M.17 Monarch | |
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Miles M.17 Monarch operational at Wroughton, Wiltshire, in July 1992 | |
Role | Light civil touring aeroplane |
Manufacturer | Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd |
Designer | Frederick George Miles |
First flight | 21 February 1938 |
Introduction | 1938 |
Primary user | Royal Air Force |
Produced | 1938-1939 |
Number built | 11 |
The Miles M.17 Monarch was a British, light, touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, three-seat, cabin monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage.
Development[]
The last civil type produced by Phillips and Powis before the war, the Monarch was a development of their earlier Whitney Straight. Compared to its sibling. the Monarch had an enlarged fuselage, allowing provision of a third seat in part of what had been the luggage space.
Operational history[]
Eleven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939, six of these to British customers, the rest going to export.
On the outbreak of war five of the British-registered machines were impressed by the Air Ministry; one machine belonging to Rolls-Royce acquired camouflage paint but remained in its owner's service. All but one of these survived the war, though a Dutch-registered aeroplane (PH-ATP) was destroyed in the Luftwaffe raid on Schiphol on 10 May 1940. One aircraft, OY-DIO, was on the Danish register until Sept. 9, 1939 and owned by a Dane named Hagedorn.
In the 1950s, one Monarch (G-AIDE) enjoyed some success as a racer in the hands of W.P. Bowles
For the most part, the remaining Monarchs led uneventful but useful careers; a number survived into the Sixties. G-AFJU is displayed at the National Museum of Flight at RAF East Fortune near East Linton, Scotland.
Sporting successes (G-AIDE)[]
- 1st - Goodyear Trophy (1957)[1]
- 3rd - King's Cup Race (1957)
- 1st - Norton Griffiths Trophy (1958)
- 2nd - Osram Cup Race (1958)
Operators[]
- Belgian Air Force - One aircraft only.
Specifications (M.17)[]
Data from British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 25 ft 11¾ in (7.92 m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft 7 in (10.85 m)
- Height: 8 ft 9¼ in (2.67 m)
- Wing area: 180 ft² (16.7m²)
- Empty weight: 1,390 lb (632 kg)
- Loaded weight: 2,200 lb (1,000 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × De Havilland Gipsy Major I four-cylinder air-cooled inline piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 145 mph (126 knots, 233 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 130 mph (113 knots, 209 km/h)
- Range: 600 miles (521 nmi, 966 km)
- Service ceiling: 17,400 ft (5,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
See also[]
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References[]
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Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-2.
- Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00127-3.
- Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. ISBN
- Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III. London: Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
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