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Miles Sparrowjet
Aerobatic · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Miles M.77 Sparrowjet was a twin-engined jet-powered racing aircraft built by the British aircraft manufacturer F.G. Miles Limited. It was a one-off conversion, involving the fitting of Turbomeca Palas turbojet engines to the prototype Miles Sparrowhawk, enabling the aircraft to achieve higher performance than could be achieved with its conventional piston engine arrangement.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Aerobatic
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Engine
- 2× turbojet engine
- Thrust / Power
- 330 lbf each
- Length (ft)
- 30
- Wingspan (ft)
- 28
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 1578
- MTOW (lb)
- 2400
- Range (mi)
- 270.5
- Max Speed (mph)
- 228