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Miles Whitney Straight - airplanes
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The Miles M.11 Whitney Straight was a two-seater light aircraft with a dual-control 'side-by-side' cockpit configuration developed in 1936 as a collaboration between Miles Aircraft and American-born Whitney Straight best known as a Grand Prix motor racing driver and later a Royal Air Force pilot and director of British Overseas Airways Corporation. The intention was to provide a more comfortable and social experience than the then-common tandem open cockpit designs.
Using a Miles Whitney Straight from 1939 on his own initiative and
sometimes forging aircraft log books to conceal his work,
Pritchard conducted trials 1
Miles Whitney Straight ZK-AXD in early 1960 At the Hawkes Bay And East
Coast Aero Club New Zealand
Des Smith
12/29/2004
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Restored WW2 plane Miles Whitney Straight G-AERV only one of four
(Article no longer available from the original source)
A plane that crash landed after setting off from St Angelo Aerodrome
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Made by Miles Aircraft.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
Height Main
198.12
Height Alt
2.0 m
Length Alt
7.6 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
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Range Main
570 miles
Loaded Weight Main
2000.0
Max Speed Alt
233.0
Type Of Prop
air-cooled
4-cylinder inline engine
Max Speed Main
145 mph
Ceiling Main
18500.0
Number Built
50
Crew
two
Loaded Weight Alt
900.0
Area Main
178.0
Primary user
Span Alt
10.9 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
97.0
Engine(prop)
De Havilland Gipsy Major
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
14
Production End Year
1937
Climb Rate Main
850.0
Power Main
130 hp
Production Start Year
1936
Climb Rate Alt
15600.0
Length Main
25.0
Span Main
1087.12
Area Alt
16.5 m²
Range Alt
920.0
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*Miles Monarch
Empty Weight Main
1250.0
Ceiling Alt
5
600 m
Produced
1936
Empty Weight Alt
570.0
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