Auster J1N | G-AIBW |

Auster J1N | G-AIBW

Baujahr: 1946

Motor: De Havilland Gipsy Major 1C

Leistung: 125HP

MTOW: 907kg

Abmessungen: 11m Wingspan, 8m Length

Stationiert in: Breighton - England

Eigner: Charles Sunter

Beschreibung: G-AIBW Auster J1N (Alpha); more commonly known as Mary. Registered September 1946 and built at Rearsby, Leicestershire, England. As a civilian example Mary was initially a training aircraft. Austers began life as Taylorcraft and were developed during WW11 as observation platforms for the British Army. • Mary has a 125 horse power Gipsy Major 1 engine (Circa 1935) • She has a fuel tank in each wing, holding a total of 32 gallons • Her flying endurance is 5 hours • Which at cruise spread of 90 mph this equates to 450 miles • The take-off speed is 55 mph • The approach speed on landing is 55 mph and less for runways shorter than 500 meters • Max speed is limited to 140mph • Stall speed is 35mph • And has four seats • Mary is based at Breighton, which is in East Yorkshire, England. Mary featured in the 1995 movie Funny Bones, which was filmed in Blackpool (Lancashire, England) and stared: Oliver Read, Oliver Platt, Richard Griffiths and Lee Evans