Miles Collection (page 3)

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AZHT
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AZHT (msn 6334), at Elstree in May 1969. Date: 1969

Miles M. 3A Falcon Major G-AEEG
Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-AEEG (msn 216), at Coventry - Baginton Airport in August 1965. Built and test-flown as U-20. To Sweden October 1936 as SE-AFN. Later returned to UK and again became G-AEEG

Miles M. 65 Gemini 3C G-ALZG
Miles M.65 Gemini 3C G-ALZG (msn 141), at Dublin Airport in March 1973. Date: 1973

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Miles M. 14A Hawk Trainer Mk. III G-AFBS A
Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer Mk.III G-AFBS A (msn 539, impressed as BB661), at Staverton with the Skyfame Museum. Date: 1966

HMS Usk - a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Usk, a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer ordered under the 1901 - 1902 Naval Estimates and named after the River Usk in Wales flowing through Newport

Miles M. 17 Monarch G-AFLW
Miles M.17 Monarch G-AFLW (msn 792). Date: circa 1990

Miles M. 11A Whitney Straight G-AFGK
Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AFGK (msn 509) Date: 1976

24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder 65 hp Napiers
24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder stripped 65 hp Napiers. Led by Napier selling agent SF Edge on the day before the opening of the track in Jul 1907

Mrs Kennard driving Mr Kennard's 8hp 2 cylinder Napier which completed 1000 miles trial 1900 in when driven by Selwyn Francis Edge. Date: circa 1902

FRANKLIN CAR ADVERT
the airplane-type car - it's air-cooled, so you can drive through Death Valley for 104 miles in low gear if you so want... Date: 1931

AUTOPSY, C17
When Thomas Miles dies mysteriously, surgeons of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, open him up and find a gob of meat choked him ; it is seen as judgment on a sinner Date: 8 August 1635

Handley Page HPR. 1 Marathon I G-AMHT
Handley Page HPR.1 Marathon I G-AMHT (msn 131, ex XA274), of F.G. Miles Ltd. / F.G.Miles Engineering Limited, at Shoreham Airport, sometime between 1959 and 1964. Date: circa 1961

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037
(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Miles M. 100 Student G-APLK
Miles M.100 Mk.1 Student G-APLK (msn 100/1008) Date: circa 1960

Comic postcard, Elderly man and gravedigger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man driving a car with beer bottles Date: 20th century

Miles Hawk Trainer Aircraft

Comic postcard, Woman chats with ships captain Date: 20th century

Hereford: Automobile Club Small Car Trials 1904
In 1904 The Automobile Club organised a trial of light cars from August 29 to September 3, on routes radiating daily from Hereford for six days

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Fujisawa temple on the Tokaido Japan 1870 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: Fujisawa temple on the Tokaido road, 11 miles from Yokohama from the Far East magazine, 1870 s. Japan

Martand Sun Temple, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Martand Sun Temple. Now in ruins, the temple is located five miles from Anantnag in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

Poster, International Air Races, St Louis, USA, 1-2-3 October 1923. Date: 1923

The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre

The Whittington Stone
An early 19th century rendering of the Whittington Stone which stands at the foot of Highgate Hill, London marking the spot where Dick Whittington

Workmen on oil rig supply ship off The Lizard, Cornwall
Workmen on the supply ship of the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Winchman on oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles off The Lizard
Winchman on the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Anchor of oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles off The Lizard
Man on top of the positioning anchor of the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, which can be seen in the distance on the right. Date: circa 1970s

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, with charity walkers
Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, with four charity walkers and their lion mascot, who have come all the way from John O Groats. Date: 1984

Mr and Mrs Charles J Glidden in 24hp Napier which they toured in from 1901, pictured 8 years later having toured most countries in the World and covered over 46000 miles

39hp 1909 Napier 4 / 5 seater Cabriolet
39hp 1909 Napier 4/5 seater Cabriolet owned by Mr DR Grossmark who had taken it to a rally in Amsterdam and done 600 miles. Date: 1909

IAE President - Brigadier-General Ralph Kirkby Bagnall-Wild
IAE President, 1917-18, Brigadier-General Ralph Kirkby Bagnall-Wild, by Miles and Kaye. Date: 1918

Overhead Electric Railway Station, Liverpool Docks 1893
A station (probably Canada Dock) on the Overhead Electric Railway Line running through Liverpool Docks, in the year of the services opening. The line was seven miles long. Date: 1893

Exotic crickets and grasshoppers
Eupropacris coeruleus grasshopper 1, Chromacris miles 2, and Gryllacris tessellata 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

3rd British Infantry Division Memorial Normandy
This is in the small village of Periers sur le Dan some 3 miles inland of Sword Beach where the Division landed on 6 June 1944

Pantomime poster, Dick Whittington and his cat, ten miles from London

Lady Evelyn Graham, by Madame Yevonde
Lady Evelyn Graham, photographed on her engagement to Mark Patrick of the Diplomatic Service. Her marriage to Captain Miles Graham had been dissolved. Date: 1930

Cutting sixty miles of tunnel in Paris
Cross-section of plans for the tunnel extension to the Paris Metro under the Paris Opera House 1903

Graham Miles - Snooker Player Date: 1980s

Freddie Dixon, racing car mechanic, Brooklands
Freddie Dixon, racing car mechanic, standing by one of the Riley racing cars which he tuned to a new speed for the Brooklands International 500 miles race. 1935

Beach and sea wall, Galveston, Texas, USA
Panoramic view of the beach and sea wall at Galveston, Texas, USA. Four miles long, it cost $2.5M. Date: circa 1907

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

Miles M. 18 Mk. 2 G-AHKY
Miles M.18 Mk.2 G-AHKY (msn 466, ex HM545), with race number 39, at Coventry - Baginton. The sole M.18 Mk.2, flew from Woodley in November 1939

Miles M. 11A Whitney Straight G-AFGK
Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AFGK (msn 509) Date: circa 1960

Bristol Boxkite replica, flying at Wainfleet for filming of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire in September 1964

Miles M. 65 Gemini 1A G-ALUG
Miles M.65 Gemini 1A G-ALUG. ALUG was withdrawn from use at Sywell on15 June 1964, with the rear fuselage being used to repair G-AKHZ. Date: circa 1960

Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-ARSY with Miles M.17 Monarch G-AIDE. Date: circa 1970

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