Aircraft Photo of ZK-AQO | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	ZK-AQO
Aircraft Original Type:	Miles M.65 Gemini
Aircraft Generic Type:	Miles M.65 Gemini
Aircraft Version:	Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
C/n (msn):	6472

Location
City / Airport:	Wellington - InternationalMap
Country:	New Zealand
Airport Codes:	ICAO: NZWN IATA: WLG Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	December 1947
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	431462

Photo Comment
Withdrawn from use in 1963. This was around the time Australia grounded Geminis over concerns about deterioration of the glues used in their construction. A story circulated NZ that a Gemini had crashed in Australia due to termite damage. This was not true. The accident that sparked the Australian grounding of several wooden aircraft, including the widely used Anson, involved a Proctor V but no termites. Glue in the wing had failed. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library This photo was added on 17 January 2022, and has since been viewed 178 times.

Photo Comment

Withdrawn from use in 1963. This was around the time Australia grounded Geminis over concerns about deterioration of the glues used in their construction. A story circulated NZ that a Gemini had crashed in Australia due to termite damage. This was not true. The accident that sparked the Australian grounding of several wooden aircraft, including the widely used Anson, involved a Proctor V but no termites. Glue in the wing had failed. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

This photo was added on 17 January 2022, and has since been viewed 178 times.

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