kaz3g Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1949/1949%20-%200430.PDF This historical account of the Goodyear conversion for Austers is a salute to the ingenuity in aviation that came out of WWII. Kaz 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyflyer Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 130 pounds for this system must have been a awful lot of money in those days. Too much for this to catch on I'm guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Austers had a number of different modifications to landing gear, including skis and floats so they could be used to map Antarctica. Some of these mods were trialled at Point Cook. http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20News%20Volume%204%20No%2010.pdf Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 There's just something about an Auster. I believe they will still be flying in 100 years time. Alan. I learned to fly in this one. (J1N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Probably the most common type. They could be rebuilt as required but it's not hard to spent over $80K, even without doing an engine, They sometimes have a belly tank. As far as I know every Auster I flew is still flying, so that says something, although one was put on it's nose about 6 years ago, at Lethbridge. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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