The Miles-Kestrel high-speed trainer is the subject of one of the largest single contracts let by the British Government for the Royal Air Force, Powered with a Rolls-Royce engine, the Kestrel has a maximum speed, at 16,500 feet, of 295 m.p.h., and is equipped for all types of advanced training up to the standard required for the handling of the new fast service craft.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1938, Page 7
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64The Miles-Kestrel high-speed trainer is the subject of one of the largest single contracts let by the British Government for the Royal Air Force, Powered with a Rolls-Royce engine, the Kestrel has a maximum speed, at 16,500 feet, of 295 m.p.h., and is equipped for all types of advanced training up to the standard required for the handling of the new fast service craft. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1938, Page 7
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