de Havilland

de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920s by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Known for its innovation, de Havilland was responsible for a number of important aircraft, including the Moth biplane which revolutionised general aviation in the 1920s, the 1930s Fox Moth, the first commercial transport able to operate without government subsidy, the wooden World War II Mosquito light bomber, and the passenger jet service pioneering Comet.
The de Havilland company became a member of the Hawker Siddeley group in 1960, but lost its separate identity in 1963. Today it is part of BAE Systems plc, the British aerospace and defence business.
Subsidiaries were: de Havilland Canada, de Havilland Australia, de Havilland New Zealand.

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DH.82 Tiger Moth | DH.104 Dove

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de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and many other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. In addition to the type's principal use for ab-initio training, the Second World War saw RAF Tiger Moths operating in other capacities, including maritime surveillance and defensive anti-invasion preparations; some aircraft were even outfitted to function as armed light bombers.

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth, registration A-38, built ????, serial number 83101
Aviodrome, Lelystad, Netherlands, 30 November 2018

de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, registration G-AJHS, built 1939, serial number 82121
Ede, Netherlands, 23 and 24 August 2019

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DH.82 Tiger Moth | DH.104 Dove

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de Havilland DH.104 Dove

The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. It was a monoplane successor to the prewar de Havilland Dragon Rapide biplane. The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, amongst other aircraft types, called for a British-designed short-haul feeder for airlines.
The Dove was a popular aircraft and is considered to be one of Britain's most successful postwar civil designs, in excess of 500 aircraft being manufactured between 1946 and 1967. Several military variants were operated, such as the Devon by the Royal Air Force, the Sea Devon by the Royal Navy and the type also saw service with a number of overseas military forces.
A longer four-engined development of the Dove, intended for use in the less developed areas of the world, was the de Havilland Heron. A considerably re-designed three-engined variant of the Dove was built in Australia as the de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover.

de Havilland DH.104 Dove 4 (Devon C Mk 1), registration HW201, built 1947, serial number 04074
HAL Aerospace Museum, Bangalore, India, 12 May 2018

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DH.82 Tiger Moth | DH.104 Dove

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