Miles Messenger

what is it?

The Miles M.38 Messenger is a British four-seat liaison and private owner aircraft built by Miles Aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 217 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,089 kgmax take-off weight
• built 93made 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 84 years ago, in 1942.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 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

1942-09-12

number built

93

role

liaison and private owner aircraft

makers

Miles Aircraft

engines

1× Cirrus Major III

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.3 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

1,089 kg

top speed

217 km/h

cruise speed

200 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,877 m

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