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The majority of the production Autocars were exported to sixteen countries and later resold in five further territories. The Autocar has been primarily operated by private pilot owners and by aero clubs but some were used by small charter firms in the UK and elsewhere as taxi and photographic
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engine. Other variants were built as one-off development aircraft, and some were converted in Australia with more modern engines.
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by the Royal Air Force. Postwar models derived from the Model J commenced with the J/1 Autocrat - note the use of J/1, not J-1.
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undercarriage and emergency under-wing floats. With this equipment, the aircraft could remain almost stationary on the water.
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which was first flown in 1951 and is also referred to as the Cirrus Autocar. The later J/5P reverted to a more powerful
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development aircraft with 185 hp (138 kW) Continental E-185-10 piston engine, one built (G-25-4, c/n 3421)
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An Auster J/5G conversion in Australia by Kingsford Smith Aviation Services, fitted with a 180hp (134kW)
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aircraft. Pest Control Ltd took delivery of five J/5G Autocars in 1952 for crop spraying operations in
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One J/5G converted in Australia by Kingsford Smith Aviation Services with a 225 hp (168 kW)
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The company recognised a need for a four-seat touring aircraft to complement the three-seat
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in September. A demand for a more powerful version for the tropics produced in 1950 the
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of Cowes, Isle of Wight, acquired a J/5G Autocar and fitted it with an experimental
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The designation of J/5 for the Autocar followed on from its progenitor, the wartime
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one Auster J/5G converted in Australia by Kingsford Smith Aviation Services (
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I air-cooled, four-cylinder inline engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)
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single-engined four-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by
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Auster J/5G Autocar at Sydney (Bankstown) Airport in 1970
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145 imp gal (174 US gal; 660 L)
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engine, constant speed propeller and other improvements.
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development aircraft with 160 hp (120 kW)
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Manchester Airport
Manufacturer
Auster Aircraft Limited
British
Auster Aircraft Limited
Rearsby
Leicestershire
Auster J/1 Autocrat

Farnborough Air Show
Blackburn Cirrus Major
de Havilland Gipsy Major
Saunders-Roe
Sudan

Kidlington Airport, Oxford
de Havilland Gipsy Major 1
Blackburn Cirrus Major 3
Blackburn Cirrus Major 3
Continental O-470
Blackburn Cirrus Major 2
de Havilland Gipsy Major 10
Lycoming O-320
Lycoming O-360
Bristol Aero Engines
Dunlop Rubber
Ferranti
Gloster Aircraft
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd

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