 Miles Gemini of the 1940s | |
| Industry | Aviation |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
- ^ https://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/html/history/blossom.htm. Archived 13 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/html/history/george.htm. Archived 13 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine