6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Auster.aop9.tw511.arp: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 2. Auster III R.Australian.AF Point Cook 03.88: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Auster I G-AHGW Barton 08.83: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Auster Mk III ExCC: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 5. Auster Taylorcraft C.2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Taylorcraft J Auster Mk5 AN1600880: Anthony Noble· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Taylorcraft Auster is a British military liaison and observation aircraft that was designed and produced by the Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited company during the Second World War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1942
- number built
- 1,630
- role
- liaison aircraft
- makers
- Auster Aircraft Limited
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-290-3
- crew
- 3
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 839 kg
- top speed
- 209 km/h
- range
- 402 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1681626, Wikipedia: Taylorcraft Auster (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.