de Havilland Express
Description
Role	Passenger transport / trainer
Crew	2
Passengers	14-18
First flight	1933 in aviation
Entered service
Manufacturer	de Havilland
Dimensions
Length	46 ft 1 in	14.1 m
Wingspan	64 ft 6 in	19.7 m
Height	13 ft 3 in	4 m
Wing area	638 ft²	59.3 m²
Weights
Empty	6,250 lb	2,830 kg
Loaded	10,250 lb	4,650 kg
Maximum takeoff	lb	kg
Powerplant
Engine	4 × de Havilland Gipsy Six
Power (each)	200 hp	150 kW
Performance
Maximum speed	166 mph	267 km/h
Combat range	748 miles	1,200 km
Ferry range	km	miles
Service ceiling	17,400 ft	5,300 m
Rate of climb	925 ft/min	280 m/min

The de Havilland 86 was developed in 1933 for QANTAS, to inaugurate the Singapore-Brisbane section of the England to Australia air route. It was styled the Express Air Liner. De Havilland Express passenger transport Photograph published in: Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol II Ed: H J Cooper, O G Thetford and D A. Russell Harborough Publishing Co, Leicester, England 1941. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933: Events January January 16 - Jean Mermoz and crew make a non-stop flight from Senegal to Brazil in 17 hours 27 minutes. ... de Havilland UK In 1920 Geoffrey de Havilland changed the name of his company Airco, where he had previously been chief designer, to the De Havilland Aircraft Company. ... For a list of Qantas destinations, click here. ... Brisbane by night Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

A modified version, the DH 86B with accommodation for two pilots, was built for Imperial Airways and given the class name Diana. They were used on European and Empire air routes including the run from Khartoum to Lagos. The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Khartoum (in Arabic, al-Khartûm: الخرطوم, meaning elephant trunk) is the capital of Sudan, at the point where the White Nile coming from Uganda meets the Blue Nile coming from Ethiopia. ... Map of Nigeria showing Lagos on the left Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and, with its population of 13. ...

DH86 were also built for New Zealand's Union Airways, flying between Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington. During World War II, the New Zealand aircraft fitted with bomb racks, were used to hunt German raiders and Japanese shipping by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The survivors served with NAC post war. Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Palmerston North is a city in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys third-largest urban area. ... The Royal New Zealand Air Force or RNZAF is the air operations arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. ... NAC is an acronym that can stand for: N-acetylcysteine National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada National Airways Corporation, New Zealand National Aquatic Centre, Dublin, Ireland National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario National Asthma Campaign Natural Area Code New Apostolic Church New Approaches to Cancer North American College...

62 were built and many were still flying at start of World War II when they were taken into military service for communications and radio navigational training. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...