Auster Atom
{{Short description|1940s British light aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox aircraft
|name = J/3 Atom
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|type = Touring aircraft
|manufacturer = Auster Aircraft Limited
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|first_flight = 1946
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|number_built = 1
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|developed_from = J/2 Arrow
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The Auster J/3 Atom was a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.
History
The Atom was an attempt to create a lower-powered version of the J-2 Arrow. A modified Arrow was flown with a 65 hp Continental A65-12 engine and designated the J/3 Atom. Only the prototype, registered G-AHSY, (c/n 2250) was built as the aircraft was not developed further. Another example G-AJIJ (c/n 2401) was not completed.
The sole J/3 was dismantled at Rearsby in 1950 and was rebuilt to J/4 standard with a new registration G-AJYX and c/n 2941. It crashed near Melton Mowbray on 22 April 1951 after a pilotless take-off from Rearsby.Ellison, 1965, p.55 The Continental A65 engine had been replaced by a 95 hp Blackburn Cirrus Minor II. This aircraft has since been deregistered by the CAA.
Specifications (J-3)
{{Aircraft specs
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|prime units?=imp
|crew=1
|capacity=up to two passengers
|length ft=25
|length in=3
|span ft=36
|height ft=6
|height in=6
|wing area sqft=185
|max takeoff weight kg=726
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Continental A65
|eng1 type=4-cyl. horizontally opposed air-cooled piston engine
|eng1 note=at 2350 rpm
}}
References
;Notes
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Ellison|first=N.H.|title=Auster Aircraft Ltd – Production list|year=1965|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd|asin=B0041OQAEG}}
- {{cite book|last=Jackson|first=A.J.|title=British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year=1974|publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-370-10006-9}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324062832/http://www.auster.ukf.net/p22.htm Auster net page 22 – History of G-AHSY]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324020750/http://www.auster.ukf.net/p29.htm Auster net page 29 – History of G-AJYX]
- [http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AHSY CAA history G-AHSY]
- [http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AJYX CAA History G-AJYX]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202141950/http://home.comcast.net/~aeroengine/Continental1.html Aeroengine – Continental Engines]
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