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Virtual Aircraft Museum / United Kingdom / Miles. In the mid-1930s wealthy aviation enthusiast Whitney Straight approached F. G. Miles to design a new lightplane for flying club use, the result being the Miles M.11 Whitney Straight two-seat cabin monoplane of low-wing configuration. The prototype (G-AECT) was flown for the first time on 14 May ...
9 de ago. de 2023 · In 1936, Miles Aircraft began building the Miles Whitney Straight two-seater, which he had designed, also becoming a British citizen in the same year. By 1938, he operated 40 aircraft and employed over 160 people on eight aerodromes and ran a number of flying schools. Joining No 601 (County of London) Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force in 1939 ...
17 de jan. de 2004 · Michael Whitney Straight was born on September 1 1916, a son of the New York banker Willard Straight and the heiress Dorothy Whitney; his older brother was the racing driver Whitney Straight, ...
Whitney Straight durant son passage à la Royal Air Force, entre 1939 et 1945. Whitney Willard Straight, né le 6 novembre 1912 à New York et décédé le 5 avril 1979 à Fulham ( Londres) à 66 ans, était un pilote automobile sur circuits et aviateur, homme d'affaires anglo - américain membre de la famille Whitney .
7 de jul. de 2014 · whitney straight wins the international trophy american driver's narrow victory over the hon. b. e. lewis, both driving 3-litre maseratis -a race of thrills and excitement-many cars retire with mechanical…
G-AFGK Miles M.11A Whitney Straight Private Wisley, UK - England Air-Britain J M Gradidge Collection - 15/07/1956 Full Details G-AFGK Miles M.11A Whitney Straight Private Elstree Airfield (EGTR), UK - England Eric Wagner - 23/06/1956
20 de mar. de 2015 · Richard Seeley’s 1936 Whitney Straight is seen here arriving at this year’s Mission Aviation Fellowship charity fly-in at Croft Farm. It was designed by George Miles and built by Phillips & Powis Aircraft (founders of Miles Aircraft) at Woodley, Reading, in 1936 (the company wasn’t known as Miles Aircraft until 1943). 50 Whitney Straights were built; they were named after American-born ...
