ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204484
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 January 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.7 Nighthawk |
| Owner/operator: | Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ADXA |
| MSN: | 263 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stanlake Park, Twyford, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire |
| Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Miles M.7 Nighthawk was developed from the Miles Falcon Six, intended as a training and communications aircraft. The prototype, registered G-ADXA (C of R 6468) on 7.11.35, was first flown 26.10.35 with "Class B" markings as "U-5". It was a low-wing monoplane powered by a 200 hp (149 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Six piston engine.
G-ADXA was the prototype M.7 Nighthawk, which crashed and was destroyed during spinning trials at Stanlake Park, Twyford, Berkshire on 22.1.36 when it failed to recover from an intentional spin. The pilot - Wing Commander Frederick William Stent MC - baled out, being one of (if not THE) first pilots to bale out of an aircraft with an enclosed cockpit. For this achievement, he was awarded membership of the "Caterpillar Club" by the Irvin Parachute Company Ltd. Despite this setback, four production aircraft followed.
Registration G-ADXA cancelled 2.3.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADXA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Nighthawk
5. Fallen Eagles: Airmen Who Survived The Great War Only to Die in Peacetime By Norman Franks
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2018 17:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Dec-2020 10:17 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative] |
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