Miles Hawk

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Miles M.2
Miles Hawk
Type: Sport plane
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Miles Aircraft

First flight:

March 29, 1933

Number of pieces:

55 M.2 - M.2d
64 M.2F - M.2T
25 Hawk trainers

The Miles M.2 Hawk was a two-seat sport aircraft.

development

The aircraft was designed by FG ​​Miles and was designed as a low- wing aircraft with an open cockpit and two seats one behind the other. The machine was powered by a Cirrus IIIA engine with 95 HP (71 kW).

variants

M.2
Production version, 45 copies built
M.2A
Version with a closed cabin, a copy built for the Egyptian Oases Rally held in January 1934 , aircraft registration : G-ACLI
M.2B
single-seat long-haul version with a Hermes IV engine with 120 HP (89 kW), a copy for a record attempt England-Cape Town in January 1934 (G-ACKW and VT-AES)
M.2C
a machine with a de Havilland Gipsy III engine with 120 PS (89 kW) (G-ACOB and F-AMZW)
M.2D
a three-seater variant, five of which were built between April and July 1934.
M.2F Hawk Major
Equipped with the 130 HP (97 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, a prototype and 16 series machines were built.
M.2G to M.2Y Hawk Major and Hawk Trainer
This was the last development before World War II. It formed the basis for the construction of the Miles M.14 Magister .

Technical specifications

Three-sided view
Parameter Data (M.2 series)
crew 2
length 12.37 m
span 10.06 m
height 2.03 m
Wing area 15.7 m²
Service ceiling 4880 m
Top speed 185 km / h
Range 725 km
Engines an ADC Cirrus Cirrus IIIA engine with 95 PS (approx. 70 kW)

literature

  • Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925 , Putnam, 1970, ISBN 0-37000127-3 , pp. 56-62

Web links

Commons : Miles Hawk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AERO issue 115, p. 3217