Miles Nighthawk M.7 / Mentor M.16

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Страна Country: ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom

Год Year: 1935

Трехместный учебный и связной самолет

Варианты Variants

Miles - Falcon M.3 / Hawcon M.6 - 1934 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
Miles - Merlin / M.4 - 1935 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
Miles - Nighthawk M.7 / Mentor M.16 - 1935 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
Miles - Mohawk / M.12 - 1937 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom

M.7 Nighthawk, M.16 Mentor

На основе M.3B Falcon Six спроектирован M.7 Nighthawk; построено пять гражданских самолетов. Трехместный M.7 предназначался для использования в качестве учебного и связного самолета. Затем, согласно спецификации 38/37, Министерство авиации заказало вариант самолета M.7 под обозначением M.16 Mentor - для использования в качестве связного. Mentor также предназначался для тренировок летчиков в полетах по приборам днем и ночью. Самолеты оснащались двойным управлением, радиостанцией и посадочными фарами. Прототип выполнил первый полет 5 января 1938 года, он получился тяжелее первоначального M.7, но, тем не менее, успешно прошел летные испытания, после чего поступил заказ на 45 машин. Поставки завершились в середине 1939 года.
   Подобно самолету Magister, Mentor был оборудован противоштопорным дестабилизатором. После завершения программы испытаний прототипа на самолетах стали монтировать узкие рули направления, как у Magister. Войну пережил лишь один самолет Mentor, в 1947 году его продали гражданскому оператору, самолет разбился 1 апреля 1950 года.

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Miles M.16 Mentor

   Тип: трехместный учебный и связной самолет
   Силовая установка: один мотор жидкостного охлаждения de Havilland Gipsy Six мощностью 200 л. с.
   Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость на уровне моря 251 км/ч; практический потолок 4200 м
   Масса: пустого 897 кг; максимальная взлетная 1229 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 10,61 м; длина 7,98 м; высота 2,95 м; площадь крыла 16,81 м2

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Flight, February 1936

LEARNING in LUXURY
The Miles Nighthawk: A Cabin Monoplane Built Primarily for Instruction in Instrument- and Night-flying Training

   WITH an eye constantly on the market for training aircraft, Phillips and Powis Aircraft, Ltd., have lately put into production a new monoplane known as the Nighthawk and intended for tuition in instrument flying and night flying. The new machine is likely to interest clubs which have been approved by the Air Ministry for blind-flying training, air lines which are undertaking the instruction of their own personnel, and schools which obtain training contracts from air lines. The Nighthawk is believed to be the first cabin machine in this country equipped specifically for giving instruction in instrument flying.
   Basically, the machine may be regarded as a derivation of the Falcon. The first two to have been built are fitted with the 200 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Six, but the 130 h.p. Gipsy Major is an alternative power plant.
   Structurally, the machine follows standard Miles practice; that is, it is of wood with a box-type fuselage and two-spar wings with plywood covering taking the drag and torsional stresses.
   Side-by-side seats are provided for the pilot and pupil; there are dual controls, and either half of the cabin can be shut off from the other by an ingenious hood which “blinds” the pupil to everything except his instruments. When this hood is in use the view from the instructor's seat is still adequate, and his range of vision extends right across the machine. The hood which covers his head is divided at the front and secured by press studs; when he wishes to emerge from it he undoes the flap and slides the whole hood back on rails.
   In order that instruction may be given in all types of controls as fitted to various machines, three alternative forms of control may be installed. One is a central column which can be operated easily by either occupant, the second is a "Y" type column, and the third, also of "Y" formation, is provided with wheels for aileron control.
   The seats are arranged to take seat-pack parachutes, and the exits have been designed with a view to quick release in an emergency. Behind the seats a large space is available and might be used for camera equipment, wireless installation, and drift or bomb sights. Actually, the all-up weight permits an extra pupil to be carried behind the instructor, where he could take notes of mistakes made by the learner in the front seat. The blind and night-flying instruments, of course, are duplicated, one set being on each side of the instrument panel.
   The leading edges of the wings contain Harley landing lights (which can be pivoted and rotated from the cockpit), and the trailing edges have Miles hydraulically operated flaps to give a steep angle of approach and low landing speed. Normal navigation lights are fitted. The undercarriage is of conventional Miles design with ball-bearing wheels and long-travel legs and incorporated the "trousers" which have become standard on Miles designs.
   The following performance figures are obtained with the Nighthawk fitted with the Gipsy Six engine : Maximum speed, 175 m.p.h.; cruising speed, 155 m.p.h.; climb to 1,000ft., 1 minute; stalling speed, 50-55 m.p.h.; ceiling, 23,000ft.

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M.7 Nighthawk, M.16 Mentor
Flight, February 1936
LEARNING in LUXURY

Flight 1936-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADXA [4]
The new Miles Nighthawk has an ingenious arrangement of hoods by which the pupil is prevented from seeing the horizon, although he can see, and fly by, the instruments fitted to the dash. The instructor retains a very wide angle of view. In the spring the Nighthawk will become available as a luxurious four-seater.
Prototype c/n 263 now as U5 for the RAF. It can be seen that the fin area has been increased with a longer curved leading edge, no doubt because of difficulties reported in spin recovery. It spun in on 22.1.36 and the pilot parachuted to safety.
Flight 1936-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADXA [4]
The doors of the Nighthawk are designed with a view to quick exit in an emergency.
Flight 1936-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADXA [4]
This is the prototype Nighthawk, with a Gipsy Six engine, prior to being tested by Mr. Miles.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADXA [4]
Nighthawk prototype G-ADXA c/n 263 pushed out on completion. Apart from the built-in rudder balance it is very similar in appearance to the Falcon Six.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEBP [2]
The second prototype Nighthawk c/n 282 G-AEBP flew as U6 with RAF roundels and appeared 10.6.37 at Hendon with the New Types Park No.10 on the cowling. Note the slide-up hinged canopy on each side.
Flight 1936-07 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEBP [2]
Phillips and Fowis were represented by the Hawk Trainer, the Nighthawk, and the Miles Whitney Straight, all fitted with Gipsy engines.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Miles Hawk / M.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 Miles Whitney Straight / M.11 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Мировая Авиация 194

Учебный и связной самолет Miles M.7 Nighthawk спроектирован на основе Falcon M.3B Six.
Flight 1936-02 / Flight

SPIN-STOPPING BY PARACHUTE: Mr. F. G. Miles has evolved a scheme, not yet tested in actual flight, for stopping a flat spin during the flight-testing of new aircraft by releasing a small parachute anchored to the tail of the machine. In this picture the parachute is being fitted on a Nighthawk.
Flight 1938-06 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L6846 [2]
The Miles Nighthawk in which Capt. Balfour, Under-Secretary of State for Air, toured a number of stations.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L6846 [2]
Nighthawk c/n 282 became L6846 in RAF service in 5.37. It flew with 24 Sqn and is seen here with the Squadron's no.24 on the fuselage. It has the same long curved fin as U6.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
The second Mohawk's wings were fitted to the last Nighthawk. M.7A c/n 286 which flew 12.11.41 as U5. With a 205 hp Gipsy Six II and variable pitch propeller it was the fastest of the Nighthawks.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: U0225 [14], G-AGWT [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Used as a wartime company transport, the camouflaged M.7A became U0225. A spinner and rudder trim tab were added, the latter straightening the rudder trailing edge.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Postwar the M.7A Nighthawk was registered G-AGWT and is seen in its first civil paint scheme at Denham.
Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Miles Nighthawk G-AGWT part of Noel Collier’s happy memories of Woodley. Hugh Kendall was the pilot for a 7/6d joyride!
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v4
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Miles M.7A Nighthawk.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-08 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
The sole Miles M.7A Nighthawk photographed on a flight from Redhill on October 3, 1948 lan Forbes is probably the pilot. G-AGWT was put together in 1944, using the wings of a Miles Mohawk and a Miles M.7 Nighthawk fuselage. Powered by a 205 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Six Series II engine, the aircraft received its C of A on March 15, 1946. It was used by Raceways Ltd, an air taxi company based at Woodley. Following a period in Kenya as VP-KMM, the M.7A returned to the UK in August 1961 as VR-TCM.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Ian Forbes in G-AGWT as No.51 just after starting in the 1950 Daily Express Air Race in which he came second at 164.5 mph.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
G-AGWT with a larger Race No.93 making a turn around a racing pylon, its general lines showing overall similarity to other members of the Miles Hawk family and its trousered undercarriage fairings inherited from earlier Hawks and Falcons
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Hardy - Redhill recollections (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
The Miles Nighthawk G-AGWT snapped at Redhill in September 1952. Painted cream with red lettering, 'WT was erected in 1944 and had Mohawk wings. In 1963 it was abandoned at Lignane, near Aix-en-Provence, on a flight out to Singapore.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
Quickly recognised as a good racer, G-AGWT at one time had the rudder trim tab sealed with fabric to reduce drag. Here, as Race No.93, it bears the name 'The Nighthawk' at an angle on the cowling.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
G-AGWT later showing some signs of wear and tear, the inset rudder trim tab and the standard trim tab on the port elevator can both be seen.
Air-Britain Archive 1993-04 / Miles M.65 Gemini /The Whole Truth/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14], VR-TCM [14]
All winners. Gemini 3 G-AKDC c/n 6496 (in which Nat Somers won the 1949 Kings Cup) is next off in a handicap race followed by Proctor 3 G-AHGA flown by W/Cdr R. H. McIntosh ("All Weather Mac") who won the 1952 South Coast Air Race in it, and Ian Forbes' Nighthawk G-AGWT in which he won the 1952 Vintage Aeroplane Club Race.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Miles Gemini M.65 / Aries M.75 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945 Percival Proctor / P.28 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-TCM [14], G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14]
The M.7A as VR-TCM on return to the UK in 1962 and before regaining former registration G-AGWT. It has Proctor type spats replacing the original trousers but the six short exhaust stubs on the Gipsy Six remained unchanged throughout its 25 year career.
Air-Britain Archive 1983-01 / U.K. C of A Applications (13)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-TCM [14], G-AGWT [14], U0225 [14], VP-KMM [14]
Miles Nighthawk VR-TCM features below as G-AGWT to which it was restored in 1962, prior to which it was photographed at Redhill wearing Proctor spats.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L4392
L4392, the first Mentor 3-seat navigation trainer and communications aircraft which first flew on 5.1.38. 45 Mentors were built and completed in 1939, powered by the 205 hp Gipsy Queen I with variable pitch propeller.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L4393 [2]
На момент начала войны в британских ВВС имелось 12 самолетов M.16 Mentor. Они использовались как учебные и связные в 24-й эскадрилье и некоторых других подразделениях.
Mentor L4393 flying with the side window open when with A&AEE Boscombe Down. It has the taller rudder incorporated as a modification on all the aircraft and the antispin fairings on the tailplane similar to those on the Miles Magister.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2002-01 / Out of the Archives
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L4393 [2]
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-07 / Hooton Park /Gone but not forgotten/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L4396
Miles M.16 Mentor L4396 of No 24 Communications Squadron at Hooton in 1938.
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKM [3], L4420 [3]
The only Mentor to continue in peacetime civil use was c/n 462 ex L4420 which flew without its spats and leg fairings as G-AHKM until it crashed in poor visibility on 1.4.50.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / U.K. C of A Applications (17)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKM [3], L4420 [3]
The only civil M.16 Mentor G-AHKM, c/n 462, with a crudely-painted '3' on the rudder. It was written off on 1.4.50
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1993-04 / Picture Pages
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L4420 [3], G-AHKM [3]
Mentor L4420 is apparently coded "7" as it sits in a hangar but where? There is an Anson in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935
Air-Britain Archive 2003-03 / J.Meaden - The Miles Mohawk /Head-On View/ (8)

The Nighthawk cockpit with swing-over control wheel. It did not meet service requirements in the training category and was reclassified for communications only.

Flight 1936-02 / Flight

The duplication of the instruments, the layout of the swing-over controls and the method of screening a pupil are all apparent in this sketch. The hood slides on rails.
Flight 1936-02 / Flight

This Flight sketch shows the hood which can be unbuttoned and slid back.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight

Designed to be used either as a charter type or as specialised trainer, the Miles Mentor carries four people and their luggage. The outline is characteristically "Milesian" both in plan and elevation. Its cruising speed is 149 m.p.h.

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