Phillips & Powis Air Taxi Services

♦ Formed in the late 1920s by Charles Powis (a Reading-based motor trader and pilot) alongside his partner Phillips, Phillips & Powis Air Taxi Services was the commercial charter branch of Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, operating out of Woodley Aerodrome near Reading, Berkshire, during the late 1920s and 1930s. In early 1930, leveraging their growing fleet of biplanes and cabin aircraft (like the Desoutter), the firm formally advertises Phillips & Powis Air Taxi Services for on-demand passenger charter across Britain and Western Europe. In Oct1943, F.G. Miles buys out Rolls-Royce’s shares . The company drops the Phillips & Powis title and rebrands as Miles Aircraft Limited, officially closing out the era of the original flight school and air taxi business ♦