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1942
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OCTOBER 15TH, 1942 FLIGHT Advertisements. 25 /ttilestenss pTOLLOVVING the record-breaking achieve ments in 1934-5 of Miles single-engined Air craft, and while plans for Service trainers were taking shape, the designers set out to realise their next ambition of developing transport aircraft, of which the 1935 Merlin single-engine five-seater had been the first. Their aim was a medium aeroplane capable of carrying a ton of disposable load,-and the result— the Peregrine — first Mdes aeroplane with two motors and retractable undercarriage, but in the proved Miles tradition of low-wing monoplane design. The Peregrine carries eight, including the pilot, and, with two Gipsy VI. engines, has a range of 550 miles, cruising at 160 m.p.h., with a top speed of 180 m.p.h. It was the growing reputation of Miles Aircraft for reliability and high performance that led the designers into the commercial field. They were keenly appreciative of the operator's prob lems and of the increasing air-mindedness of the World. Other designs for transport planes of even more progressive character came from the drawing board, only to be shelved as the war clouds gathered and the demand increased for Miles Service Aircraft, among which is the now-famous Miles Master — fast advanced Monoplane Trainer, for the Monoplane Pilots of the R.A.F. Cnm penemusfy So Tfolfafll Airfare 3ciu?vWcntFiiiul CONSTRUCTED B» PHILLIPS AIRCRAFT POWlS AIRCRAFT I 1 M I ! £ 0 , SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND M « (MJ>
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