de Havilland Dove

The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the bi-plane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x419, 108 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): De Havilland Dove ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x419, 108 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): De Havilland Dove ... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ... Until 1920, Geoffrey de Havillands de Havilland Aircraft Company had been known as Airco, where he was owner and chief designer. ... The de Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide was a successful British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s. ...

The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which called for a British designed short haul feeder for airlines. In 1942, during World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to split responsibility for aircraft construction; the US would concentrate on transport aircraft while the UK would concentrate on their heavy bombers. ...

Production

Production of the Dove and its variants consisted of 388 civilian Doves, 127 military Devon C.2s and 13 Sea Devon .

Service

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Variants

de Havilland Dove

• Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11-passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.
  • Dove 1B : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 2 : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) Gipsy Queen piston engines.
  • Dove 2B : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 3 : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built.
• Dove 4 : Military transport and communication version.
  • Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communication version for the RAF.
  • Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the Royal Navy.
• Dove 5 : The Dove 5 was powered by more powerful engines. The aircraft was fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 6, 6A - Executive transport versions of the Dove 5.
• Dove 6BA
• Dove 7 : Upgraded version of the Dove 1, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
• Dove 8 : Upgraded version of the Dove 2, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
  • Dove 8A or Custom 600 : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the American market.
• Devon C.2 ; Communications and Transport version for the RAF.
• Carstedt Jet Liner 600 -
• Riley Turbo Executive 400 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Riley Aircraft in the USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Lycoming IO-720-A1A flat-eight piston engines.

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Civil Operators

• Airlines of Western Australia
• Airways (India)
• BOAC
• British Midlands
• Cambrian
• Central African Airways
• Channel Airways
• Hunting
• Olley
• Morton Air Services
• SABENA
• Skyways
• South African Airways
• Sudan Airways
• Union of Burma Airways
• West African Airways

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Military Operators

• Argentina
• Belgian Congo (Zaire)
• Brazil
• Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
• Egypt
• Eire (Ireland)
• Ethiopia
• India
  • Indian Air Force
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force
• Pakistan
• South Africa
  • South African Air Force
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
  • Royal Air Force
  • Royal Navy), Fleet Air Arm.

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Specifications

General characteristics ^[1]

• Crew: 2
• Passengers: 8
• Wingspan: 57 ft (17.37 m)
• Length: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
• Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
• Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m²)
• Empty weight: 5,725 lb (2,600 kg)
• Gross weight: 8,800 lb (4,000 kg)
• Powerplant: 2x de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk 2 geared, supercharged 6-cylinder in-line inverted air-cooled engines rated at 380 bhp (283 kW).

Performance

• Maximum speed: 202 mph (325 km/h) at 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 920 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
• Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
• Maximum range: 1,070 m (1,720 km)

External links

• Airliners.net

Related development

de Havilland Heron The de Havilland DH.114 Heron was a small, propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on May 10 1950. ...

Comparable aircraft

Designation sequence

DH.95 Flamingo - DH.98 Mosquito - DH.100 Vampire - DH.103 Hornet - DH.104 Dove - DH.106 Comet - DH.108 Swallow The de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo was a high-wing monoplane passenger airliner of the World War II period, also used by the RAF as a troop-carrier and for general communications duties. ... The de Havilland Mosquito (The Wooden Wonder, also known as The Timber Terror) was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. ... The de Havilland Vampire, or DH.100, was the second jet-engined aircraft commissioned into the Royal Air Force during World War II (the first being the Gloster Meteor), although it did not see combat in that conflict. ... The The de Havilland Hornet was a development of de Havillands classic Mosquito designed as private venture for a long-range fighter for use in the Pacific Theater in the war against Japan. ... The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the worlds first commercial jet airliner. ... The first DH. 108 built - TG283. ...