Aircraft Photo of ZK-AQO | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A | AirHistory.net #431462
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Withdrawn from use in 1963.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

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