Miles Aircraft

Miles foi a marca usada para comercializar os aviões do engenheiro britânico Frederick George Miles, que projectou uma série de aviões civis e militares, bem como um conjunto de protótipos de outros veículos. O nome "Miles" é associado a duas companhias distintas com quem Miles estava envolvido e está também ligado a vários projectos produzidos antes de haver uma companhia a funcionar sob o nome de Miles.

História

A companhia foi inicialmente fundada por Charles Powis e Jack Phillips como Philips and Powis Aircraft, no aeródromo de Woodley em Reading, depois de conhecerem Fred Miles. Em 1936 a Rolls-Royce comprou uma parte da companhia e, apesar de ter havido aviões a serem produzidos sob a marca Miles, só em 1943 é que a companhia se tornou Miles Aircraft Limited quando a participação da Rolls-Royce foi vendida.

Aviões

Número da companhia	Nome	Ano	Produzidos	Tipo de avião
	Southern Martlet	1929	6
	Metal Martlet	1930	1
M.1	Satyr	1932	1
M.2	Hawk	1933	55	two seat light monoplane
M.2F-T	Hawk Major	1934	64	Hawk successor with de Havilland Gipsy Major engine
M.2E,L,U	Hawk Speed Six	1934	3	racing version of Hawk Major with de Havilland Gipsy Six engine
M.2W,X,Y	Hawk Trainer		25
M.3A	Falcon Major	1934	19
M.3B	Falcon Six	1935	17
M.3E	Gillette Falcon	1944	1 Modified M.3B	Supersonic Research for M.52
M.4	Merlin	1935	4
M.5	Sparrowhawk	1935	5
M.6	Hawcon	1935	1
M.7	Nighthawk	1935	6
M.8	Peregrine	1936	2
M.9	Kestrel	1937	1
M.9A	Master I	1939	900	advanced trainer
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	1,293	basic military trainer
M.14	Hawk Trainer III	1937	52	Magister for civil and export sales
M.15	M.15	1939	2	Air Ministry Specification T.1/37
M.16	Mentor	1938	45	three-seat training and communications monoplane
M.17	Monarch	1938	11
M.18	M.18	1938	3
M.19	Master II	1939	1,699
M.20	M20/2	1940	2	prototype low-cost fighter
M.24	Master Fighter	1940	26	emergency conversion of trainer design to fighter, retrospectively numbered M.24[1]
M.25	Martinet	1943	1,724	target tug
M.26	"X"		0	planned 55-seat trans-Atlantic airliner
M.27	Master III	1940	602
M.28	Mercury	1941	6	training or communications
M.30	X Minor	1942	1	small scale prototype for Miles X airline design
M.33	Monitor	1944	22	twin-engined target tug
M.35	Libellula	1942	1	tandem-wing design fighter
M.37	Martinet Trainer	1946	2	two seat trainer
M.38	Messenger	1942	80
M.33	Monitor	1944	80
M.39B	Libellula	1943	1	scale tandem-wing bomber design
M.48	Messenger Development	1945	1
M.52	M.52		0	supersonic research aircraft design
M.50	Queen Martinet	1944	65	unmanned target drone version of Martinet
M.57	Aerovan	1945	48	STOL transport
M.60	Marathon I	1945	42	civil airliner design - would become Handley Page Marathon
M.64	L.R.5	1945	1
M.65	Gemini	1945	170	private small aircraft
M.68	Boxcar	1947	1	transport with detachable cargo container
M.69	Marathon II	1949	1	Mamba turboprop powered project
M.71	Merchantman	1947	1	4-engined development of Aerovan layout
M.75	Aries	1951	2	development of Gemini with more powerful engines
M.76	M.76	1953	1	development of 2 seat glider for the British Gliding Association
M.77	Sparrowjet	1953	1
M.100	Student	1957	1
M.105	H.D.M.105	1957	1	aerovan conversion with Hurel Dubois wing

Referências

"British Aircraft of World War II - Miles Master." jaapteeuwen.com. Retrieved: 1 January 2010.

Atalhos externos

Miles Aircraft
Eight Engine, 55 Seat Plane To Have A 3,450 Mile Range 1944 article with cutaway drawing of proposed Mile X Airliner

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[1] "British Aircraft of World War II - Miles Master." jaapteeuwen.com. Retrieved: 1 January 2010.