Miles Hawk Trainer

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name = Hawk Trainer
type = Two-seat touring and racing monoplane
manufacturer = Miles Aircraft Limited


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designer = Frederick George Miles
first flight = 1935
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primary user = Royal Air Force
more users = Romanian Air Force
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number built = 27
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developed from = Miles Hawk Major
variants with their own articles = Miles Magister

The Miles Hawk Trainer was a 1930s British two-seat training monoplane designed by Miles Aircraft Limited.

Design and development

The Miles Hawk Trainer was developed from the Hawk Major to meet a requirement to supplement the de Havilland Tiger Moth in the training role. The aircraft had dual controls, blind flying equipment and vacuum operated flaps. In 1937 the design was further developed to meet an Air Ministry specification for a trainer and became the M.14 Magister.

Variants

;M.2W Hawk Trainer:Initial production version powered buy a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, four built.;M.2X Hawk Trainer:Improved version with a larger horn-balanced rudder, nine built.;M.2Y Hawk Trainer:M.2X with minor changes, 13 built.
*Note that Hawk Trainer Mk II and Mk III were variants of the Miles Magister.

Operators

;ROM
*Romanian Air Force;UK
*Royal Air Force

urvivors

*M.2W registered G-ADWT is still flyable and based in England

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References

* Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. "Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1". London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0.
* Brown, Don Lambert. "Miles Aircraft Since 1925". London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-37000-127-3.
*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10014 X

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