Miles Hawk Speed Six
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Miles Hawk Speed Six
Mentioning the Gemini made me think of this beautiful aircraft which I first saw at the Kings Cup in the early 60s at Coventry. It was owned by Ron Paine the boss of Derby Aiwways which became British Midland.
Many years ago i saw it for sale in Flight Magazine and phoned up and sure enough it was 'Pongo' Pain!
I belive its now at Shuttleworth, anyone got any pre Shuttleworth pics or further info on this a/c.Never could understand why it was the only one on the register!
Many years ago i saw it for sale in Flight Magazine and phoned up and sure enough it was 'Pongo' Pain!
I belive its now at Shuttleworth, anyone got any pre Shuttleworth pics or further info on this a/c.Never could understand why it was the only one on the register!
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Wonder which one it was? My logs show that I saw G-ADGP at Halfpenny Green in July, 1965. I was pretty thrilled to see a Gemini during a recent visit to NZ too. They don't make them like that nowadays..
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G-ADGP was at OW from 1989 to 1999. It was then offered for sale by its American owner, Tom Buffaloe, and was being shipped stateside when it was purchased by Roger Mills. It now resides at Fairoaks White Waltham apparently, and often makes the trip back to OW.
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IIRC from back when I was an apprentice at BAC Hurn in the early 70s, one Speed Six was owned & flown by the man who ran the onsite newspaper shop. It had a plexiglass front section to the cockpit glazing that looked like a medieval knight's visor. Beleive it was featured in an issue of BAC's in-house paper, "Airframe" so a search may come up with some pix.
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Some great shots - lovely ship!
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Guess my memory was of an "ordinary" Miles Hawk - though there seems to be both single seat with canopy (Speed Six) and open cockpit (aka Sparrow-Hawk http://www.kw.igs.net/~brianj/airshow/miles.jpg, twin open cockpit (a la Magister) and cabin types. The variant I remember is like this RAAF one here http://www.adf-serials.com/2a37.shtml - you'll see what I mean about the unusual windshield treatment.
If you're interested in G-ADGP then this article may be an interesting read: http://miles-aircraft.mysite.wanadoo....uk/page3.html
It was written by Julian Temple for the Brooklands Museum magazine but I think it also appeared in another publication.
It was written by Julian Temple for the Brooklands Museum magazine but I think it also appeared in another publication.
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Boeing 247 windscreen had the same reverse angle treatment. Wonder what reason/s there may have been?
