Miles Merlin

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M.4 Merlin
Type Five-seat cabin monoplane
Manufacturer Miles Aircraft Limited
Designed by Frederick George Miles
Maiden flight 1935
Number built 4
Developed from Miles M.3 Falcon

The Miles M.4A Merlin was a 1930s British five-seat cabin monoplane designed by Miles Aircraft Limited.

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[edit] Design and development

The Merlin was designed in 1935 as an enlarged version of the M.3 Falcon cabin monoplane. It was built for two customers, Birkett Air Services of England and Tata Air Lines of India. The Merlin was a low-wing monoplane with fixed tail-wheel undercarriage powered by a 200 hp de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine. The prototype (registered G-ADFE), built by Philips and Powis, first flew at Woodley Aerodrome on 11 May 1935. G-ADFE was delivered a few weeks later to Birkett. Two other aircraft were delivered to Tata in India to replace the de Havilland Puss Moth on the Karachi-Madras route. The fourth and final Merlin was delivered to Victorian and Interstate Airways of Australia for the Melbourne-Hay service. The Australian Merlin was impressed into the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Civil Operators

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  • Victoria and Interstate Airways
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  • Tata Air Lines
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  • Birkett Air Services

[edit] Military Operators

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[edit] Specifications (M.4A)

General characteristics

  • Capacity: Five
  • Length: 25 ft 10 in ( m)
  • Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in ( m)
  • Height: 7 ft 5½ in ( m)
  • Wing area: 196 ft² ( m²)
  • Empty weight: 1,700 lb ( kg)
  • Gross weight: 3,000 lb ( kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine, 200 hp ( kW) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 155 mph ( km/h)
  • Rate of climb: 900 ft/min ( m/s)

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

  • Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0.
  • Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-37000-127-3.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
  • Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. London: Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.

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[edit] See also

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