In June 1948 Handley Page took over the former Miles
Aircraft Ltd. of Woodley, Reading, and with it the Miles
Marathon four-engined feederliner. Handley Page (Reading)
produced the aircraft as a navigational trainer for the
RAF and also as a short-haul airliner. The Reading-based
company was also responsible for development of the
HPR.3 Herald airliner, which flew initially with four piston
engines in 1955, and was subsequently manufactured
with two Rolls-Royce turbines as the Dart Herald.
