Miles Aircraft
British aircraft manufacturer, 1943–1947 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miles was the name used between 1943 and 1947 to market the aircraft of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who, with his wife – aviator and draughtswoman Maxine "Blossom" Miles (née Forbes-Robertson) – and his brother George Herbert Miles, designed numerous light civil and military aircraft and a range of curious prototypes.
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Industry | Aviation |
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Founded | 1930s (as Phillips & Powis Aircraft) |
Defunct | 1947 |
Fate | aviation interests taken on by Handley Page |
Successor | F.G.Miles Ltd / Handley Page Reading Ltd / Western Manufacturing Ltd |
Headquarters | Woodley, Berkshire, UK |
Key people | Fred, Blossom[1] & George Miles[2] Test pilots included Thomas Rose and Ken Waller. |
Products | Aircraft, photocopiers, book binding equipment, fasteners (self locking nuts), actuators |
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