АвиаМастер 1999-03 / В.Кондратьев - Палестинский гамбит /Неизвестная война/

"Остер" Mk.III ВВС Израиля, июль 1948г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-04 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus C G-AFTN began life with the Wiltshire School of Flying. Today it is undergoing restoration by the Leicester Museum of Technology.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / 1986 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide

Taylorcraft Plus C G-AFTN.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-04 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Registered shortly before declaration of war, this Plus C was scrapped at Portsmouth in 1960.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-04 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AFWO, registered in April 1940, remained active until destroyed in a crash in North London in May 1963.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus C.2 G-AHAF spent most of its short life with the Wiltshire School of Flying.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus C.2 G-AHLJ was used as a hack by the Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd company and was sold in Ireland as EI-ALH in April 1960.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Impressed Taylorcraft Plus Cs were upgraded following to C/2 standard, replacing the original Lycoming with the Cirrus Minor I. HH985, here in June 1942, was struck off charge on February 28, 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / Personal album. Civil

Taylorcraft Model D G-AHXG of the Shropshire Aero Club following C of A renewal at Baginton. It was destroyed in a gale at Sleap on February 12, 1961.

Air-Britain Archive 1983-01

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHAI, apparently at Denham where it spent many years with the Flying Club. Not long after being sold to Vendair it was written off in France on 8.11.59.

Aviation Historian 22 / N.Stroud - Off to Butlin's /The John Stroud Archive/

With Butlin’s bunting waving in the breeze in the background, G-AKOG comes in over Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHCG to land at Ingoldmells.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Air-Britain Archive 1983-04

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHCR is still active although now known as the Gould-Taylorcraft Plus D Special.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHGZ, ex LB367, won the 1952 King's Cup air race.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Midland Aero Club Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHVP flying over Elmdon on June 26, 1947. It crashed at the same airfield on April 15, 1951.

Air-Britain Archive 1984-01

Plus D G-AHVR which only survived until 24.4.60 when it was written off in Devon

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-07 / Whitchurch /Gone but not forgotten/ (10)

Taylorcraft Plus D, G-AHWJ, was used by Bristol & Wessex aero club for years.

Air-Britain Archive 1984-04

Plus D G-AHWK at White Waltham 27.5.52 was apparently in the best of health, yet it was wfu on CofA expiry 5.9.52.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / G.Bain - Vintage pair

Two views of the Taylorcraft Plus D LB312 in civvies.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHXE, ex LB312, was photographed by AIR VISUAL.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-09 / P.Jarrett - Grapevine

Now back in the air following an eight-year rebuild is Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHEN, now finished in military markings as LB375.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

A glimpse of some of the aircraft up for tender at RAF Kemble in summer 1947. On the left can be seen Taylorcraft Plus D LB319, which became G-AGZN and crashed at Rearsby on February 2, 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / G.Bain - Vintage pair

The photo was taken by MICHAEL BLACKMAN near Middle Wallop on July 17, 1979.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Plus D T9120 was the first aircraft delivered to the British military from Taylorcraft Aeroplanes, being used in the original evaluation.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / G.Bain - Vintage pair

Taylorcraft Plus D LB312 over Shoreham in mid-1977. Inset, Major Roy Waters

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / News Spotlight

One of the visitors to the PFA Rally at Sywell on July 1-3, 1977 was Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHXE.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

Taylorcraft Plus D W5741 of No 1424 Flight from Larkhill was previously G-AFZI, and was later restored to the civil register.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Plus D W5741 flying from Larkhill in 1942. The pre-war registration, G-AFZI, was re-issued in January 1946.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Taylorcraft Plus D G-AFZl was impressed soon after the outbreak of hostilities, becoming W5741.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

"Остер" I на аэродроме
Auster Mk.I LB278. The 'stick' in front of the cockpit is the crude fuel level indicator, while visible under the horizontal tailplane is the aerodynamic trim vane.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Auster 1 of 1942.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

The new engine for the Mk.II - MZ105 illustrated - required a shorter cowling design.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Like many British prototypes of the era, MZ105 had camouflage upper surfaces and yellow undersides. The lines on the underside of the fuselage are zips in the fabric that gave easy access to the internal structure of the aircraft.

Air International 1995-08 / D.Allport - Army Aviation (1)

The Auster was the backbone of the RAF Army Co-operation Squadrons during World War Two and throughout the 1950s. This example, MT105, was built as an AOP.III but is seen here after being temporarily converted to Mk II standard with a Lycoming engine. In 1944/45 it was one of many transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force, as the RAF reequipped with later models.

Air Enthusiast 2002-09 / C.Justo - Auspicious Auster

Classic view from a 'walk-around' sequence of MZ105 as a Mk.II at Boscombe Down in February 1943.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

MZ105 was one of two prototype Mk.IIs with a Lycoming O-293-3.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (2)

Taylorcraft Auster III LB319 pictured in October 1942

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

The prototype Auster Mk.III, October 1942, introduced the Gipsy Major I. LB319 lacked other features of the Mk.III, most notable of which was the extension of the glazing to the rear of the fuselage.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

Taylorcraft Auster AOP III at Foggia Main, Italy, on December 2, 1943, where it was engaged on RAF Communications Squadron duties.
Taylorcraft Auster III MZ127 was delivered ex-Rearsby early in 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Recent photograph of Auster III G-ATAX, currently flying in its former AOP guise and wearing the RAF serial number NJ916.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (2)

Taylorcraft Auster III MZ108 operating in Italy in 1943. Built at Rearsby early in 1943, it was finally struck off RAF charge in August 1944.

Aviation Historian 34 / V.Flintham - Rover David (1)

Air Observation Post (AOP) Austers initially played a complementary role to close air support, guiding artillery where targets were within range. They operated in detached flights, each of four aircraft, one aircraft and pilot being a section: A (numbered 1-4), B (5-8), C (9-12) and HQ (13-16). This Mk III flew with B Flt, No 655 Sqn.

Aviation Historian 35 / V.Flintham - Rover David (2)

The Austers of the four RAF squadrons in Italy played an important part in the Rover system. Flown by Army pilots from advanced landing grounds, they could call in fighter-bombers to attack targets out of sight of ground controllers via their Army links. Seen here is Auster III NJ908 of No 651 Sqn, attached to the Army’s V Corps.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (3)

A fine study of Auster AOP III NJ747 making an uncharacteristic leap off the ground during a demonstration at Rearsby in September 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Another view of Taylorcraft Auster III NJ747 demonstrating its agility at Rearsby in September 1943. The roof glazing gave pilot and passenger excellent upward, or in this case sideways, view.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Auster Mk III NX500 /Preservation Profile/

Post-restoration shot of NX500 taken on September 29, 1985.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Auster Mk III NX500 /Preservation Profile/

The plate was taken by DAVID E. FOOTE in November 1985.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (3)

An Auster III is guided on to a beach at Akyab, Burma.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (3)

The Auster III was powered by a 130 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Major engine and had split trailing-edge flaps to give better short field performance.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Visibility was vital to the AOP mission, and also the survival of the Auster itself. Production Mk.IIIs, such as MT407, had more extensive Perspex glazing at the rear of the cockpit. In addition a rear-view mirror was mounted above the cockpit cabin.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / Skywriters

Capt Day RA shortly after his arrival on HMS Hunter in an Auster III in the Bay of Bengal in May 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (3)

An Auster III on a beach at Akyab, Burma in January 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-08 / R.Brooks - Penshurst /Gone but not forgotten/ (15)

Left, Mrs Richard Law with Maj Tetley Jones inspecting the Austers of 653 Squadron at Penshurst in January 1944. Right, another view of the same occasion with Auster AOP.III NJ838 at left.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-08 / R.Brooks - Penshurst /Gone but not forgotten/ (15)

An Auster AOP.III of 653 Squadron takes off from Penshurst in 1944.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Auster III G-AREI, ex MT438, was flown from Malaya to Middle Wallop by Mike Somerton-Rayner in 1960.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Auster III, ex NJ911, became G-AHLI and flew as a company hack with Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd for many years.

Air-Britain Archive 1984-01

Auster 3 G-AHLK at home at Redhill on 5.3.67

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-12 / Personal album. Civil

Photographed from a train near Beilen in 1965 are an unidentified Tiger Moth and the mortal remains of Auster III PH-NIN. Formerly NX537 with the RAF, this aircraft became R-7 and 8A-10 with the Dutch Air Force before being sold directly to Skylight, an aerial advertising company. It was written off near Beilen in the northern province of Drente, on June 27, 1964, and was broken up the following year. We would like to hear from anyone who knows the meaning of the name Antic Aeroplanes painted on the fuselage, or the identity of the Tiger Moth.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-12 / Personal album. Civil

Auster III PH-NGK also began life with the RAF, as MZ331, before being passed to the Dutch Air Force, becoming R-18 and 8A-11. At the time the aircraft was photographed, at Eelde Airport in May 1968, it was owned by Tugair.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-12 / Personal album. Civil

Auster III PH-NGF initially flew with the RAF as MZ166. In the Dutch Air Force it became R-5 and 8A-1 before being registered as PH-NGF. It is pictured at Hilversum Airport on May 14, 1966.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-12 / Personal album. Civil

Looking fresh out of the paintshop in an updated almond-and-blue colour scheme is Auster III PH-UFP, formerly NJ916 of the RAF, at Rotterdam in 1960. It had previously served with the Dutch Air Force and Navy. In 1964, registered G-ATAX, it was operated by the Geilenkirchen Flying Club in Germany. Following a return to the Dutch register in July 1965, the aircraft flew again as G-ATAX, this time with the Laarbruch Flying Club. Later it was sold in Australia as VH-KRL.

Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (3)

Like many foreign air arms that operated Austers, Greece used them in combat. NJ894 was one of a batch used by the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the civil war in the country following the German withdrawal

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Auster Mk III NX500 /Preservation Profile/

As VH-MBA with Tumut Aero Club.

Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (3)

Amongst the Mk.IIIs used by the RAAF was one of the original Mk.II prototypes, MZ105, which was upgraded to Mk.III standard before being handed over to the Australians. The aircraft survived its RAAF service and still flies in private hands.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-01 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

A line-up of Australian Austers at St Arnaud, Victoria on November 9, 1986. A total of 26 Austers attended the meeting, which was the ninth annual antipodean assembly of the type.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Auster Mk III NX500 /Preservation Profile/

A11-53 at Richmond in 1959.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-02 / Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III VH-ALS /Preservation Profile/

A11-55 as it appears today, restored to its original RAAF scheme.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-02 / Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III VH-ALS /Preservation Profile/

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-02 / Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III VH-ALS /Preservation Profile/

A11-55 as VH-ALS in the colours of the RAAF Richmond Gliding Club.

Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (3)

The first AOP.IIIs for the Netherlands were operated in RAF markings before adopting R-prefixed serials - R-2 was one of two later transferred to the Dutch police, both becoming PH-POL.

Air Pictorial 1977-07

Auster 3 9M-ALB, probably at Sharjah

Air International 1979-01

An interesting photograph of the Nene-Vampire A78-2 when in use at the RAAF base at Rathmines as an instructional airframe. Also visible in this photograph are a Wirraway, Mustang, Auster III and Tiger Moth.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Commonwealth (CAC) CA-1 / CA-3 Wirraway - АвстралияAustralia - 1939De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943North American P-51D Mustang - СШАUSA - 1944

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

MT454 was the Mk.IV prototype. It was in this aircraft that A L Wykes was killed on May 15,1944.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Production Mk.IVs had a neater engine exhaust than used by the prototype. Another difference was that navigation lights were mounted in fairings on the wingtips.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

Except for the new engine, the Perspex cabin roof and the tailwheel, the Auster IV resembled previous models externally.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

AOP.IV MS951 carrying a red cross and white undersides to denote its use in the casualty evacuation role with the Netheravon Station Flight in 1947.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Taylorcraft Auster IV MS951 being used as an ambulance aircraft - a stretcher case is about to be loaded into it.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

Taylorcraft Auster AOP IV MS951 modified to take a stretcher and with ambulance markings.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

The rear visibility of the Auster Mk.IV was further improved by redesigning the rear and upper Perspex units.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-04 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (4)

Auster Mk.IV MS958 was one of a batch of 254 built as such between March and May 1944. It served with 653 Squadron, surviving the war to be sold in March 1947 as G-ALYA.
Taylorcraft Auster IV MS958 pictured in January 1944 before it went to 653 Sqn. In 1949 it became G-ALFA.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

Taylorcraft Auster AOP IV MT306 of No 651 Squadron is surveyed by RAF personnel at Count Ciano’s Villa near Forti, after suffering flak damage while flying over the 8th Army Front during artillery spotting duties during the winter of 1944/5. Note the rough terrain which was typical AOP country.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

RAF mechanics “servicing" an Auster AOP for the Royal Artillery on the Western Front during the winter of 1944-45.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (2)

A line of factory-fresh Taylorcraft Auster IVs awaiting collection at Rearsby early in 1944. MT177, in the foreground, served with 659 Sqn until it crashed on August 2, 1944. In the background is a Turbinlite Havoc, fitted with a high-powered searchlight in the nose.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

A Taylorcraft Auster AOP IV takes off over a line of brand new AOP IVs at Rearsby.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (5)

Taylorcraft Auster IV MT237 leaps into the air at Rearsby in 1944. It served with 656 Sqn until struck off RAF charge in August the following year.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-04 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (4)

Taylorcraft Auster IV MT237 demonstrating its apparent steep take-off capability - followed, no doubt, by a mile or so of nose-up wallow and a slight rate of sink! Seen here at Rearsby in 1944, MT237 later served with 656 Sqn until struck off charge in August 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

The Auster IV was fitted with a 130 h.p. Lycoming flat-four air-cooled engine and had an all up weight of 1,700lb. With maximum load the take-off run was quoted as “less than 100yd”.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

A Taylorcraft Auster AOP IV MT237 during a press demonstration for the benefit of Charles E. Brown's camera at Rearsby on May 2, 1944. Note the Typhoons outside the repair shops in the background.
During the war Taylorcraft became a Ministry of Aircraft Production repair centre and returned 281 Typhoons to service.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Typhoon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (2)

Taylorcraft Auster IV MT242 of 651 Sqn flying in Italy in 1944. This aircraft was struck off charge in July the following year.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

Someone once described flying in the Auster IV as “like sitting in a bubble." The moulded Perspex cabin roof was almost entirely free from optical distortion and the all round view from the aircraft was excellent.

Air-Britain Archive 1982-04

Auster 4A OO-ISS (1672) was a long-term resident of Grimbergen's circular hangar. It is seen here on 27.6.75 shortly before C of A expiry.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-04 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (4)

Auster V израильтяне купили у англичан прямо в Палестине
The Taylorcraft Auster V Light Liaison and Observation Monoplane (130 h.p. Lycoming O-290 engine).
Taylorcraft Auster V TJ458 was delivered to 657 Sqn in 1945.

Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (3)

AOP.V 5404 was one of six of the variant used by the SAAF in South Africa, mainly to help train artillery personnel.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

The Auster Mk.V was externally identical to the Mk.IV. It was the most widely produced version and the final type to enter service before World War Two ended.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Mk.V TJ537, in December 1945, served throughout its life with the RAE at Farnborough. Can readers explain the rig it is mounted on?

Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / T.Spencer - Land of the Rising Sun

No 1315 Flight provided transport and liaison support for BCOF. For the latter task it used Auster Vs like TJ603 here at Miho in mid-1947.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / Round-Out

TJ603 served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan and was serving with the Iwakuni Station Flight when photographed at the main RAF Spitfire base at Miho in 1947.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-06 / Personal album. Military

Taylorcraft Auster V TJ626 at Santa Cruz in May 1946.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / Personal album. Military

Taylorcraft Auster AOP. V TJ477, one of 400 delivered to the RAF between October 1944 and December 1945, at Fayid, Egypt in November 1946. It served with 216 Sqn Communications Flight during the time that the squadron’s fleet of Douglas Dakotas was maintaining regular transport services around the Middle East. The Auster was sold as surplus in January 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (1)

A rare shot of Auster V TJ704 at Stretton, while serving as a communications aircraft with 1831 Squadron.

Air Pictorial 1977-08

B. H. Hargrave's Sherburn-based Auster 5, G-AKPI, in its old military camouflage as NJ703 at the "taildraggers" fly-in at Old Warden 22/5/77

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Auster 5

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Post-war many Austers abandoned the camouflage scheme and were painted silver overall. AOP.V TJ524 has a glider tug attachment under the tail.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / Round-Out

TJ212 in contrast was apparently (if not officially) on the strength of 45 Squadron, presumably for communications or, perhaps, spotting duties while the unit was at Negombo, Ceylon, also in 1947. The squadron's main equipment comprised Bristol Beaufighter TF.10s - one of which can be seen behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

AOP.V TJ651 served with 791 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm at Sembawang in Singapore in 1946. It later went to the Airwork unit.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Between January 1950 and July 1952, AOP.5 TJ688 was flown by 1832 Squadron from St Merryn.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Auster V G-AGLK, in standard AOP camouflage, was the first of more than 250 Auster Vs to be civilianised.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-03 / Personal album

Auster 5, G-AJTV competing for the Southend Cup.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / B.Elliott - The flying squad (2)

Auster 5 G-AKXP is seen right at Biggin Hill circa 1960.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / B.Elliott - The flying squad (2)

Auster 5 G-AKXP was completed by Taylorcraft in May 1944 as NJ633 and issued to 659 Sqn in France. Vendair owned 'XP from July 1957 until 1964.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / B.Elliott - The flying squad (2)

Hugh Stevenson, Tom Harris and Jack Dennett, all three police officers, in a posed newspaper shot with Vendair's Auster 5 G-AKXP in 1957.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

Built at Rearsby in 1957, and pictured here at Elstree, is Auster Alpha 5 G-APBE, given away as a competition prize by Associated Newspapers in 1957.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / Personal album. Civil

This Auster 5 was formerly NJ689 with the RAF and became G-ALXZ in March 1950. In May 1952 it was sold in Holland as PH-NER. Following a bad crash it was repaired at Portsmouth by Hants and Sussex Aviation Ltd and sold to a Dutch farmer in 1951. In January 1962 the Auster was sold in Germany as D-EGOF, but returned to the UK in January 1966. In May 1967 it emerged from Auster at Rearsby re-engined with a 150 h.p. Lycoming engine and sporting a dorsal fin. The aircraft is still airworthy.

Air Pictorial 1956-10 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

HALF-'N-HALF. Lycoming O-290-3 - powered Auster 5 operated by the Royal Queensland Aero Club of Archerfield, Brisbane, has Auster 5D-standard Aiglet empennage, but not the conversion to D.H. Gipsy Major inline. Rudder stripes identify R.Q.Ae.C.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

It was useful to the Army that the Auster could be easily dismantled and loaded onto a 3-ton truck. Mk.V TJ465 plus another, served with the Austria Communications Flight.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (5)

Auster V RT538 of 656 Sqn being loaded into a C-47 “Dunibo” for Padang.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster AOP.V TJ207, which became the Mk VI prototype, seen here at Rearsby with D. H. Queen Bee floats, fitted in 1944.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09 / A.Hitchman - Auster ancestry (1)

Taylorcraft Auster AOP V TJ207 was fitted with floats for the Admiralty.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / D.Willis - Military Auster A to Z /Production and industry/ (1)

Three Auster Mk. Vs were converted to operate from floats. TJ207, the first, under test at Beaumaris, Anglesey, in 1944.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster Mk V VP-FAC photographed after taking some Falkland Islands Dependency representatives for a local demonstration. The launch crew uses a rowing-boat tender to make fast the towline.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster V VP-FAC with the beaching trollies removed. The heels of the floats had to be kept clear of the slipway until the launch was organised, whereupon the author could be “piggy-backed" on to the port float. The rope to the lifting handle was needed to prevent the Auster from swinging into wind.

Air Pictorial 1958-10 / Scrapbook

FLOATPLANE AUSTER V. S/Ldr. L. S. Ash, R.A.F.O. (white overalls) has sent us this photograph of the first Taylorcraft Auster (a Mark V: TJ207) to be fitted with twin floats taken from a D.H.82 Queen Bee. S/Ldr. Ash carried out the test flying while at Saunders-Roe, Beaumaris, Anglesey, during the winter 1944-45. In this seaplane form the Auster V had a maximum speed of 105 m.p.h. on 130-h.p. Lycoming O-290-3/1. Later, two more Mk. Vs and two Mk. lVs were similarly "booted".

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster V VP-FAC landing with full flap and under full power. When arriving this way it was possible to ease the stick forward when contact was felt, and then adjust the power to keep the aircraft under way until slowed right down. A power-off landing resulted in a mass of spray and a complete and rapid stop.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster V VP-FAC airborne. The single water rudder on the starboard float is retracted and the take-off flap is down.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / L.Leetham - Austers ahoy! (1)

Auster V VP-FAC being offloaded into the harbour, minus wings and tail surfaces. The handling line fixed to the propeller bolts is not a good idea. The lifting sling is an improvisation - the original intention was to use the special lifting eyes built into the wing attachment fittings.

Aviation Historian 37 / G.Ellis - Rhodesia's Bush Eagles (1)

A line-up of PRAW pilots and their aircraft during a parade at the June 1962 PRAW training weekend at Sinoia airfield. The aircraft include a Beech Bonanza, a Piper Tri-Pacer, an Auster and various other light aircraft. The PRAW was established in July 1957 and, after reverting to a civilian role in 1980, ceased operations in 2002.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 33/35 Bonanza - СШАUSA - 1945Piper Tri-Pacer PA-22 / Colt - СШАUSA - 1951

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-07 / D.Edwards - Memoirs of a Burma staff wallah (2)

Rudimentary flying control somewhere in the Imphal Valley. The controller is flashing a green, perhaps a red, with his Aldis lamp. Cloud obscures the mountaintops in the distance and an AOP Auster lurks on the dusty airfield in the background.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-04 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (4)

Some versions of the Taylor craft Auster IV were fitted with the standard blind-flying panel.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

The cockpit of the Auster V was equipped with full blind-flying panel, including artificial horizon and direction indicator.

Air Enthusiast 2002-09 / C.Justo - Auspicious Auster

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (2)

A member of the Leicester Home Guard seated in an Auster IV in early 1944. The radio equipment is mounted in place of the front starboard seat. The pilot’s seat was armour-plated and pulled forward to give access to the back seat.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-09 / R.Britton - "In trying circumstances"

The radio installation in a wartime AOP Auster.
When radio was carried in the Auster IV it was mounted in place of the front starboard seat. Note the armour plated seat back which folded forward to give access to the third seat.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / E.Belfield - AOPs over Normandy

In spite of its small size the Auster V could be used as an ambulance to fly out stretcher cases. What would appear to be an impossible piece of manoeuvring was achieved with an ingenious guide rail in which one of the legs of the stretcher slided. The operation required care if the stretcher case was not to be damaged further!

Авиация и Время 2001-02 / М.Жирохов, Д.Шевчук - ВВС Израиля, 1948-49гг. (1)

Этот еврейский Auster, что называется, сел в лужу

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-06 / Rearsby /Gone but not forgotten/ (13)

Victims of the gale that hit Rearsby on March 17, 1947, were Autocrat G-AIBY and the Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHCH, both seen here on the roof of the Auster D.O.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Auster J/1 - J/5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure

The Taylorcraft Auster IV (One 130 h.p. Lycoming O-290-3 motor)

Моделист-Конструктор Ближние разведчики, корректировщики и штурмовики Второй мировой войны

Taylorcraft Auster III

Air Enthusiast 2002-09 / C.Justo - Auspicious Auster

Auster AOP.III