Miles Student

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M.100 Student
Student-G-MIOO.jpg
Miles M-100 Student at Duxford c.1985
General information
TypeTrainer
Manufacturer Miles Aircraft
Designer
F.G. and G.H. Miles
Statuspreserved in a UK museum
Primary user Royal Air Force (intended)
Number built1
History
First flight15 May 1957

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,[ clarification needed ] it was promoted as a British Royal Air Force trainer but failed to enter production.

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Design and development

The Miles Student at Coventry airport in 1961 when owned by F.G. Miles Engineering Miles M.100 Student G-APLK Coventry 29.04.61R edited-1.jpg
The Miles Student at Coventry airport 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 [1] and is now at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation . [2]

The Centurion 3, 4 and 5 were planned variants with the RB.108, Gourdon and Arbizon engines respectively. [3]

Variants

Data from:' Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 [4]

M.100 Mk.1 Student: 880 lbf (3,914.44 N) Blackburn-Turbomeca Marboré IIA engine ; sole prototype G-APLK / XS491.
M.100 Mk.2 Student: 1,025 lbf (4,559.43 N) Continental J69 engine; G-APLK re-registered as G-MIOO.
M.100 Mk.3 Centurion: 1,400 lbf (6,227.51 N) Rolls-Royce RB.108 engine (de-rated) ; not built.
M.100 Mk.4 Centurion: 1,405 lbf (6,249.75 N) Turbomeca Gourdon engine ; not built.
M.100 Mk.5 Centurion: 2x 550 lbf (2,446.52 N) Turbomeca Arbizon engines ; not built.

Specifications (M.100 Mk.1 Student)

Data from Jet Age:The Miles Sparrowjet and Student, [5] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 [4]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes
  1. "Demobbed Aircraft : Miles M.100 Student". www.ukserials.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Photograph of Aircraft G-MIOO". publicapps.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. Flight and Aircraft Engineer. 72 (2536): p.p.316, 369. 30 August 1957 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201281.html.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 94–95.
  5. Henley Air Enthusiast May/June 1997, p. 63.
  6. Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. Flight 29 August 1958, p. 381.
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