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Compton/Woodley Airport covers 77 acres (31 ha) and has two asphalt runways (7L/25R and 7R/25L), each 3,322 x 60 ft (1,013 x 18 m). In 2012 the airport had 66,000 general aviation aircraft operations, averaging about 180 per day. 175 aircraft are based at this airport: 151 single-engine, 14 multi-engine, 1 jet, 8 helicopters, and 1 glider.
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The test vehicle was a 3/10-scale model of the Miles E.24/43 design (except for the omission of the distinctive annular air intake of the full-scale aircraft). To maintain the centre of gravity it was necessary to include a large balance weight (almost 1/10 of total all-up weight) in the foremost section of the ogival nose.
In 1932 Miles met Charles Powis a motor engineer and owner of an aircraft business Phillips & Powis based at Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley near Reading. Miles agreed to design a cheap, but modern light monoplane which he called the Miles Hawk, built by Phillips and Powis at Woodley. The Hawk sold well and Miles joined the company as technical ...
Data from British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 3 passengers Length: 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Wing area: 191 sq ft (17.7 m 2) Aspect ratio: 6.86 Empty weight: 1,910 lb (866 kg) Max takeoff weight: 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) Fuel capacity: 36 imp gal (43 US gal ...
Kelly Ripa is showing off her dad bod! The "Live With Kelly and Ryan" co-host took to Instagram on Thursday to share a behind-the-scenes peek at what she and Seacrest get up to backstage at their ...
The Woodley Fire, which has set at least 30 acres ablaze, was discovered on Wednesday at 6:15 a.m. in the Sepulveda Basin, around 19 miles northwest of the City of Los Angeles, according to Cal ...
The Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.1 Marathon was a British four-engined civil transport aircraft, capable of seating up to 20 passengers. It was designed by Miles Aircraft Limited and largely manufactured by Handley Page (Reading) Limited (who acquired Miles' assets) at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, England.