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THE DONCELLA GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING
24: MILES MESSENGER RG333 (G-AIEK)
The Messenger was designed during the Second World War to provide a four-seat light liaison aircraft with good short field performance. Several high-ranking army officers used Messengers for personal transport and the original RG333 was used by Field Marshal Montgomery. Both Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower also used the aircraft for inspections of the battle zones.
After the war large numbers of Messengers were surplus to R.A.F. requirements and many of these, with other newly-built aircraft, were used for many years for private flying, air touring and air racing. One of the post-war aircraft, G-AIEK, first flew in December 1946 and has been preserved in flying condition in the markings carried by the original RG333. It is a frequent visitor to air displays throughout Britain.
Engine - 155 h.p. Blackburn Cirrus Major.
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THE DONCELLA GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING
17: MILES MAGISTER P6382 (G-AJDR)
The Magister shared with the Tiger Moth the task of providing initial training to wartime Royal Air Force pilots. Introduced in 1937, it was the R.A.F.'s first monoplane trainer and was derived from a long series of civil aircraft produced by Mr F.G. Miles.
After the War many were sold to flying clubs and private owners as the Miles Hawk Trainer III.
P6382 was delivered to the Royal Air Force in June 1939 and flew with No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School. In 1947 the aircraft was released from the Service and then flew with a number of owners with the civil registration G-AJDR until joining the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden where it was painted in the partially camouflaged colour scheme which was used by the R.A.F. in 1939-40.
Engine - 130 h.p. De Havilland Gipsy Major.
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FIGHTING & CIVIL AIRCRAFT
22: MILES FALCON
This fast cabin monoplane is supplied in two forms. One version has the 200 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Six engine, and the other uses the Gipsy Major of 130 h.p. In the former case it is usually known as the Falcon Six. A machine of this type won the King's Cup Race in 1935, when it averaged 176.28 m.p.h., and in the same machine Ft. Lt. Tommy Rose broke the England-Cape and back air record. Actually it is capable of rather more than 180 m.p.h. Its cabin normally has three seats providing comfort comparable with that of the average saloon motor car. With the smaller engine the maximum speed is 145 m.p.h. Among the striking features of the Falcon are the "trousers" which streamline the two "legs" of the undercarriage.
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FIGHTING & CIVIL AIRCRAFT
15: MILES MAGISTER
A standard elementary training type in the Royal Air Force, the "Magister" is a low-wing monoplane with fixed undercarriage and powered with a De Havilland Gipsy Major engine of 130 h.p. Pilot and pupil sit in tandem in open cockpits, one of which can be fitted with a blind-flying hood. The top speed is in the neighbourhood of 145 m.p.h. and the machine can be subjected to all kinds of aerobatic evolutions. Split trailing-edge flaps are fitted and it is claimed that the "Magister" reproduces many of the characteristics of modern high performances Service aircraft.
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FAMOUS AEROPLANES PILOTS AND AIRPORTS
44: MILES MOHAWK
The "Mohawk" was specially built for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to his own requirements and he supervised the position of all instruments and equipment. The "Mohawk" is a two-seat monoplane with a speed of about 200 m.p.h. and the cockpits have transparent sliding panels so that they can be entirely closed. It is fitted for night flying and sea floats can be substituted for the under-carriage. It has an American Menasco engine, which is to be built in England, and tankage for great distances.
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