Miles Kestrel

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Miles M.9 Kestrel was a single-engined tandem seat monoplane, designed as an advanced trainer. Though only one Kestrel was built, it went into production as the Miles Master for the RAF in large numbers at the start of World War II. Whether the Miles Kestrel advanced trainer was named after a bird of prey like many aircraft designed by F. G. Miles, or after its Kestrel engine is not recorded. It was Miles' first high powered aircraft and was an aerodynamically clean monoplane with cantilever wings and tailplane.