type of aircraft
Miles Mercury
The Miles M.28 Mercury was a British aircraft designed to meet the need for a training and communications plane during the Second World War. It was a single-engined monoplane of wooden construction with a twin tail and a tailwheel undercarriage with retractable main units.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Miles Aircraft
- First flight
- 1941-07-11
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 132 kt
- Max speed
- 138 kt
- Range
- 355 nm
- Service ceiling
- 10,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 840 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 2,500 lb
- Empty weight
- 1,658 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 29 US gal
- Powerplant
- Blackburn Cirrus Major III
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 3
- Length
- 24 ft
- Wingspan
- 30.7 ft
- Height
- 8.3 ft
- Number built
- 6
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.