major engine, as used in the
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An Auster Autocrat (registration G-AIGD) was featured in Episode 42 of the BBC series
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engine and other improvement (including better seating and sound-proofing).
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4-cyl air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
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250 yd (230 m) in 5 mph (4.3 kn; 8.0 km/h) wind
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in October 1946. The last Rearsby built J/1s were delivered in 1952.
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6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (tail down propeller horizontal)
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colours at Casey Airfield, Berwick, Victoria, Australia in 1988
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single-engined three-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by
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wooden fixed pitch propeller, 6 ft (1.8 m) diameter
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engine. Several later fitted with engines up to the 150 h.p.
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J/1 Autocrat in 1966 powered by a Rover TP gas turbine engine
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30 mph (48 km/h, 26 kn) 2 crew and flaps down
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Fuel: 15 imp gal (18 US gal; 68 L)
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and the aircraft became known as the Auster J/1 Autocrat.
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The Autocrat became one of the most successful post-war
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engine and with enlarged tail surfaces. Four seater.
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Manufacturer
Auster Aircraft Limited
Taylorcraft Auster 5
Auster J/1B Aiglet
Auster Workmaster
Auster Avis
British
Auster Aircraft Limited
Rearsby
Leicestershire
Second World War
Auster 5
Blackburn Cirrus II
Auster Aircraft Limited


British Eagle

HMS Illustrious
English Channel
British
Blackburn Cirrus Major
Lycoming O-320
de Havilland Gipsy Major I
de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 Mk 2-2
Avco Lycoming O-320
Iran
Imperial Iranian Aero Club
Israel

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