De Havilland Dove

The de Havilland D. H. 104 Dove is a monoplane aircraft of the British aircraft manufacturer De Havilland Aircraft Company, which was used as a transport plane for short trips. It is the successor to the biplane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful models of aircraft after the Second World War.

The design of the aircraft was started after the report of the so-called Brabazon Committee after a British short-haul aircraft demanded as a feeder for airlines.

First flight and delivery

The Dove made ​​its first flight on 25 September 1945. Production of Dove and its variants comprised 388 civilian Dove, 127 military Devon C.2 and 13 Sea Devon. After the incorporation of De Havilland Hawker Siddeley in the group, the pattern was marketed as the Hawker Siddeley Dove.

Production ended in 1964, today worldwide was approximately 10 to 12 Dove fly.

Versions

Variants gradually

Civilian use

  • Airlines of Western Australia
  • Airways (India )
  • Belgian International Air Services
  • BOAC
  • British Midlands
  • Cambrian Airways
  • Central African Airways
  • Channel Airways
  • Hunting
  • LAN Chile
  • LTU
  • Morton Air Services
  • Olley
  • Sabena
  • Skyways
  • South African Airways
  • Sudan Airways
  • Transportes Aéreos de Timor
  • Union of Burma Airways
  • West African Airways

Military user

  • Egypt Egypt
  • Ethiopia Ethiopia
  • Argentina Argentina
  • Biafra Biafra
  • Brazil Brazil
  • India India
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Ireland Ireland
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Kuwait Kuwait
  • Lebanon Lebanon Air Force, Lebanon
  • Royal Air Force
  • Royal Navy

Specifications

Trivia

A de Havilland D. H. 104 in deplorable condition, also played a role in the feature film " Theo against the rest of the world " by 1980. DH104 This has now been restored and is stationed at the airfield Soest.

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