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1950's/60's Archive Part 30: Miles Aircraft

This is a set of various Miles designs, part of a set (250+) now on my Flickr pages at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/sets/72157626866158110/detail/

Photos by the late Gerald Lawrance, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke. Any further information welcome.

G-ADGP is the historic M.2L Hawk Speed Six, seen here at Kidlington in 1959, still flying today:

G-ADGP

G-AEVG M.11A Whitney Straight, pictured in 1953, was flown to Australia in 1954, becoming VH-EVG before being withdrawn from use in 1958:

G-AEVG

G-AFCR M.17 Monarch ( also taken in 1953) was W/O 2-7-57:

G-AFCR

G-AFJU another M.17 Monarch is now preserved at East Fortune. Date and location unknown (probably Cambridge):

G-AFJU

G-AIDE M.17 Monarch at White Waltham in 1958. Reverted to G-AFRZ and is believed in storage somewhere:

G-AIDE

G-AIDK M.38 Messenger 2A at Seething, year unknown, was Wfu by 1981:

G-AIDK

G-AILI M.38 Messenger 2A W/O 23-5-64:

G-AILI

G-AJDF M.38 Messenger 4A. (Wfu by 1968):

G-AJDF

G-AJFH M.38 Messenger 2A went to Liberia in 1961:

G-AJFH

G-AJKL M.38 Messenger 2A (Wfu by 1969):

G-AJKL

G-AJRT M.14A Hawk Trainer III (modified cockpits) at Kidlington in 1959. W/O soon after on 15-8-59:

G-AJRT

G-AJYZ M.38 Messenger 2A at White Waltham 1958. (Wfu by 1968):

G-AJYZ

G-AKAT M.14A Hawk Trainer III is now at Breighton as T9738:

G-AKAT

G-AKAU M.14A Hawk Trainer III at White Waltham 1958. (Wfu by 1963):

G-AKAU

G-AKBN M.38 Messenger 2A at Biggin Hill. (Wfu by 1973):

G-AKBN

G-AKEM M.65 Gemini 1A (Wfu by 1965):

G-AKEM

G-AKFU M.65 Gemini 1A at Kidlington 1959 (W/O 14-8-65):

G-AKFU

G-AKHC M.65 Gemini 3A. (W/O 1965):

G-AKHC

G-AKHW M.65 Gemini 1A at Sywell. Became ZK-KHW 1991 and believed on rebuild:

G-AKHW

G-AOGA M.75 Aries 1 at Biggin Hill. Damaged 8-8-69, and now stored in Dublin:

G-AOGA

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