Miles Hawk trainer

The Miles Hawk Trainer is a two-seat trainer aircraft produced by the British manufacturer Miles Aircraft .

development and construction

The Miles Hawk Trainer was developed on the basis of the Hawk Major in order to supplement the requirements for the De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth as a training aircraft . The aircraft had double controls , equipment for instrument flight and vacuum-operated expansion flaps . In 1937 the machine was further developed to the Miles Magister according to an Air Ministry Specification for training aircraft .

M.2W Hawk trainer: Original production version, powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major , four copies built
M.2X Hawk trainer: Improved version with larger rudder , nine copies built
M.2Y Hawk trainer: M.2X minor changes, thirteen copies built

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	24 ft (7.32 m )
span	34 ft (10.36 m)
height	6.67 ft (2.03 m)
Wing area	176 ft² (16 m² )
Empty mass	1,210 lb (549 kg )
Max. Takeoff mass	1,720 lb (780 kg)
Top speed	150 mph (241 km / h )
Service ceiling	18,000 ft (5,486 m)
Range	400 mi (644 km )
Engines	1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major with 130 PS (96 kW )

An M.2W with the registration G-ADWT is airworthy in England .

Peter Amos, Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1 . Putnam Aeronautical, London 2000, ISBN 0-85177-787-2 (English).
Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925 . Putnam & Company Ltd., London 1970, ISBN 0-370-00127-3 (English).
AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3 . Putnam, London 1974, ISBN 0-370-10014-X (English).

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