Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: N7408 [2] The first production Miles Master I, N7408, was the first of an initial batch of Mk Is delivered to the RAF between July 1939 and September 1940. On August 28, 1940 N7408 hit a balloon cable and crash-landed at Smethwick, Birmingham.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Kestrel M.9 / Master I M.9A - Великобритания - 1937
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Miles Masters being constructed on the novel (for Britain at least) track assembly system at Woodley. The whole production line moved forward as a unit every 4hr, each assembly operation taking 4hr to complete.
Installation of Rolls-Royce engines. At the far end the line goes round the corner to where wings are fitted.Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Kestrel M.9 / Master I M.9A - Великобритания - 1937
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Регистрационный номер: N7428, N8014 ADVANCED TRAINERS: Flying training schools are now receiving batches of Miles Master I advanced training monoplanes with Rolls-Royce Kestrel XXX engines. These machines are not only fast and “easy on the eye” but reproduce more nearly than any comparable type the characteristics of the modern fighter.
A line-up of newly-delivered Miles Master Is, probably at No 5 FTS, RAF Sealand, in November 1939. The one with serial number visible, N7428, later went to No 6 Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit and was destroyed in a collision with Miles Master N8014 near Oswestry on June 15, 1942.
Closely resembling the Miles M.9 Kestrel, the Master I was powered by a derated Rolls-Royce Kestrel XXX, making it 70 m.p.h. slower than its predecessor. Its handling characteristics made it an ideal fighter trainer.Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Kestrel M.9 / Master I M.9A - Великобритания - 1937
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Регистрационный номер: N7408 [2] Another view of Master I N7408. The general similarity of the type with the Spitfire and the Hurricane is obvious: it made the pupil’s transition from Tiger Moth to front-line fighter a much less daunting step.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Kestrel M.9 / Master I M.9A - Великобритания - 1937
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Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Kestrel M.9 / Master I M.9A - Великобритания - 1937
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