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- 1. Miles Gemini in flight: TSRL· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Miles M.65 Gemini was a British twin-engined four-seat touring aircraft designed and built by Miles Aircraft at Woodley Aerodrome. It was the last Miles aircraft to be produced in quantity. Development of the Gemini was conducted at a rapid pace following the end of the Second World War, the company being keen to bring its new designs to the postwar civil aviation sector.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 81 years ago, in 1945.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1945-10-26
- introduced
- 1946
- number built
- 170
- role
- twin-engined touring aircraft
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Miles Aircraft
- engines
- 2× Blackburn Cirrus Minor II
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,361 kg
- top speed
- 241 km/h
- cruise speed
- 209 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,115 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6851389, Wikipedia: Miles Gemini (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.