Frederick George Miles

Frederick George Miles[1]
F.G. Miles
Born(1903-03-22)22 March 1903
Worthing, Sussex, England
Died15 August 1976(1976-08-15) (aged 73)
Worthing, Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Other names"Miles"
Occupation(s)Aircraft engineer,company director
Known forAircraft designs
SpouseMaxine (Blossom) Thomas married 1932
ParentEsther Miles & Frederick Gaston Miles
RelativesGeorge Herbert Miles (Brother / Aircraft Designer),

Reginald Howard Miles (Brother)
Dennis William Miles (Brother)

Jeremy Miles (Son)

Frederick George Miles (22 March 1903 – 15 August 1976) was a British aircraft designer and manufacturer who designed numerous light civil and military aircraft and a range of prototypes. The name "Miles" is associated with two distinct companies that Miles was involved in and is also attached to many non-aviation products such as the Biro pen, photocopiers and book binding machinery. Throughout his life, he was known as "Miles" and never by his first name, even to his own family, although Don Brown refers to him as "F.G.", presumably to distinguish him from his brother George.[2]

  1. ^ ""Miles." Flight, 28 August 1976. Retrieved: 26 April 2012.
  2. ^ Brown 1970, p. 1 et sub.