Miles & Atwood Special

The Miles & Atwood Special is a racing aircraft developed during the interwar period

Development
The Miles & Atwood Special is a single seat, low-wing, open cockpit, racing aircraft with conventional landing gear. It was built by Leon Atwood and Lee Miles.

The aircraft uses solid wood spars. Fabric was attached using a relatively new process using screws with fabric tape covering, rather than conventional rib-stitching. The aircraft raced with a green livery waxed to a high gloss. Lee Miles died when a flying wire broke in a 1937 qualifying race.

Operational history

 * National Air Races - Set a world speed record for an aircraft under 770 lb over 62 mi course at 206 mph.
 * Won 1933 Greve Trophy
 * Chicago Air Race - Straight Line speed record for aircraft with less than 375 cubic inch displacement of 225 mph.
 * In February 1934, the Miles & Atwood Special won the Shell Trophy
 * Sixth place in 1935 Greve race