Miles M.52
Miles M.52 The only personal account of the development of the M.52 and the mystery behind its cancellation.In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to Miles Aircraft. From this,…
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Miles M.52
The only personal account of the development of the M.52 and the mystery behind its cancellation.In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to Miles Aircraft. From this, Miles developed an exceptionally thin-winged, bullet-shaped aircraft. The contract was to build the world's first supersonic jet capable of 1000mph.The only reliable source of data on supersonic objects came from the Armament Research Dept and their wind tunnel tests on ammunition.
By December 1945, one prototype was virtually complete. the research was inexplicably passed to the Americans in 1944. The second, destined for an attempt at the sound barrier was 80 per cent complete.
In February 1946, Capt Eric Brown was confirmed as the test pilot and October 1946 was set for the supersonic trials.However, on 12 February 1946, Miles were ordered to stop production. No plausible
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