Miles Aircraft
| Miles Aircraft Ltd.
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| legal form | Limited |
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Woodley , UK
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| Branch | Aircraft construction |
Miles Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer for civil and military aircraft. The company was founded by Charles Powis and Jack Phillips under the name Phillips and Powis Aircraft and renamed Miles Aircraft in 1943 .
Among their aircraft were the Hawk Trainers and their military counterparts, the Magister , as well as the Messenger and the Gemini. During the Second World War they built the masters for advanced training, the martinet and the target tractor monitor .
The planes designed by Miles were often characterized by advanced technologies and, for their time, sophisticated aerodynamics. The M.20, which was developed in a very short time, was faster than the Hawker Hurricane despite its rigid chassis and had a greater range than the Spitfire . The X Minor was a flying test bench for "blended wing" constructions, but the large transport aircraft that was planned from it was not implemented. The M.35 and M.39 Libellula were built in "tandem wing" configuration, similar to the duck planes , but with relatively large front wings.
After the Second World War, Miles was on the verge of building a revolutionary transport aircraft with the Aerovan and the first supersonic aircraft with the Miles M.52 , which influenced the Bell X-1 . Due to financial problems, the company was placed under administrative administration in 1947. Much of the company's ownership went to Handley Page Aircraft . The Aerovan concept was further developed by Short Brothers to become the Skyvan , and later the Shorts 330 and Shorts 360 .
In 1948 Frederick Miles founded the successor company FG Miles Limited in Shoreham-by-Sea , which merged with Auster Aircraft in the early 1960s to form the new company Beagle Aircraft .
Planes
The following list shows the number, designation, year of the first flight and the number of aircraft built.
| No. | Surname | year | built |
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| Southern Martlet | 1929 | 6th | |
| Metal Martlet | 1930 | 1 | |
| M. 1 | Satyr | 1932 | 1 |
| M.2 | Hawk | 1933 | 55 |
| M.2F-T | Hawk Major | 1934 | 64 |
| M.2E, L, U | Hawk Speed Six | 1934 | 3 |
| M.2W, X, Y | Hawk trainer | 25th | |
| M.3A | Falcon Major | 1934 | 19th |
| M.3B | Falcon Six | 1935 | 17th |
| M.4 | Merlin | 1935 | 4th |
| M.5 | Sparrowhawk | 1935 | 5 |
| M.6 | Hawcon | 1935 | 1 |
| M.7 | Nighthawk | 1935 | 6th |
| M.8 | Peregrine | 1936 | 2 |
| M.9 | Kestrel | 1937 | 1 |
| M.9A | Master I. | 1939 | 900 |
| M.11 | Whitney Straight | 1936 | 50 |
| M.11C | M.11C | 1 | |
| M.12 | Mohawk | 1937 | 1 |
| M.13 | hobby | 1937 | 1 |
| M.14 | Magister | 1937 | 1293 |
| M.14 | Hawk Trainer III | 52 | |
| M.15 | T.1 / 37 | 1939 | 2 |
| M.16 | mentor | 1938 | 45 |
| M.17 | monarch | 1938 | 11 |
| M.18 | M.18 | 1938 | 4th |
| M.19 | Master II | 1939 | 1699 |
| M.20 | M.20 | 1940 | 2 |
| M.24 | Master Fighter | 1940 | 26th |
| M.25 | Martinet | 1943 | 1724 |
| M.26 | "X" | 0 | |
| M.27 | Master III | 1940 | 602 |
| M.28 | Mercury | 1941 | 6th |
| M.30 | X minor | 1942 | 1 |
| M.33 | monitor | 1944 | 22nd |
| M.35 | Libellula | 1942 | 1 |
| M.37 | Martinet trainer | 1946 | 2 |
| M.28 | Messenger | 1942 | 80 |
| M.33 | monitor | 1944 | 80 |
| M.39B | Libellula | 1943 | 1 |
| M.48 | Messenger further development | 1945 | 1 |
| M.52 | M.52 | 0 | |
| M.50 | Queen Martinet | 65 | |
| M.57 | Aerovan | 1945 | 48 |
| M.60 | Marathon I. | 1945 | 42 |
| M.64 | LR5 | 1945 | 1 |
| M.65 | Gemini | 1945 | 170 |
| M.68 | Boxcar | 1947 | 1 |
| M.69 | Marathon II | 1949 | 1 |
| M.71 | Merchantman | 1947 | 1 |
| M.75 | Aries | 1951 | 2 |
| M.77 | Sparrowjet | 1953 | 1 |
| M.100 | college student | 1957 | 1 |
| M.105 | HDM105 | 1957 | 1 |
literature
- Wings Over Woodley, The Story of Miles Aircraft and the Adwest Group ISBN 0-946627-12-6
- Don L. Brown: Miles Aircraft since 1925 , Putnam & Co., 1970, ISBN 0-370-00127-3
