Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer

M.2 Hawk Trainer
Miles M.2W Hawk Trainer G-ADWT racing at Leeds (Yeadon) airport in May 1955
Role	Two-seat touring and racing monoplane
Manufacturer	Miles Aircraft Limited
Designer	Frederick George Miles
First flight	1935
Primary users	Royal Air Force Romanian Air Force
Number built	27
Developed from	Miles Hawk Major
Variants	Miles Magister

The Miles Hawk Trainer was a 1930s British two-seat training monoplane designed by Miles Aircraft Limited.

Design and development

The Miles Hawk Trainer was developed from the Hawk Major to meet a requirement to supplement the de Havilland Tiger Moth in the training role. The aircraft had dual controls, blind flying equipment and vacuum operated flaps. In 1937 the design was further developed to meet an Air Ministry specification for a trainer and became the M.14 Magister.

Variants

M.2W Hawk Trainer

Initial production version powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, four built.

M.2X Hawk Trainer

Improved version with a larger horn-balanced rudder, nine built.

M.2Y Hawk Trainer

M.2X with minor changes, 13 built.

• Note that Hawk Trainer Mk II and Mk III were variants of the Miles Magister.

Operators

 Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force

 Spain

• Spanish Republican Air Force

Survivors

• M.2W registered G-ADWT is still flyable and based in England

Specifications (M.2W)

General characteristics

• Capacity: Two
• Length: 24 ft 0 in ( m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in ( m)
• Height: 6 ft 8 in ( m)
• Wing area: 176 ft² ( m²)
• Empty weight: 1,210 lb ( kg)
• Gross weight: 1,720 lb ( kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major, 130 hp ( kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
• Range: 400 miles (644 km)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,300 ft/min ( m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• González Gil-Pazó GP-1

Related lists

• List of aircraft of the RAF
• List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer.

• Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-2.
• Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00127-3.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.