page_title: Frederick George Miles
section_title: 1930s – Phillips and Powis
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick George Miles / 1930s – Phillips and Powis
caption_attribution_description: English: Original photograph taken by a UK government employee, photograph found on:http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/MILES%20M12%20MOHAWK.htm
context_page_description: Frederick George Miles 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.
context_section_description: Together F.G. and Blossom designed a single-seat biplane in 1932 (the Miles M1 Satyr), which was built for them by George Parnall & Co of Yate, Gloucestershire.
  In 1932, Miles met Charles Powis a motor engineer and owner of an aircraft business Phillips & Powis based at Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley near Reading. Miles agreed to design a cheap, but modern light monoplane which he called the Miles Hawk, built by Phillips and Powis at Woodley. The Hawk sold well and Miles joined the company as technical director and chief designer. His brother, George followed him as a test pilot and manager of the engine section. Other successful designs followed, including one "special" commissioned from Miles by Charles Lindbergh and known as the Miles Mohawk.
  In 1935, the Phillips and Powis became a public company with Rolls-Royce Limited becoming a major shareholder. Miles became chairman and managing director and his brother George, became technical director and chief designer. With the expansion of the Royal Air Force, the company in 1937 won a contract worth £2 million for the Miles Magister basic trainer. This was followed by a similar order for 900 Master I aircraft in 1938, followed by later large orders for 2,402 Master II and III aircraft and 1,789 Martinet and Queen Martinet aircraft were made for the RAF with a small number to the Royal Navy and overseas.
caption: Charles Lindbergh's Miles Mohawk
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