Hairyplane: Spotted this classified ad. from W. S. Shackleton Ltd In the March 1948 issue of the short-lived magazine 'The Light Plane':
"£295. Miles Hawk Major. Only 10 hours since engine and airframe overhaul. Cream and red. Two other similar machines available at the same price.
£295. Miles M.18. One cabin and one open machine available. Both now undergoing C of A and have low hours.
£575. Miles Hawk Speed Six. Under 150 hours since new. Flown by Mr. Tommy Rose, it won last year's Manx Air Derby."
A news item in an earlier issue reports that Gemini G-AJKS was taken across the Atlantic aboard an aircraft carrier of the Royal Canadian Navy for a North American sales tour, and took off from its deck about 20 miles offshore. I know that a Messenger conducted landing trials aboard a makeshift deck set up on a merchant ship, but don't know if it flew off again. If not, 'JKS may have been the only Miles aircraft ever to operate from a ship's deck.