Auster J1 Autocrat For Aerotow Hire at Andreas Airfield

Auster J1 Autocrat For Aerotow Hire at Andreas Airfield

Built at Leicester in 1945 it was serial no.1850 & originally allocated the registration HB-EOL which was not taken up.

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Built – 1945 | Registration – G-AHAU

Built at Leicester in 1945 it was serial no.1850 & originally allocated the registration HB-EOL which was not taken up. It was first registered to W.A. Rollason Ltd., Eastleigh on 11 Feb 1946 & then sold soon after to Col. C.W.D. Rowe of Orton Longueville, Northants. He based it at RAF Wittering & owned it until 1953. By 1955 it was owned by Brooks & Johnson Ltd. Northampton.

In 1965 it was registered to A.West of Bedford & was then moved to Panshanger nr Welwyn Garden City. Still at Panshanger it was then owned by The Wasp F/G in 1967 & B J Foley in 1976.

A group of gliding club members brought her to the Isle of Man in 1997 after she was re-engined with the more powerful & less maintenance intensive Lycoming O-320. She now serves as a private aircraft & a tug for the club.