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 (7.32 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
• Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
• Wing area: 176 sq ft (16.4 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,210 lb (549 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,720 lb (780 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major , 130 hp (97 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 150 mph (241 km/h, 130 kn)
• Range: 400 mi (644 km, 350 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,300 ft/min (6.6 m/s)

See also[]

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• González Gil-Pazó GP-1

Related lists

• List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
• 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.