British Aircraft Manufacturer
Index of British Aircraft by Miles
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Company Details |
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Company Name: |
Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd Miles Aircraft Ltd F.G.Miles Ltd |
Formed: |
1929 |
Sites: |
Woodley, Reading Redhill Shoreham Airport |
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History |
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1933: |
Phillips & Powis create aircraft company after F G Miles visits their airfield. Aircraft produced with Miles name |
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1936: |
Rolls-Royce acquire interent |
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1943: |
Name changed to Miles Aircraft after purchase of Rolls-Royce interest |
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1947: |
Company enters receivership. Handley Page take over assets |
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1951: |
F.G. Miles Ltd formed at Redhill |
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1960: |
Work absorbed into Beagle-Miles |
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