Miles & Atwood Special

Miles & Atwood Special
	Miles and Atwood Special replica at the Planes of Fame Air Museum
Role	Air racing
National origin	United States
Designer	Lawrence W Brown
Number built	1

The Miles & Atwood Special is a racing aircraft developed during the interwar period

Development

The Miles & Atwood Special is a single seat, low-wing, open cockpit, racing aircraft with conventional landing gear. It was built by Leon Atwood and Lee Miles.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The aircraft uses solid wood spars. Fabric was attached using a relatively new process using screws with fabric tape covering, rather than conventional rib-stitching. The aircraft raced with a green livery waxed to a high gloss. Lee Miles died when a flying wire broke in a 1937 qualifying race.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Operational history

National Air Races - Set a world speed record for an aircraft under 770 lb (349 kg) over 62 mi (100 km) course at 206 mph (332 km/h).
Won 1933 Greve Trophy
Chicago Air Race - Straight Line speed record for aircraft with less than 375 cubic inch displacement of 225 mph (362 km/h).
In February 1934, the Miles & Atwood Special won the Shell Trophy
Sixth place in 1935 Greve race

Specifications (Miles & Atwood Special)

Data from History's Most Important Racing Aircraft

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
Wingspan: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Menasco C-4-S , 185 hp (138 kW)

References

^ ^a ^b "Menasco Powered Flying Machines". Flying Magazine: 231. October 1934.
^ ^a ^b Don Berliner. History's Most Important Racing Aircraft. p. 49.
^ ^a ^b Thomas G. Matowitz. Cleveland's National Air Races. p. 43.

External links

Media related to Miles & Atwood Special at Wikimedia Commons

[Flying-1] "Menasco Powered Flying Machines". Flying Magazine: 231. October 1934.

[Berliner-2] Don Berliner. History's Most Important Racing Aircraft. p. 49.

[Matowitz-3] Thomas G. Matowitz. Cleveland's National Air Races. p. 43.

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