Miles Magister

The Miles M.14 Magister was a British two-seat training aircraft. It was built by Miles Aircraft for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. The short also simply called Maggie aircraft was based on the major and the Hawk trainer aircraft version of the Miles M.2 Hawk and was the first monoplane that was built specifically as a training aircraft. As low wing it was ideal for the preparation of new pilots on missions with the Spitfire and the Hurricane.

The Magister was built due to the specification T.40/36P the Air Ministry. The first flight took place in March 1937, and serial production began in October of the same year. At the beginning of World War II were already over 700 copies at 16 flight schools in the RAF for basic training, and at the Central Flying School in use. In addition, a large number of Hawk Major was transferred to the education environment.

A total of 1,293 master's were produced until 1941. After the war, numerous master were converted under the name Hawk Trainer III for civilian purposes.

The translation of the Latin words Miles Magister is soldier - teachers.

Specifications

  • Crew: 2, flight instructors & students
  • Length: 7.51 m
  • Wingspan: 10.31 m
  • Height: 2.77 m
  • Area: 16.3 m²
  • Empty weight: 570 kg
  • Start Weight: 845 kg
  • Powerplant: 1x de Havilland Gipsy Major engine with 97 kW power

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 212 km / h in 305 m height
  • Range: 610 km
  • Service ceiling: 5,500 m
  • Rate of climb: 260 m / min
  • Wing loading: 51.8 kg / m²
  • Force / mass: 0.11 kW / kg

Operator

  • Egypt
  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • Great Britain

Comparable aircraft: Fairchild PT -19 - Yakovlev UT -2 - de Havilland Moth Minor

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