AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1934

Aircraft hub · 1934 · Interwar

Miles Hawk family

Wooden speed from a Reading garage; the Speed Six still races. The gazetteer currently lists it at 4 UK museums.

1934
First flight
~300
Built
180 mph
Top speed
4
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Miles Hawk family in the UK

The gazetteer records 3 Miles Hawk family airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 4 UK collections, in 3 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Scotland.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England —
Montrose Air Station MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Montrose Scotland Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADMW
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire —
The Shuttleworth CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 Biggleswade East of England Miles Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP
Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III G-AKPF

3D model

The Hawk Trainer III in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-AKPF, The Shuttleworth Collection’s airworthy Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III, built at Woodley as the RAF Magister V1075, sold in 1947, rebuilt after a 1955 accident, restored to fly by 1990 and flown from Old Warden since, with its 130 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major I, painted as the pre-war trainer N3788: Trainer Yellow overall with a polished bare-metal engine cowling, blue, white and red roundels on the fuselage and above and below the wings, a black ‘N3788’ on the rear fuselage and ‘N’ over ‘3788’ on the fin, no fin flash, a small polished spinner cap and a wooden propeller with black blades and yellow tips, shown with the wheel spats and trouser fairings it has worn for much of its time at Old Warden (it has also flown without them), with its tandem open cockpits and their side doors closed. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (942 KB) · Plate 77 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Supermarine Spitfire, Avro Anson, Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 2 collections recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III; Miles M.2H Hawk Major.

Type notes

The Miles Hawk family in brief

TypeMiles Hawk family (Speed Six, Major, Trainer)
UK museums holding one4
Airframes recorded in this survey3

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Miles Hawk family airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Miles Hawk family airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Miles Hawk family airframes?

The Shuttleworth Collection has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.