Описание
Страна : Великобритания
Год : 1947
(проект)
Фотографии
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Air-Britain Archive 1994-04 / Extracts
Illustrating the three-view drawing in the last issue, this photo of the Miles Technical School "Venture" was taken at Woodley on 17.9.47 when the fuselage shell was quite complete.
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Air-Britain Archive 1994-03 / Extracts
A re-drawn three-view sketch of the Miles Technical School Venture, see 19.4.46 entry. If the scale of the original was unaltered the project would be about 23.5 ft long and 31 ft span.
Aeroplane 19 April 1946 *P.467 - In an article on the Miles Technical School, is a lengthy reference to the Miles Venture. (This aircraft is not dealt with in the Putnam book and is only briefly covered in 'Wings over Woodley'). FG Miles asked the school in August 1943 to design a high wing monoplane powered by two Gipsy Sixes. It had a nosewheel undercarriage, a low landing speed and a crew of four. The mock-up had been completed and metal fittings were being produced for the aircraft itself. It was to be used as a test-bed for Miles automatic pilot development.
A: 19.4.46 p.467: The Miles Technical School Venture was a design study for a twin-engined high-wing monoplane for use as an aerial laboratory and research aircraft. At the time, August 1943, the only students with drawing office experience were a dozen females. The best of their submitted designs were incorporated into the final scheme which F.G.Miles then commissioned the School to build. Construction of the aircraft at Woodley was quite advanced when the company collapsed in September 1947. Its fate is not recorded.
