- Miles M.76
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M.76 Role Glider National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer F.G. Miles Ltd (Plastics Division) Number built 1 Developed from Kendall Crabpot 1 BGA glider In 1947 a British Gliding Association design competition, for a two seat sailplane, was won by Hugh Kendall, Miles' assistant test pilot. It was a side-by-side two seater with a 60 ft. span, a butterfly tail and an aspect ratio of 18.
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Development
The M.76 project was undertaken by the plastics division of F. G. Miles, Ltd. for the British Gliding Association. The design was to have included an experimental wing. The glider, known as the M.76[1], was a development of Hugh Kendall's Crabpot I, which gained first place in the 1947 B.G.A. 2-seat design contest. Financial backing for the project came from the Miles company, the Kemsley Flying Trust, and the Ministry of Supply. The wing was to be made from a phenolic/asbestos fibre material stabilized with a paper honeycomb, the manufacturing technique being based on the vacuum moulding process pioneered by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. The 60-ft span wing was to be made in two semi-span sections each consisting of one 30-ft moulding, considered to be the largest one-piece moulded phenolic/asbestos structures manufactured at that time. Elliotts of Newbury became responsible for further development of Hugh Kendall's design under the type number EoN Type 9 K-1. The Newbury firm constructed the wings in wood, the moulded wing process having been abandoned. Elliots also made minor alterations to the wooden fuselage previously built by Miles, and the machine became known as the K.l.
Designer
Hugh McLennan Kendall flew with the Fleet Air Arm during WW2, and was involved in air-racing prior to and after the war. He was the Chief Test Pilot for Handley Page (Reading), formerly Miles Aircraft Ltd., and as such flight tested many types. He flew the maiden flight of the Mamba powered H.P/Miles Marathon 2. As well as designing the Crabpot, Kendall was the designer and test pilot for the Somers-Kendall SK-1, Britain's first ever light jet. The maiden flight was made by Hugh Kendall on 8 October 1955. After he ended his test flying career, he joined Shell-Mex and B.P Ltd as technical liaison with the aircraft industry and airlines. He died in 1999.
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Notes
- ^ "Durestos glider wing". http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200624.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
Bibliography
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