I too learnt to fly in G-AMRL wit the BSFC. John Hill was CFI and Stan Clark assistant instructor, the members did the maintenance under the watchful eyes of our engineer Noel Roper and I was Secretary. Yes, it was happy days at £1/15/0 an hour in 1962
Noirman Brock, e-mail, 14.04.2013 01:46
I too learnt to fly in G-AMRL wit the BSFC. John Hill was CFI and Stan Clark assistant instructor, the members did the maintenance under the watchful eyes of our engineer Noel Roper and I was Secretary. Yes, it was happy days at £1/15/0 an hour in 1962
Dave Berry, e-mail, 04.02.2013 12:32
Auster Aiglet G-AMRL was the first light aircraft I flew in, and I did my first solo in it. It was owned by the Bristol Siddeley Flying Group based at Baginton(Coventry). The instructor was Geoff Burchell-Crookes and he also introduced me to aerobatics in it. Happy Days!
Peter Weston-Webb, e-mail, 06.09.2012 04:21
My father owned one of these aircraft in the 50's, and made fame by flying day old chicks from the hatchery to our poultry farm, which minimised the mortality rate. He also used to fly it complete with two small passengers and a gun dog, to go shooting. Many stories
Pete,, e-mail, 15.05.2012 07:39
The Auster Aiglet was the first plane I ever flew in. My brother bought me a flight in 1950 for my 15th. birthday. It was owned by a Mr Rumbles at Luton airport with the registration G-AJEJ. The runway was grass at that time and he even let me handle the controls for a while when we were at a safe altitude. What amazes me is that I can clearly remember these details sixty years later, when today I can't remember what I went into the garage for.
Geoff Royle, e-mail, 10.05.2012 17:44
Just after WWII grandmother who had never flown treated us both to our first flight by Auster Aiglet which took in Blackpool Tower as a kind of pylon ! There were only two seats so I had to sit in the back on a pile of maroon Royal Mail sacks. I think as a result I spent most of my working life at A.V.Roe, Woodford.
M. Sami Mullick, e-mail, 01.01.2011 12:05
As a trainee pilot I flew a couple of hours on Auster Aiglet at Lahoe Flying Club in 1962. Unfortunately this aircraft crashed during aerobatic loop manouvre when it's right wing came off. Both the instructor Mr. Rauf and trainee Mr. Tony Taiwari were killed. Guess how much was I paying. Just one Dollar per hour under govt subsidy.
Jaqui Clark, e-mail, 07.05.2010 18:02
Hi Robert - The Auster was not related to the Cessna in any way. The Grand daddy of the Auster design was in fact the 1940's Taylorcraft.
Robert Osborn, e-mail, 05.05.2010 23:23
Was this a take off on the Cessna O-1. Did the UK have a lic. to build this aircraft if, in fact, it was a similar model to the Cessna?
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