Auster Workmaster
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The Auster J-1U Workmaster is a late 1950s British single-engined single-seat high-wing agriculutural monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby Leicestershire. Of traditional high-wing layout it carries 90 gallons of spray fluid in a tank beside the pilot an extra seat being provided for a passenger. The Lycoming 0-360-A engine of 180 h.p. driving a McCauley v.p. propeller giving it ample power; and slotted ailerons and balanced tail controls providing good handling.

Auster Workmaster G-APMJ, fifteen bob's worth of pleasure flight from Newcastle in Summer 1963 (I thought it might have been 1964 but I discover it crashed in Oct 63) 1
Auster Workmaster G-OJAS at Shoreham? Tim __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those 2

Made by Auster.

It is the successor of the Auster Autocrat .

My first flight was an Auster Workmaster at Newcastle in 1963. First commercial flight was a Sterling DC6 Edinburgh-Copenhagen in 1967.3
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
1.88 m
Predecessor
Auster Autocrat
Length Alt
7.19 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
2650.0
Power Alt
134
Range Main
225 miles
Max Speed Alt
167.0
Type Of Prop
horizontally opposed piston
Introduced
1958
Max Speed Main
104 mph
Developed From
Auster Autocrat
Height Main
187.96
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
1202.0
Ceiling Main
13700.0
Number Built
10
Crew
3
Area Main
185.0
Primary user
Crop Culture Limited
Span Alt
11
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Lycoming O-360
Manufacturer
Auster
First Flight
1958
Span Main
1097.28
Power Main
180 hp
Propellers
McCauley v.p. propeller
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
816.0
Length Main
718.8199999999999
Area Alt
17
Range Alt
362.0
Empty Weight Main
1800.0
Ceiling Alt
4176 m
Category
Auster aircraft
British agricultural aircraft 1950-1959
High wing aircraft
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft

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