Miles Mastery

摘要

It wasn't quite an impulse purchase, but perhaps about as close to one as an aircraft gets. Let the man who made it tell you more. "It was nice to fly, but I thought there was no way I could fly it. We landed, and I think Mark thought he'd just taken somebody for a flight. He said, 'What do you think?' I replied, 'I'll have it, then."' Stu Blanchard is talking about his pride and joy, Miles Gemini 1A G-AKHP. In his hands, the charming light twin has been a star of the past season's air displays, reminding many just what a sprightly machine this is. But when he bought the Gemini from its previous owner, racing driver and journalist Mark Hales, little did Stu know that it would be the start of a journey into vintage aviation, and Miles aircraft in particular, that now consumes a good deal of his non-working life. That's what can happen when you catch the bug.