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MILES REED
12/25/25 - 9/10/09

Who was Miles Reed?  I hope to catch some of his spirit in the pictures or stories below.   Miles had as many facets as a diamond, so I won’t catch every part of him.  If you have anything you would like to add, please send me an Email and I will get it up on our website as soon as possible.

CHRIS MILLER:
My name is Chris Miller.  I fly at the North Canton Hawks’ field.  This year I saw Miles at the Bolivar fly in and my brother and I had Miles sign our 2.4 radios.  He signed them and said "I don't know why you boys would want my autograph but here ya go.”  Even when I was a small child, I watched in awe as he did completely level rolling circles at the Martin Airfield in Canton.  It came to him so naturally that I don't think he knew how good he was and how he helped the hobby evolve into what we enjoy today.  I personally want to send my best wishes to his family and thank him for his lifelong devotion to our hobby.

Chris Miller Louisville,Ohio

MARY FURLONG: 
Around February 2005, Miles sent me the note below that had me laughing and in tears because it was so funny and sounded just like a practical joke I would play on someone too.  Can’t you just hear him telling this story aloud?

If you have any stories you’d like to share about Miles, please feel free to contact me and I can get them up on the site.

Mary,

Feel free to put any caption that you want below the Pic.  The "Tolerates my Hobby" is fine.  I can't come up with anything better at this time.  By the way, thanks much for the kind words that you expressed in your e-mail concerning the two of us.  One more story about Wilma and the trials and tribulations that she goes through as my wife. 

A couple of years ago she decided that she was suffering from a hearing loss and kept harping about a hearing aid.  I really don't think it was that serious for a person 78 Yrs. old, but I made arrangements and she now has one.  Of course she takes it out at night and every morning when I wake up I give her a bunch of "Gibberish" like mrf, umbt, oopo, barf, extop, etc.  Makes no sense at all so she gets up, puts in her hearing aid, and then I carry on a normal conversation.  She thinks that she has a 99.9% hearing loss when talking with me and blames it on not being able to hear the low pitched sound of my voice.  Says that she can still hear our daughters "Pretty good."  I should have been a psychiatrist!!!! 

Later,

Miles