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MITCHELL WING B-10
MITCHELL WING B-10
The B-10 commenced life as a hang glider and was developed into a powered ultralight aircraft with good soaring characteristics.
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MILES M.25 MARTINET
MILES M.25 MARTINET
To meet RAF requirements for a specialised target-tug, F G Miles designed the M-25 Martinet powered by a 649-kw (870-hp) Bristol Mercury XX or XXX engine, providing accommodation for a pilot and winch operator, the aircraft to carry six flag or sleeve targets which were housed under the centre fuselage,
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MITCHELL WING P-38
MITCHELL WING P-38
The Mitchell Wing P-38, also known as the Lightning after the World War II fighter, was designed by James Mead and produced in kit form for the amateur aircraft market by the Mitchell Aircraft Corporation.
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MILHOLLAND DOUBLE EAGLE
MILHOLLAND DOUBLE EAGLE
The Double Eagle was designed by Leonard Milholland in the United States as a basic ultra-light aircraft and is a two-seat plans-built development of the Legal Eagle.
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MITCHELL WING U-2
MITCHELL WING U-2
The Mitchell Wing U-2 was an ultralight design which was basically a flying wing with a small single-seat cockpit, a bubble canopy and a pusher engine and, designed by Donald Mitchell, was developed initially in 1980 as an experimental category motor glider.
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MILHOLLAND LEGAL EAGLE
MILHOLLAND LEGAL EAGLE
The Legal Eagle is an ultralight aircraft designed and marketed initially in the United States by Leonard Milholland and is a high-wing, strut-braced aircraft with a modified Volkswagen engine mounted in the tractor configuration and with a tailwheel undercarriage.
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MITSUBISHI MU-2
MITSUBISHI MU-2
The first design of the famous Mitsubishi company to enter production (in notable quantity) after the completion of hostilities in World War II, the MU-2 was designed as a general-purpose light transport which could be used by military operators, as a small airliner, for cargo, or as an executive transport.
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MILLER, H C
MILLER, H C
In 1916 H C “Horrie” Miller, whilst travelling on board a ship from the United Kingdom to Australia, prepared a set of 36 drawings for a light aircraft that he could build, with others, in their spare time.
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MITSUBISHI MU-300 DIAMOND
MITSUBISHI MU-300 DIAMOND
Following the success of the MU-2 series, Mitsubishi in 1977 embarked on the design of a new business jet known as the MU-300, this being a conventional low-wing aircraft with a T-tail powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT-15D turbofans mounted on the rear fuselage
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MILLICER AIRTOURER (1)
MILLICER AIRTOURER (1)
In 1952 the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain organised a competition to build a two-seat light trainer for club use and Henry Millicer, Chief Aerodynamicist at the Australian Government Aircraft Factory designed an aircraft and submitted it, being one of 103 entrants, the Australian entry being No 97.
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MOLYNEUX XM-1000
MOLYNEUX XM-1000
Grevor Chilton [known as Bing or George] Molyneux, who was born in 1917 and died in August 2001, was a young aeronautical engineer who held a number of degrees in aeronautical engineering.
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MILLICER AIRTOURER (2)
MILLICER AIRTOURER (2)
In the late 1990s Millicer Aircraft Industries obtained rights to build the Airtourer, originally built by Victa at Milperra in Sydney and later built in New Zealand by AESL.
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MOLYNEUX XM-2000
MOLYNEUX XM-2000
The XM-2000 was designed by Grevor Chilton Bing Molyneux, a Melbourne aeronautical engineer, in about 1953 as a two-seat twin-rotor helicopter to prove the subsequent commercial and / or military helicopter known as the XM-1000 which was to be powered by a (550-hp) Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine, was to
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MINTY SKYHOOK
MINTY SKYHOOK
The Skyhook was a homebuilt gyrocopter designed and built by Ted Minty of Turramurra, NSW in the 1970s, the prototype flying for the first time on 1 January 1878.
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MONNETT MONERAI
MONNETT MONERAI
The Monerai is a glider designed and developed in the United States in the late 1970s and aimed at the home-built market.
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MIRANDA CHEETAH
MIRANDA CHEETAH
The Cheetah was designed by Garry Morgan of Miranda Investments as a high-performance light touring monoplane fitted with the Australian designed and built Jabiru 2200-cc engine, though other engines may be installed.
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MONNETT MONI
MONNETT MONI
The Moni is one of series of designs by John Monnett and marketed by Monnett Experimental Aircraft Inc of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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MIRANDA JOEY
MIRANDA JOEY
The Joey series of light sporting monoplanes was designed, developed and built by Garry Morgan of Miranda Investments of Riverwood, NSW.
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MIL Mi 26 ‘HALO’
MIL Mi 26 ‘HALO’
The Mi-26 was designed to replace the Mi-6 and in fact provide between 50% and 100% greater capability, with a hold similar in size to that of a C-130 Hercules.
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MILES M.38 MESSENGER
MILES M.38 MESSENGER
Developed during World War II as a liaison aircraft for the RAF, the prototype of the Miles M-38 Messenger series (U-0223) was flown for the first time on 12 September 1942 at Woodley, UK.
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MIL Mi 34
MIL Mi 34
The Mil Mi-34 utility helicopter, with the NATO reporting name Hermit, is a light utility helicopter produced by the Mil Helicopter facility in Moscow in either two or four seat configurations.
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MILES AEROVAN
MILES AEROVAN
During World War II George Miles designed a light transport for military use, seeing a need for a light transport that could operate into short unprepared strips, particularly in theatres of war such as in Burma.
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MICRO AVIATION BANTAM B-10
MICRO AVIATION BANTAM B-10
In the early 1980s Mr Maxwell Clear, a New Zealander, travelled to the United States to look for a microlight aircraft to purchase but could not find anything he considered suitable so on returning to New Zealand he formed a group with ten other like-minded aviators and decided to build
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MILES HAWK MAJOR
MILES HAWK MAJOR
Following the success of the Miles Hawk series, and due to the limited availability of the Cirrus III engine, Miles decided to redesign the Hawk as the Hawk Major with a Gipsy Major engine, this unit being readily available.
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MICRO AVIATION BANTAM B-22
MICRO AVIATION BANTAM B-22
The B-22 Bantam has been produced for some years now by Micro Aviation of Te Kowhai, being developed as a conventional three-axis control ultra-light, the prototype being flown by Keith Trillo in November 1983.
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MILES HAWK
MILES HAWK
The M.2 Hawk was a two-seat, low-wing, cantilever monoplane designed by F G Miles in 1933 and which, like most Miles aircraft, was built in some numbers by Phillips & Powis Ltd in Berkshire.
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MICRO AVIATION BATHAWK
MICRO AVIATION BATHAWK
The Micro Aviation Bantam series was designed by Max Clear in New Zealand as a microlight sporting aircraft and was made available as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft that complied with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale microlight rules, as well as the BCAR regulations in the United Kingdom.
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MILES M.75 ARIES
MILES M.75 ARIES
The Aries was a venture by F G Miles Ltd to improve the Gemini four-seat private aircraft and the prototype first flew in February 1951, being shown at RAF Hendon in July 1951 and later became G-AMDJ (c/n 1002), receiving its Certificate of Airworthiness on 13 June 1952.
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MICROWINGS CUBBY and TRI CUBBY
MICROWINGS CUBBY and TRI CUBBY
The MicroWings Cubby and Tri-Cubby were designed and developed in South Africa by Kobus van Staden and Adam Nagorski and the aircraft is basically a 75% scale replica of the Piper J-3 Cub but using modern materials and technology.
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MILES M.3 FALCON
MILES M.3 FALCON
The Falcon, a development of the M-2F and M-2H Hawk Major, which in turn were developed from the M-2 Hawk, was built to accommodate three persons in an enclosed cabin.
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MIGNET & BYRON HM-290
MIGNET & BYRON HM-290
Known as the Flying Flea, this series of aircraft was designed by Henri Mignet, the first model built in any numbers being the HM-14 (which see) and was followed by a whole range of variations.
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MILES M.4 MERLIN
MILES M.4 MERLIN
The Miles M.4A Merlin was an enlarged development of the Miles M.3 Falcon series designed to accommodate a pilot and four passengers.
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MIGNET HM-14 POU DU CIEL
MIGNET HM-14 POU DU CIEL
The Pou Du Ciel, or Sky Louse, also known as the Flying Flea, was designed by French inventor, M Mignet, in 1933 as a light, cheap, easy-to-build-and-fly aircraft for amateur constructors.
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MILES M.11 WHITNEY STRAIGHT
MILES M.11 WHITNEY STRAIGHT
The M-11 series of light monoplanes was designed by F G Miles to meet a requirement formulated by Mr Whitney Straight, who operated a series of flying clubs in the southern United Kingdom.
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MIGNET HM-1000 BALERIT
MIGNET HM-1000 BALERIT
Societe D’Exploitation De Aeronefs Henry Mignet was set up in France in Saintonge Provence to develop the Mignet series of ultralight aircraft and has developed the HM-1000 Balerit (Balerit - Hawk or Falcon, a small bird of prey) which is a much simpler aircraft to fly but only has two-axis
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MILES M.14 MAGISTER
MILES M.14 MAGISTER
In 1935 Miles produced an improved version of the Miles Hawk Major for aero club use in the United Kingdom and this aircraft, fitted with dual controls, full blind-flying equipment, vacuum-operated flaps, and a Gipsy Major engine, became known as the M-2W Hawk Trainer.
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MIL Mi 8, Mi 14 and Mi 17 HIP
MIL Mi 8, Mi 14 and Mi 17 HIP
The Mi-8/14/17 series of helicopters has been one of the most important families of helicopters operated by countries coming under Soviet influence in the days of the cold war, with some 9,000 examples of the Mi-8 alone being built.
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MILES M.28 MERCURY
MILES M.28 MERCURY
The Miles M.28 Mercury was a three/four-seat light touring monoplane of similar configuration to the later M.38 Messenger and, although only a small number were built, no two aircraft were the same and all had different designations.
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MBB BO 209 MONSUN
MBB BO 209 MONSUN
The Monsun was a two-seat light monoplane built in Germany in the 1960s and produced in some numbers with the Lycoming O-320 engine.
  • David C. Eyre
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McNAIR MYNAH
McNAIR MYNAH
The Mynah was an ultra-light designed by Wallace McNair and built in Auckland, New Zealand in the mid 1980s and its construction was along the lines of the Lincoln Sport.
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