Aircraft Photo of G-AKFU | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A | AirHistory.net #408953
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AKFU
Aircraft Original Type:Miles M.65 Gemini
Aircraft Generic Type:Miles M.65 Gemini
Aircraft Version:Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
C/n (msn):6494
Location
City / Airport:Perth - SconeMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGPT   IATA: PSL   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:6 August 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID: 408953
Photo Comment

First registered in 1947 and locally based at this time. In 1965 it was purchased by a low time private pilot who then proceeded to ferry it to Montréal via the North Atlantic route. Through a miscalculation of range and endurance, the aircraft was wrecked when it ran out of fuel 65 miles short of Goose Bay (CYYR) on the flight from Narsarsuaq (BGBW).

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