Airco D.H.16
The Airco DH16 was a is laid out for four passengers engined biplane of the British manufacturer Aircraft Manufacturing Company from the period after the First World War. The design was by Geoffrey de Havilland, who was the principal developer of the company.
History
The DH16 was an enlarged version of DH9A. The largely consisting of wood, with fabric -covered aircraft had an open cockpit for a pilot and a closed cabin for four other people. The first six models received a Rolls -Royce Eagle VIII - series engine, the rest of the more powerful Napier Lion. In May 1919, the prototype denied its first flight.
One of the nine built aircraft came into the possession of the Argentine airline River Plate Aviation Company and was used between Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The remaining Airco sold to its sister company Aircraft Transport and Travel (AT & T). On August 25, 1919, she took on the traffic between London and Paris. On behalf of the KLM service between London and Amsterdam was set up with them on 17 May 1920.
After the cessation of AT & T in 1921 five machines were scrapped, two more aircraft were sold and used for the delivery of newspapers. The eighth aircraft had already been lost. After the crash, one of the remaining copies in 1923 and the last aircraft was shut down and subsequently scrapped.
User
- River Plate Aviation Company
- Aircraft Transport and Travel