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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Miles Falconc: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Miles M.3A Falcon G-AEEG (6738412215): Alan Wilson· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Miles M.3D Falcon Six G-ADTD Yeadon 05.55: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Miles M.3 Falcon is a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane aircraft designed by Miles Aircraft Limited.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.7 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934
- number built
- 36
- role
- cabin monoplane
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Miles Aircraft
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major piston engine / de Havilland Gipsy Major
- length
- 7.6 m
- wingspan
- 10.7 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 998 kg
- top speed
- 233 km/h
- cruise speed
- 201 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,572 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6851382, Wikipedia: Miles Falcon (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.