Development
The last civil type produced by Phillips and Powis before the war, the Monarch was a development of their earlier Whitney Straight. Compared to its sibling. the Monarch had an enlarged fuselage, allowing provision of a third seat in part of what had been the luggage space.Operational history
Eleven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939, six of these to British customers, the rest going to export. On the outbreak of war five of the British-registered machines were impressed by the Air Ministry; one machine belonging to Rolls-Royce acquired camouflage paint but remained in its owner's service. All but one of these survived the war, though a Dutch-registered aeroplane (''PH-ATP'') was destroyed in the Luftwaffe raid on Schiphol on 10 May 1940. One aircraft, ''OY-DIO'', was on the Danish register until 9 Sept. 1939 and owned by a Dane named Hagedorn. In the 1950s, one Monarch (''G-AIDE'') enjoyed some success as a racer in the hands of W.P. Bowles For the most part, the remaining Monarchs led uneventful but useful careers; a number survived into the Sixties. ''G-AFJU'' is displayed at theSporting successes (''G-AIDE'')
*1st - Goodyear Trophy (1957)Jackson 1988, p. 73. *3rd -Operators
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Bibliography
* Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. ''Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1''. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. . * Brown, Don Lambert. ''Miles Aircraft Since 1925''. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. . * Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3''. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. ISBN * Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III''. London: Putnam, 1988. . {{Miles aircraft 1930s British civil utility aircraft 1930s British military utility aircraft Monarch Aircraft first flown in 1938