Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer

M.2 Hawk Trainer

Picture - Miles M.2W Hawk Trainer G-ADWT racing at Leeds (Yeadon) airport in May 1955

Role: Two-seat touring and racing monoplane
Manufacturer: Miles Aircraft Limited
Designed by: Frederick George Miles
First flight: 1935
Primary users: Royal Air Force Romanian Air Force
Number built: 27
Developed from: Miles Hawk Major
Variants: Miles Magister

The Miles Hawk Trainer was a 1930s British two-seat training monoplane designed by Miles Aircraft Limited.

Design and development

The Miles Hawk Trainer was developed from the Hawk Major to meet a requirement to supplement the de Havilland Tiger Moth in the training role. The aircraft had dual controls, blind flying equipment and vacuum operated flaps. In 1937 the design was further developed to meet an Air Ministry specification for a trainer and became the M.14 Magister.

Variants

M.2W Hawk Trainer Initial production version powered buy a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, four built. M.2X Hawk Trainer Improved version with a larger horn-balanced rudder, nine built. M.2Y Hawk Trainer M.2X with minor changes, 13 built.

Note that Hawk Trainer Mk II and Mk III were variants of the Miles Magister.

Operators

Romania

Romanian Air Force

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force

Spain

Spanish Republican Air Force

Survivors

M.2W registered G-ADWT is still flyable and based in England

Specifications (M.2W)

General characteristics

Capacity: Two
Length: 24 ft 0 in ( m)
Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in ( m)
Height: 6 ft 8 in ( m)
Wing area: 176 ft² ( m²)
Empty weight: 1,210 lb ( kg)
Gross weight: 1,720 lb ( kg)
Powerplant: 1 x— de Havilland Gipsy Major, 130 hp ( kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
Range: 400 miles (644 km)
Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
Rate of climb: 1,300 ft/min ( m/s)

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