Miles Aerovan

Welcome to this Tales From the Hut & Hangar Aviation Rarities episode, all about the Miles Aerovan & it's variants.
It was a great aircraft that was stopped before it's time with the bankruptcy of Miles Aircraft.
A link here about it's big Sister: The M.71 Merchantman
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[@adrianpeters2413]

Miles ahead of its time ....

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

@adrianpeters2413 Yes Miles 😉

[@johnjephcote7636]

Miles was a superb company; their fall from the potentially first supersonic jet (not an air-launched rocket as in USA) the MB52, to selling ball point pens (that often flooded) in the late forties was so sad.

[@monostripezebras]

It is such a sweet looking comic book aircraft

[@kwd3109]

Great little airplane. Looks like it would have been a very useful aircraft. Too bad the manufacturer wasn't successful. Very enjoyable and interesting video. Thank you for posting.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Yes, it was good. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

[@davidgreen5099]

Just too early, in this time of expensive fuel, it seems it could be more effective.​@@talesfromthehutandhangar

[@frankalbergo8120]

Excellent, we'll done and thank you.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thanks, appreciated.

[@michaelogden5958]

Looks like a crackerjack utility plane to me! Thanks for your videos!

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thank you 👍

[@marktucker7454]

What a 'cute' little airplane. Just right for dropping off equipment to oil fields.Not to mention, sneaking in military advisors and equipment in Korea.

[@joannemason5581]

Thank you for another well presented and interesting video.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thank you. Appreciated.

[@joseparedesalbuja8293]

Excellent video of an excellent plane. It's so sad that this aircraft was no longer produced. You would be the best selling man of she.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thank you. l am so pleased people are enjoying my videos. Yes, I could sell the Aerovan! 🤣

[@SailingCartagena]

I seem to recall that the first time I came across this aircraft was in Nevil Shute's excellent novel - Round the bend.

[@johnmartin4650]

Love those planes…….a shame nobody makes a model…..plans would be nice . Thank you for showing .

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. There is a model kit you can make. I can't remember the make, but have a hunt on google or ebay.

[@garthbarrett6067]

Sarik has a laser cut short kit.

[@Acmecycle]

A really great video about a little known aircraft. Thank you.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thanks

[@williamforrestall2161]

this is great , the miles Aerovan was also featured in a film about or shot in Africa , with some good footage of the Aerovan. have you seen this footage?

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thanks. No, l don't recall seeing any.

[@williamforrestall2161]

@@talesfromthehutandhangar Well I did see it on You Tube ... But can not seem to find it now... as I recall some quite nice footage of an Areovan in action.

[@petesheppard1709]

If it had been available as a complement/substitute for the Horsa...

[@jamescaldwell5]

Hard to imagine that the car they show loading onto the plane is Under the 1 ton limit. (2,200 lbs)

[@rogerwilco4736]

I recall as a very young lad seeing a pair of Aerovans on a new Zealand airfield they had been trialled by the RNZAF and later operated privately one was destroyed when it was flipped by wind while parked outside a hangar neither were used for spreading fertilizer

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Intresting. Thanks.

[@rogerwilco4736]

Oops my apologies both were converted by RNZAF for spreading fertilizer but only one was trialed briefly

[@downwindchecklist6567]

Very interesting and cute looking practical machine. I wonder if there are plans to make them out of balsa for RC, it would for sure be an interesting project. Thx for putting this together and sharing! (just subscribed!)

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Thanks appreciated! If you do a search on RUclips some have been made 😀

[@user-xh9xq4dn9g]

Perfect, aeroplane right now, but it was ready to bail out
Can you imagine such a great idea and nobody having the foresight to see how good this aircraft was. I know that this aircraft must’ve been the forerunner to the Beverly transport and the Arcos, which although had a different design at the back with a twin tail was very similar to this because it had this caravan type cabin and storage.
I think the idea was stolen from this particular aircraft and as a boy in the 60s are used to watch flying across an Argos transport fine across the countryside carrying freight I can’t help but think that they stole the idea from this aeroplane

[@jakubknotek4891]

Could you place the tech specs and details on screen? Sometimes it's not super easy to understand your voice.

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Fair point l have recently started putting the details up on the screen as a pain reading them out.

[@DaveSteele-ql2ye]

You don't happen to know who holds the type certificates now do you?

[@talesfromthehutandhangar]

Sorry no idea