A two-seat light aircraft with 150 hp Menasco C-4S
Engines – Power
Miller Zeta Z-2
In 1936 Miller Aircraft Corporation built a side-by-side sport plane (NX1331) with a 125 hp Menasco C-4 engine. Designed by Howell “Pete” Miller, Granville Brothers’ chief engineer, and built by Mark Granville. It was named “Zeta” because Miller’s fraternity at NYU was Zeta Psi.
The plane’s first flight was made on 11 December 1937.
No market was found, so Mark Granville and his wife used it for short pleasure trips until W.W.II restrictions on private aircraft forced the plane into retirement with only 200 hours logged.
The dismantled plane was found in a barn, refurbished and donated to the Springfield Science Museum in 1978.
Miller Zeta Z-1
A two-seat light aircraft with 95 hp Menasco B-4
Miller JM-2
Designed by J.W. Miller, the JM-2 takes a different approach to Formula One racing. Both the engine and main wings are set aft of the pilot’s enclosed cockpit. The Continental O-200A drives a pusher prop with its spinner taking the place of the tailcone. The two sections of the vertical propeller shroud act as the vertical stabilizer, and the elevators are placed in T-tail fashion. The wings are covered with honeycomb material reinforced by fiberglass and resin. The fuselage is constructed of a welded steel tube load bearing structure encased in four fiberglass panels.
Variation:
Miller-Bohannon JM-2 Pushy Galore
The nose gear was both steer-able and retractable
Gross Wt. 1100 lb
Empty Wt. 630 lb
Fuel capacity 12 USG
Wingspan 15 ft
Length 19 ft
Engine 100-hp Continental O-200
Prop: 4-blade
Top speed 235 mph
Cruise 190 mph
Stall 70 mph
Climb rate 1600 fpm
Takeoff run 1500 ft
Landing roll 2000 ft
Range 300 nm
Miller 1949 Racer
Jim Miller built his first airplane, a formula one racer, in 1949, and flew it in the Cleveland Air Races that year.
Miller Belly Flopper
The “Belly Flopper” was built by Irven Miller of Milwaukee about 1953. Flown in the prone position, it has a top speed of 150 mph, powered by two 40 hp Continentals.
Miller Aerocurvo / Ponzelli-Miller
Sometimes called Ponzelli-Miller. It was equipped with a 100 hp Miller engine and tried unsuccessfully to fly in the hands of Leonino da Zara at the 1909 Brescia meeting in Italy.
Miller Biplane
This apparently undesignated Miller biplane entirely made of plywood was built in Milwaukee in the after-war years. It took 850 hours of work on its inventor’s spare time and 500 dollars’ worth of material to get it completed. It had a wingspan of 4.6 m and a length of 4.1 m, and was powered by a Henderson engine. Miller, a licensed mechanic and student-pilot, claimed a speed of 230 km/h and a range of 640 km for his diminutive biplane.
Millennium Aircraft Millennium
Stall: 33 kt / 39 mph / 62 kmh
Cruise: 140 kt / 162 mph / 260 kmh
VNE: 211 kt / 242 mph / 390 kmh
Empty Weight: 285 kg / 628 lbs
MTOW Weight: 450 kg / 992 lbs
Take-off distance (50ft obstacle): 490 ft / 150 m
Landing distance (50ft obstacle): 490 ft / 150 m
Militky Brditschka MB-E1
Heinz W. Brditschka also converted an HB-3 airframe in 1973 to have electric power, in which form it was known as the Militky MB-E1; Fred Militky, who designed the installation of the 13hp Bosch electric motor that replaced the piston engine, was an engineer with the Graupner model-building company, and used his experience with electrically powered radio-controlled models to produce this first electric motor glider. This made what is claimed to be the first ever manned electric-powered flight on 21 October 1973.
The silent Militky Brditschka MB El made its 9 minute maiden flight on October 21 1973. Power was provided by a standard Bosch 10kw electric motor and Varta batteries, giving 13 hp.
