Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] Front view of the M.35 taken in June 1942. The aircraft in the background at right are Magisters, Masters, an Anson and a Blenheim.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Anson / Type 652 - Великобритания - 1935Bristol Blenheim - Великобритания - 1936Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942Miles Magister / M.14 - Великобритания - 1937Miles Master II M.19 / Master III M.27 - Великобритания - 1939
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] The M.35 after the tailwheel and over wing undercarriage-leg fairings had been fitted.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] Another one-off, the Miles M.35 Libellula, or dragonfly, U-0235, seen here being flown by George, the younger of the flying Miles Brothers. George's brainchild, the M.35 was designed and assembled within a six week period and kept under wraps from the possible prying eyes of government officials, lest they veto this unconventional, low speed, low powered test vehicle for a proposed deck-landing fighter. Lacking any wind tunnel testing that would have alerted the men from the ministry, George was to fly the ground-hugging canard for the first time on 1 May 1942: and probably instantly regretted it. as the aircraft promptly proved to be inherently unstable around its pitching axis when eventually coaxed aloft. This problem remained with the M.35, being only partially alleviated by the use of ballast. As the larger and later M.39B canard was to show, the 130hp DH Gipsy Major-powered M.35'S troubles lay not with its back-to-front layout, but with the lack of pre-flight wind tunnel testing.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] Three-quarter front view of the M.35 taken in June 1942. The cockpit was positioned to provide an excellent field of view - an important feature in a carrier-borne fighter, the role for which the Libellula was conceived.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] The Miles M.35 Libellula shortly after completion and before the auxiliary tailwheel and overwing undercarriage-leg fairings were fitted. The aircraft carries the “B Conditions" marking U0235.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] A rear three-quarter view of the M.35. The aircraft’s 130 h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Major engine suffered cooling problems, resulting in the addition of the large air scoop visible below the starboard aft wing root.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Регистрационный номер: U0235 [7] A rear view of the M.35. The rear wing spanned 20ft 5in, the front 20ft. The purpose of the small, apparently hinged flat-plate surfaces on either side of the engine cowling has not been ascertained.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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Самолёты на фотографии: Miles Libellula / M.35 - Великобритания - 1942
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