Remarks: In keeping with the V for Victory theme of this years show Adam Eltham delivers "Winston Churchill" to inspect the Guard of Honor at Classic Fighters 2011.
Remarks: Miles built seventy-one Messengers, and like all post-war examples, this one was built in its Newtownards factory. This 1945 example originally had the military serial RH427; it was transferred to the civil register in 1948 and appears now in a civilian colour scheme typical of such aircraft in the immediate post-war period – a credit to its current owners (Shipping and Airlines Ltd of Biggin Hill). The three-seat Messenger is powered by a 138hp Blackburn Cirrus. (400D, Sigma 80-400 & fluid-head tripod)
