M.64 L.R.5 | |
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Role | two seat light aircraft |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Miles Aircraft Ltd. |
Designer | George Herbert Miles |
First flight | 3 June 1945 |
Number built | 1 |
The Miles M.64 L.R.5 was a two-seat light aircraft, designed in the United Kingdom, for private and club use in 1944-1945.
A small band of enthusiasts at Miles' Liverpool road factory, (L.R.5 - 5th design from Liverpool Road) gained permission from |George Miles]] to design and build a light aircraft for possible production after the end of the Second World War. Miles gave his permission and also agreed to the company supplying any materials required. [1]
The L.R.5 emerged in 1945 as a single-engined, wooden, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Blackburn Cirrus Minor 4-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted, in-line piston aircraft engine. The spacious side-by-side configuration cockpit was covered by a large plexiglas canopy with car-type entry doors on both sides. The undercarriage included levered sprung main legs and a steerable nosewheel. [1]
Due to disappointing flight test results and higher priority given to established production aircraft, development of the L.R.5 was abandoned. [1]
George Miles flew the prototype, which had been allocated the experimental registration U-0253 (later U-6), on 3 June 1945, but although flight test results were disappointing at low speeds, on take-off and landing, the L.R.5 was pleasant to fly and had excellent visibility. [1]
Data from Miles Aircraft since 1925 [1]
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