Miles Magister

what is it?

The Miles M.14 Magister is a two-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft designed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer Miles Aircraft. It was affectionately known as the Maggie. It was authorised to perform aerobatics.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 228 km/htop speed
• size 862 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,303made in total

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 89 years ago, in 1937.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.3 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

1937-03-20

number built

1,303

role

trainer

makers

Miles Aircraft

engines

1× de Havilland Gipsy Major I

crew

2

length

7.5 m

wingspan

10.3 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

862 kg

top speed

228 km/h

cruise speed

196 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,029 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.