5000 x 4000 px | 42,3 x 33,9 cm | 16,7 x 13,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
5 ottobre 2014
Ubicazione:
Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire, UK
Altre informazioni:
The Miles M.11 Whitney Straight was a 1930s British two-seat cabin monoplane with dual-controls. The M.11 Whitney Straight was designed by F.G. Miles of Philips and Powis as the result of collaboration with Whitney Straight, a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator and businessman. The aim was to provide comfortable accommodation for pilot, passenger and luggage in an enclosed 'side-by-side' cockpit. It was a low-wing monoplane, with fixed main undercarriage in aerodynamic fairings plus a fixed tailwheel. Construction was mainly of wood, with spruce frames and three-ply birch covering, and the wings had vacuum-operated split flaps. On 14 May 1936, the prototype (G-AECT), built by Philips and Powis (Miles Aircraft), first flew at Woodley Aerodrome, piloted by F.G. Miles. When production ended in 1937, 50 Whitney Straights had been built.
