Charles Lindbergh with Blossom and F.G. Miles in front of a M.12 Mohawk airplane
Miles M.2 Hawk prototype airplane prototype of a British racing plane produced by Miles Aircraft from the Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History prototype of a British racing plane produced by Miles Aircraft from the Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History
Already in 1943 George Miles designed a 20 seat supersonic passenger aircraft, based on
the experiences with the "Libellulas". Powered by a group of jet engines in the rear fuselage,
fed by a ventral intake, the forward wing would have had a span of 13,7m, the rear wing of
22,3m, length 30,2m and MTOW 36 tons. Expected cruise speed was 1.2 Mach.
(from InterAvia April 1957) Miles Tandem Wing Projects