Miles was the name used for aircraft and associated businesses of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who, with his wife – aviator and draughtswoman Maxine "Blossom" Miles – and his brother Georg
Miles Gemini of the 1940s
The M.30 'X Minor' flying aerodynamics testbed
Miles Master trainer in flight during the Second World War
M38 Miles Messenger G-AKBN photographed c. 1951
The Miles M.57 Aerovan was a British twin-engined short-range low-cost transport aircraft designed and produced by Miles Aircraft. It was primarily used for freight and passenger services.
Miles Aircraft
…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…
Aerovan 4 of Channel Islands Air Freight at Manchester (Ringway) Airport in May 1955
The prototype Aerovan 1 with four square windows on each side.