- Miles Mentor
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M.16 Mentor 
Role Training and Communications Manufacturer Miles Aircraft Limited First flight 1938 Introduction 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.
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Design and development
The Mentor was developed from the Miles M.7 Nighthawk to meet the 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.
Operational history
The first prototype (Serial L4392) first flew on 5 January 1938. An order for 45 aircraft was received and they were all delivered to the Royal Air Force between April 1938 and February 1939. They were mainly used by No. 24 Squadron and by RAF station flights.[1]
Only one aircraft survived the Second World War, Serial L4420 was sold for civilian use in May 1946 as G-AHKM. It crashed on 1 April 1950 at Clayhidon, Devon and was destroyed.
Operators
Specifications (Mentor)
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 26 ft 1¾ in (7.97 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 9½ in (10.6 m)
- Height: ()
- Empty weight: 1,978 lb (903 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,710 lb (1,232 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Six 6-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline engine, 200 hp (149 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 134 knots (156 mph, 253 km/h)
See also
- Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ Halley, 1993, p. 43
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.
- Halley, J.J. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1993. ISBN 0-85130-208-4.
- 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.
- Swanborough, Gordon. British Aircraft at War, 1939-1945. East Sussex, UK: HPC Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-9531421-0-8.
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