Miles Mercury

M.28 Mercury
The Miles M.28 Mercury 6 at Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airport in May 1951. This aircraft later went to Denmark.
General information
TypeTrainer & communications aircraft
ManufacturerPhillips & Powis
Designer
Ray Bournon
Statusone remains operational
Primary userprivate pilot owners
Number builtsix
History
First flight11 July 1941
VariantsMiles Messenger

The Miles M.28 Mercury was a British aircraft designed to meet the need for a training and communications plane during the Second World War. It was a single-engined monoplane of wooden construction with a twin tail and a tailwheel undercarriage with retractable main units.