Miles Monarch

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M.17 monarch
Miles M.17 Monarch at Wroughton, Wiltshire in July 1992
Type: Small plane
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

Miles Aircraft

First flight:

February 21, 1938

Commissioning:

1938

Production time:

1938-1939

Number of pieces:

11

The Miles M.17 Monarch is a three-seat small aircraft produced by the British manufacturer Miles Aircraft .

construction

The Monarch was the last type of civil aircraft that Phillips and Powis Aircraft developed before World War II . It is a further development of the Whitney Straight with an enlarged trunk to accommodate a third seat.

use

Eleven copies were built between 1938 and 1939. Six of them were delivered to British owners. The remaining aircraft were exported. When the Second World War broke out , the British Air Ministry requisitioned the aircraft for military service. An aircraft owned by Rolls-Royce was camouflaged but remained in the service of its owner. All but one machine survived the war. The Monarch with the Dutch registration number PH-ATP was destroyed in the air force attack on Schiphol Airport on May 10, 1940. Another machine with the registration number OY-DIO was registered in Denmark until September 9, 1939 .

In the 1950s, the Monarch with the registration G-AIDE was reasonably successful as a racing aircraft for the pilot WP Bowles.

Sporting successes ( G-AIDE )

  • First place in the Goodyear Trophy (1957)
  • Third place in the King's Cup Race (1957)
  • First place in the Norton Griffiths Trophy (1958)
  • Second place in the Osram Cup Race (1958)

operator

BelgiumBelgium Belgium
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 2
length 26  ft (7.92  m )
span 35.58 ft (10.84 m)
height 8.77 ft (2.67 m)
Wing area 180  ft² (16.7  m² )
Empty mass 1,390  lb (630  kg )
Max. Takeoff mass 2,150 lb (975 kg)
Cruising speed 109  kn (202  km / h )
Top speed 120 kn (222 km / h)
Service ceiling 17,400 ft (5,304 m)
Range 540  NM (1,000  km ) with a thirty gallon tank, 790 NM (1,463 km) with a forty-four gallon tank
Engines 1 × De Havilland Gipsy Major I with 130  PS (96  kW )

Preserved copies

Most of the machines were still in operation until the 1960s. The Monarch with registration G-AFJU is now on display at the National Museum of Flight at the Royal Air Force East Fortune Air Force Base near East Linton , Scotland .

See also

literature

  • 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 & Company Ltd., London 1974 (English).
  • AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III . Putnam, London 1988, ISBN 0-85177-818-6 (English).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AJ Jackson: British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III . Putnam, London 1988, ISBN 0-85177-818-6 , pp. 73 (English).