Miles Magister

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M.14 Magister
Type	STOL transport
Manufacturer	Miles Aircraft
Designed by	G.H. Miles
Maiden flight	1937
Primary users	Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm
Number built	1,393

The Miles M.14 Magister was a British 2-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft built by the Miles Aircraft for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Affectionately known as the Maggie, the Magister was based on Miles' civilian Hawk Major and Hawk Trainer and was the first monoplane designed specifically as a trainer for the RAF. As a low-wing monoplane, it was an ideal introduction to the Spitfire and Hurricane for new pilots.

The Magister was designed to meet Air Ministry Specification T.40/36P and first flew in March 1937. Production began in October 1937 and by the start of World War II over 700 Magisters had entered service with RAF Elementary Flying Training Schools, eventually equipping 16 such schools as well as the Central Flying School. Large numbers of civilian Hawk Majors were also pressed into service as trainers. Production of the Magister continued until 1941 by which time 1,203 had been built. After the war many Magisters were converted for civilian uses and redesignated as the Hawk Trainer III.

Miles Magister is a valid phrase in Latin, pronounced Me-lays Mag-ister, it translates as "soldier-teacher".

At least one aircraft was also modified to look like the German Stuka dive-bomber for some of the scenes in the film Battle of Britain

Contents 1 Variants 2 Specifications () 3 Operators 4 Related content

[edit] Variants

• Miles M.14 :
• Miles M.14A :
• Hawk Trainer III :

[edit] Specifications ()

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (instructor and student)
• Length: 24 ft 7 in (7.51 m)
• Wingspan: 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
• Height: 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m)
• Wing area: 176 ft² (16.3 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,260 lb (570 kg)
• Loaded weight: 1,863 lb (845 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major I inverted inline piston, 130 hp (97 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 132 mph at 1,000 ft (212 km/h)
• Range: 380 miles (610 km)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
• Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (260 m/min)
• Wing loading: 10.6 lb/ft² (51.8 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.07 hp/lb (0.11 kW/kg)

[edit] Operators

• Egypt (42 aircraft)
• Republic of Ireland (15 Aircraft)
• New Zealand (2 Aircraft)
• South Africa
• Turkey
• United Kingdom

[edit] Related content

Related development

• Miles Hawk Major

Comparable aircraft

Fairchild PT-19 - Yakovlev UT-2 - de Havilland Moth Minor

Designation sequence

M.11 - M.12 - M.13 - M.14 - M.15 - M.16 - M.17

Related lists

• List of aircraft of the RAF
• List of aircraft of the RNZAF