Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
HD - me in 61 - Flying scholarship with Les Hilditch instructing - well shouting most of the time ISTR, especially at my "steep" turns!
IMHO one of the prettiest of aeroplanes
IMHO one of the prettiest of aeroplanes
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Now if they could remove the engines from the wings and put one of them in the nose, than add another fin and rudder on the centreline station - why they would end up with the perfect flying machine that could land and take off where virtually all other fixed wing jobbies cannot!
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Lovely pictures Mauld.
HD: I saw KKH at Tollerton in 1959, adorned with Day-Glo, then not again for 50 years, at Bicester in 2010: it looks better in its new clothes.
Laurence
HD: I saw KKH at Tollerton in 1959, adorned with Day-Glo, then not again for 50 years, at Bicester in 2010: it looks better in its new clothes.
Laurence
Rosevidney1,
What a good idea!
Of course, they couldn't call it a Single Gemini, that would be a non sequitur.
If it is a STOL machine, fixed gear would be preferable and since it would make a good liaison aircraft and sticking to Miles' naming convention, they could name it the Miles Messenger. A retractable version would need a faster name, so how about Mercury?
What a good idea!
Of course, they couldn't call it a Single Gemini, that would be a non sequitur. If it is a STOL machine, fixed gear would be preferable and since it would make a good liaison aircraft and sticking to Miles' naming convention, they could name it the Miles Messenger. A retractable version would need a faster name, so how about Mercury?
Spiller + Sywell usually equals Messenger G-AKIN
