Aircraft G-AHSY Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	Auster
Model:	J-3 Atom    Search all Auster J-3 Atom
Year built:	0000
Construction Number (C/N):	2250
Number of Seats:	3
Number of Engines:	1
Engine Type:	Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Continental C-65-12

Aircraft

Registration Number:	G-AHSY
Current Status:	De-registered

Owner

Address:

, United Kingdom

User Comments

Admin, 2012-03-26 09:51:22
	Also registered G-AJYX. Crashed nr Melton Mowbray 22.4.1951.
Admin, 2012-03-28 09:40:33
	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 C-65-12 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. The Continental C-65 engine had been replaced by a 95 hp Blackburn Cirrus Minor II. This aircraft has since been deregistered by the CAA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auster_Atom
Malcolm Clarke, 2013-03-20 15:43:07
	This sole J-3 prototype 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. The Continental C-65 engine had been replaced by a 95 hp Blackburn Cirrus Minor II. This aircraft has since been de-registered by the CAA.