Miles Mentor

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M.16 Mentor
Type	Training and Communications
Manufacturer	Miles Aircraft Limited
Maiden flight	1938
Retired	1950
Status	Retired or Destroyed
Primary user	Royal Air Force
Number built	45
Developed from	Miles M.7 Nighthawk

The Miles M.16 Mentor was a 1930s British single-engined three-seat monoplane training and communications aircraft built by Miles Aircraft Limited.

1 History
2 Operators
3 Specifications
4 Reference
5 External links
6 Related content

[edit] History

The Mentor was developed from the Miles M.7 Nighthawk the meet an Air Ministry Specification 38/37 for a three-seat cabin monoplane for use in a communications role. The requirement asked for the aircraft to able to carry out instrument and radio training in day or night. The first prototype (Serial L4932) first flew on 5 January 1937. An order for 45 aircraft was received and they were all delivered to the Royal Air Force.

Only one aircraft survived the war, serial L4420 was converted for civilian use in 1947 as G-AHKM. It crashed on 1 April 1950 at Clayhidon, Devon and was destroyed.

[edit] Operators

United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 26ft 1¾in ()
Wingspan: 34ft 9½in ()
Height: ()
Empty weight: 1,978 lb ()
Max takeoff weight: 2,710 lb ()
Powerplant: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Six inline piston, 200 hp (kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 156 mph

[edit] Reference

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X.