page_title: Miles Aircraft
section_title: F. G. Miles Limited
hierarchical_section_title: Miles Aircraft / History / F. G. Miles Limited
caption_attribution_description: English: Miles M.9A Master I advanced trainer Photograph published in: Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol I Ed: H J Cooper, O G Thetford and D A. Russell Harborough Publishing Co, Leicester, England 1940. Photographer not identified, so UK Copyright contended to have lapsed 50 years after publication. Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Keith Edkins in April 2004.
context_page_description: Miles was the name used between 1943 and 1961 to market the aircraft of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who, with his wife – aviator and draughtswoman Maxine "Blossom" Miles – and his brother George, designed numerous light civil and military aircraft and a range of curious prototypes.
context_section_description: In 1948, Frederick Miles founded F. G. Miles Limited, which continued to produce aircraft under the Miles name. The company was based on two sites, Redhill Aerodrome and Shoreham Aerodrome. In 1961, the aviation interests were merged (with Auster Aircraft Limited) into British Executive and General Aviation Limited (Beagle Aircraft), initially as Beagle-Miles Ltd, with George Miles as Chief Designer and Technical Director.
  The company adopted a group structure with subsidiary companies as follows: Meridian Airmaps Ltd (whose collection of aerial photographs forms part of the English Heritage Archive), Miles Development Products Ltd, Miles Electronics Ltd, Miles Marine & Structural Plastics Ltd and Jet Tanks Ltd. The group was initially based at Redhill, but moved to Shoreham in 1953.
  Miles Electronics was involved in the manufacture of flight simulators; this division merged with the UK arm of the Link Trainer flight simulator company and was later acquired by the Singer Corporation. In 1975 Hunting Associated Industries acquired a controlling interest in F. G. Miles Engineering and all its subsidiaries. The company was renamed Hunting Hivolt and Jeremy Miles, the son of Fred Miles (who founded the firm), became a non-executive director on the board. Other companies included Miles HiVolt Ltd and Miles-Dufon Ltd (this company went into administration on 15 April 1980).
  Design work between F. G. Miles Ltd and the French company, Hurel-Dubois, resulted in the HDM.105 – a standard Miles Aerovan fitted with an Hurel-Dubois high-aspect-ratio wing. This work led to the Hurel-Dubois HD.34 and the Short Skyvan series of aircraft.
caption: Miles Master trainer in flight during the Second World War
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