Miles Student
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{{Infobox aircraft
|name = M.100 Student
|image = Student-G-MIOO.jpg
|caption = Miles M-100 Student at Duxford c.1985
|type = Trainer
|manufacturer = Miles Aircraft
|designer = F.G. and G.H. Miles
|first_flight = 15 May 1957
|introduction =
|retired =
|status = preserved at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.
|primary_user = Royal Air Force (intended)
|more_users =
|produced =
|number_built = 1
|unit cost =
|variants =
}}
The Miles M.100 Student was built as a lightweight trainer as a private venture by F.G. and George Miles with development started in 1953. Although not specifically a Miles product,{{clarify|date=February 2020}} it was promoted as a British Royal Air Force trainer but failed to enter production.
Design and development
File:Miles M.100 Student G-APLK Coventry 29.04.61R edited-1.jpg in 1961 when owned by F.G. Miles Engineering]]
Building on the company's experience with the M.77 "Sparrowjet", the M.100 Student was a two-seat, side-by-side, all-metal jet trainer. The M.100 prototype was powered by a 400 kgf (882 lb) thrust Turbomeca Marbore turbojet and flew for the first time on 15 May 1957. Miles had hoped to secure an RAF order, but the contract went to the Jet Provost. The Student was proposed for several training programmes, but without success.
G-APLK, the sole aircraft, was allocated XS941 when developed in the Mark 2 version as a prospective Counter-insurgency type. It was tested by the Royal Air Force but was not accepted and therefore did not go into production.
The M.100 Student 2, re-registered G-MIOO, was badly damaged in a crash on 24 August 1985{{cite web |title=Demobbed Aircraft : Miles M.100 Student |url=http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=699 |website=www.ukserials.com |accessdate=31 January 2020}} and is now at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.{{cite web |title=Photograph of Aircraft G-MIOO |url=http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-MIOO&imgname=G-MIOO001&imgtype=jpg |website=publicapps.caa.co.uk |accessdate=31 January 2020}}{{cite web | title=Miles M.100 Student | website=Museum of Berkshire Aviation | date=1989-08-24 | url=https://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/html/exhibits/student.htm | access-date=2025-03-06}}
The Centurion 3, 4 and 5 were planned variants with the RB.108, Gourdon and Arbizon engines respectively.{{cite journal |journal=Flight and Aircraft Engineer |date=30 August 1957 |volume=72 |issue=2536 |pages=p.p.316, 369 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201281.html |title=Centurion | armstrong whitworth | 1957 | 1281 | Flight Archive }}
Variants
Data from:' Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1957 |publisher=Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=London |pages=94–95}}
:M.100 Mk.1 Student: {{cvt|880|lbf|2}} Blackburn-Turbomeca Marboré IIA engine; sole prototype G-APLK / XS491.
:M.100 Mk.2 Student: {{cvt|1025|lbf|2}} Continental J69 engine; G-APLK re-registered as G-MIOO.
:M.100 Mk.3 Centurion: {{cvt|1400|lbf|2}} Rolls-Royce RB.108 engine (de-rated); not built.
:M.100 Mk.4 Centurion: {{cvt|1405|lbf|2}} Turbomeca Gourdon engine; not built.
:M.100 Mk.5 Centurion: 2x {{cvt|550|lbf|2}} Turbomeca Arbizon engines; not built.
Specifications (M.100 Mk.1 Student)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jet Age:The Miles Sparrowjet and Student,Henley Air Enthusiast May/June 1997, p. 63. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59
|prime units?=imp
|crew=2
|length m=
|length ft=31
|length in=6
|span m=
|span ft=29
|span in=2
|height m=
|height ft=6
|height in=3
|wing area sqm=
|wing area sqft=144
|airfoil=NACA 23015{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |accessdate=16 April 2019}}
|empty weight lb=2400
|gross weight lb=3900
|gross weight note=(with tip tanks)
|fuel capacity={{cvt|100|impgal|USgal l|0}} in 4 wing tanks, with provision for two {{cvt|20|impgal|USgal l|0}} wing-tip tanks
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Blackburn-built Turboméca Marboré IIA
|eng1 type=turbojet
|eng1 lbf=880
|max speed mph=298
|max speed note=at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
|max speed mach=
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed mph=
|cruise speed kts=
|range km=
|range miles=620
|range nmi=
|range note=with tip tanks
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=
|time to altitude={{cvt|10000|ft|0}} in 6 minutes 48 secondsFlight 29 August 1958, p. 381.
|avionics=
}}
See also
References
;Notes
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;Bibliography
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- Amos, Peter. and Don Lambert Brown. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. {{ISBN|0-85177-787-2}}.
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200377.html "British Military Aircraft 1958"]. Flight, 29 August 1958, p. 381.
- Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. {{ISBN|0-370-00127-3}}.
- Henley, Don. "Jet Age:The Miles Sparrowjet and Student Part One". Air Enthusiast, No. 69 May/June 1997. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 58–61.
- Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. ISBN
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%201792.html "Miles M.100 Student: A Promising New Jet Trainer Under Construction at Shoreham"]. Flight, 16 December 1955, pp. 915–917.
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%202666.html "Minting a New Coin at Shoreham: Miles Engineering's Student/Graduate Mini-striker"]. Flight, 15 October 1964, pp. 665–666.
- Temple, Julian C. Wings Over Woodley - The Story of Miles Aircraft and the Adwest Group. Bourne End, Bucks, UK: Aston Publications, 1987. {{ISBN|0-946627-12-6}}.
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/miles/miles.htm Miles Aircraft]
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201228.html Flight 1957]
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