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de Havilland Propellers was established in 1935, as a division of the de Havilland Aircraft company when that company acquired a licence from the Hamilton Standard company of America for the manufacture of variable-pitch propellers at a cost of about £20,000. [1] [citation needed] Licence negotiations were completed in June 1934.
The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911 A de Havilland Airco DH.9 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 2008 A de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth at Kemble Airport in 2003 1936 de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth taking off at Kemble Air Day, Wiltshire, in 2008 A DH.89 Dragon Rapide of the Army Parachute Association at RAF ...
Powered by two de Havilland Gnome turboprops with a high-wing layout and a maximum capacity of 40 passengers or a payload of 7800 lb. Designed for economic operations over very short routes (e.g. 200 mi), but with a full fuel load and payload reduced to 2400 lb, the range could be extended to 1610 mi. Abandoned due to competition with the HS ...
The sole Boulton & Paul P.32 was a British three-engined biplane built to an Air Ministry specification for a long range night bomber. A lack of engine availability slowed construction and by the time it went for tests the thinking on bomber types had moved on.
De Havilland Aviation was born out of the former aviation trust, Jet Heritage (founded by display pilot Michael Carlton), although the De Havilland name has its roots much further back to the de Havilland Aircraft Company who built many of the aircraft that De Havilland Aviation eventually maintained.
In March 1946, Chilbolton became the first RAF station to operate de Havilland Vampire jets when 247 squadron converted to Vampire FB1's, but by the late summer that year the station was on care and maintenance. 247 Sqn, Tempest F2/Vampire F1, arrived 16 February 1946, departed 1 June 1946.
The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts due to the distance from Germany ...
Smethurst was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. His father, William, was an aircraft engineer, first for De Havilland and then Westland, which caused the family to uproot to Dorset. He went to Fosters School Sherborne and then onto Lancaster University (1965 - 1968).