2025 will be the 100th anniversary of MILES AIRCRAFT at Shoreham Airport. We're aiming to organise a fly in, several exhibits, restored 16mm cine film from Miles archives, and information about the SuperSonic M.52 project. PLUS publication of the 4th volume of Miles Aircraft by Peter Amos. PLUS publication of F G MILES's autobiography. If the project is feasible, will post a new video on RUclips with details. I forgot to mention that we're also working on an official Miles Aircraft website. All the best, Jonathon Miles
@@jgmiles4016 Not a good place to get lost in as even when I learnt to fly at White Waltham, a long time ago without radio, the edge of the London Control Zone ran through the middle of the airfield, and still does, but White Waltham is 8 years older than Heathrow. In those days Berkshire's old county town of Abingdon and land west of the Thames upto Oxford was part of Berkshire and Slough was in Buckinghamshire not Bershire. Not any more so there is an excuse for wondering what is or was in Berks. Of course the now housed over Woodley (definitely in Berks) 5 miles WSW of White Waltham was the home of MIles Aircraft (and his house) so Waltham is as close to home as you can get. Delightfully the West London Aero Club house (shared with Aiways in the 60s) has not changed externally while much of the rest of the airfield has. The Demoiselle built at Booker by Doug Bianchi for the film Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines, being made of steel instead of Bamboo, was a bit heavy so it was brought to Waltham which is 300 feet lower and made its first 6 feet hop into the air heading west from infront of the Club House with Joan Hughes in control. A weekend take off behind Douglas Bader was also a buzz for a teenager. Alas, about the same time an adhesive condemned Miles Gemini had its wings sawn off in the hanger next to the club house so making room for an unknown tomorrow that would value it more than was imagined.
beautiful old aircraft on a lovely day it must have been fabulous.
Wonderful airplanes. Thank you.
2025 will be the 100th anniversary of MILES AIRCRAFT at Shoreham Airport. We're aiming to organise a fly in, several exhibits, restored 16mm cine film from Miles archives, and information about the SuperSonic M.52 project. PLUS publication of the 4th volume of Miles Aircraft by Peter Amos. PLUS publication of F G MILES's autobiography. If the project is feasible, will post a new video on RUclips with details. I forgot to mention that we're also working on an official Miles Aircraft website. All the best, Jonathon Miles
did you get lost finding white waltham as its not in surrey but berkshire !!
ah, good point, thank you for spotting that error!
@@jgmiles4016 Not a good place to get lost in as even when I learnt to fly at White Waltham, a long time ago without radio, the edge of the London Control Zone ran through the middle of the airfield, and still does, but White Waltham is 8 years older than Heathrow. In those days Berkshire's old county town of Abingdon and land west of the Thames upto Oxford was part of Berkshire and Slough was in Buckinghamshire not Bershire. Not any more so there is an excuse for wondering what is or was in Berks. Of course the now housed over Woodley (definitely in Berks) 5 miles WSW of White Waltham was the home of MIles Aircraft (and his house) so Waltham is as close to home as you can get. Delightfully the West London Aero Club house (shared with Aiways in the 60s) has not changed externally while much of the rest of the airfield has. The Demoiselle built at Booker by Doug Bianchi for the film Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines, being made of steel instead of Bamboo, was a bit heavy so it was brought to Waltham which is 300 feet lower and made its first 6 feet hop into the air heading west from infront of the Club House with Joan Hughes in control. A weekend take off behind Douglas Bader was also a buzz for a teenager. Alas, about the same time an adhesive condemned Miles Gemini had its wings sawn off in the hanger next to the club house so making room for an unknown tomorrow that would value it more than was imagined.