Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12
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M.Jerram - For Business and Pleasure
View of the prototype Gemini, taken in 1946. Note the fixed undercarriage and the large square rear cabin windows, peculiar to the prototype.
View of the prototype Gemini, taken in 1946. Note the fixed undercarriage and the large square rear cabin windows, peculiar to the prototype.
G-AIDO, the second Gemini registered, was designated 1A; it had a retractable undercarriage and oval-shaped rear cabin windows.
Gemini 1A G-AKEG was converted to a Mk 3C in 1958. It was supposedly eaten by sheep in the Sixties!
G. W. Harben’s Elstree-based G-AHKL was the sixth Gemini to be certificated.
An all-too-rare sight - a British civil twin aircraft in quantity production - Geminis in the making at Woodley, a sight that must have pleased the Miles brothers.
G-AIRS was one of two Geminis operated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Two views of the cockpit and panel of the prototype Miles Gemini. The designers introduced luxury motor car comfort in their "heavenly twin”. Cabin noise during flight was comparatively low, and visibility for the pilot was excellent.