Miles student

Miles student
	Miles M-100 student
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	United Kingdom
Manufacturer:	Miles Aircraft
First flight:	May 15, 1957
Number of pieces:	1

The Miles M.100 Student is a light, jet-powered trainer aircraft that was designed on the private initiative of the brothers Frederick George and George Miles . Development began in 1953. There was no series production because the hoped-for procurement by the Royal Air Force failed to materialize.

construction and development

The M.100 Student was an all-metal jet trainer with a two-man cockpit with seats arranged next to each other. The company gained experience with jet propulsion by converting a propeller racing airplane of the Sparrowhawk type to an airplane with jet propulsion in the wing roots, the M.77 "Sparrowjet" . The M.100 prototype was powered by a Turboméca Marboré turbojet engine with 4 kN thrust and had its maiden flight on May 15, 1957. Miles was hoping for an order from the RAF, but the order went to Hunting with the Hunting Percival Jet Provost . The only aircraft initially flew with the test aircraft registration number G-35-4 and was shown at the 1957 Farnborough Air Show , later it was presented to other potential customers with the registration number G-APLK , for example at the Aérosalon Le Bourget in 1959 .

Variants under the names Centurion 3, 4 and 5 were planned with the RB.108 , respectively the Turbomeca Gourdon and Turbomeca Arbizon.

In 1964, the aircraft was modified to the Mark 2 version and, based on an evaluation , received the military registration XS941 from April . Testing of the aircraft by the Royal Air Force for the role of counterinsurgency lasted until September 1964, after which it received its civilian registration again. The type was not procured.

Shortly afterwards the aircraft was dismantled and stored. The aircraft was only reassembled in 1972 and was re- airworthy in 1974 . Measurement flights were carried out for Hawker Siddeley with a view to finding ways to reduce noise from the HS.125 business aircraft. The aircraft was then stored and lost its operating license in 1981.

In 1984 the aircraft came to its new owner, who wanted to use the aircraft for filming and for air shows. It received its renewed certificate of airworthiness on May 2, 1985.

The M.100 Student 2 flew with the registration G-MIOO for the last time in 1985 in Duxford and was damaged after an engine problem while attempting an emergency landing. In the years that followed, the aircraft was restored at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation until 2013 and remained on display there.

Technical specifications

The Miles Student at Coventry Airport in 1961. Then owned by FG Miles Engineering

M.100 student

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	9.60 m
span	8.89 m
height	1.91 m
Wing area	13.4 m²
Wing extension	5.9
Empty mass	1089 kg
Takeoff mass	1769 kg with additional tanks
Cruising speed
Top speed	260 kn (approx. 480 km / h) at an altitude of 6100 m
Service ceiling
Climb performance	6.8 min up to 3050 m altitude
Range	998 km with additional tanks
Engines	1 × Turboméca Marboré Turbojet with 3.9 kN thrust

literature

Amos, Peter, Don Lambert Brown: Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1 . London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-2 .
"British Military Aircraft 1958" . Flight , August 29, 1958, p. 381.
Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925 . London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00127-3 .
Don Henley: The Jet Age - The Miles Sparrowjet and Student, Part One . In: AIR Enthusiast Issue 69 May / June 1997, pp. 58–63.
Don Henley: The Jet Age - The Miles Sparrowjet and Student, Part Two . In: AIR Enthusiast Issue 70 July / August 1997, pp. 9-11.
Jackson, AJ British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3 . London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974.
"Miles M.100 Student: A Promising New Jet Trainer Under Construction at Shoreham" . Flight , December 16, 1955, pp. 915-917.
"Minting a New Coin at Shoreham: Miles Engineering's Student / Graduate Mini-striker" . Flight , October 15, 1964, pp. 665-666.
Temple, Julian C. Wings Over Woodley - The Story of Miles Aircraft and the Adwest Group . Bourne End, Bucks, UK: Aston Publications, 1987. ISBN 0-946627-12-6 .

Web links

Commons : Miles Student - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Miles M100 Student , Minijets
↑ Flight 30 August 1957 p316
↑ Flight 30 August 1957 p369
↑ ^a ^b ^c MILES M.100 STUDENT ( Memento from March 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Noise of advanced subsonic air transport system , Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 43 Issue 2, November 22 1975, pages 219-236
^ Miles M100 Student, G-MIOO, Aug. 24, 1985 , Air Accidents Investigation Branch report
^ Restoration of the Miles M.100 Student , website of the Museum of Berkshire Aviation; Pictures of the finished machine from 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15110856@N02/9668810495/ and 2015: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64113960@N04/17647474455
^ Don Henley: The Miles Sparrowjet and Student AE May / June 1997, p. 63.

[Mini-1] A ^b Miles M100 Student , Minijets

[2] Flight 30 August 1957 p316

[3] Flight 30 August 1957 p369

[warbird-4] MILES M.100 STUDENT ( Memento from March 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[5] Noise of advanced subsonic air transport system , Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 43 Issue 2, November 22 1975, pages 219-236

[6] Miles M100 Student, G-MIOO, Aug. 24, 1985 , Air Accidents Investigation Branch report

[7] Restoration of the Miles M.100 Student , website of the Museum of Berkshire Aviation; Pictures of the finished machine from 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15110856@N02/9668810495/ and 2015: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64113960@N04/17647474455

[8] Don Henley: The Miles Sparrowjet and Student AE May / June 1997, p. 63.