The de Havilland DH.114 Heron was a small, propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on May 10 1950. It was a development of the de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines, for a total of four. The first deliveries were to NAC, (later part of Air New Zealand). 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. ... An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft (an aeroplane/airplane) initially designed for the transport of paying passengers, and usually operated by an airline company (which owns or leases the aircraft). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1950: Events Arrow Air is founded March March 20 - Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln bombers are sent to Singapore to be used against the Communist guerillas of Malaya in the Malayan Emergency. ... 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... Air New Zealand is a major scheduled passenger airline based in New Zealand. ...

The Heron was of all-metal construction, and was laid out as a conventional, low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage. 150 were built, exported to around 30 countries. Herons later formed the basis for various conversions, such as the Riley Turbo Skyliner and the Saunders ST-27 and ST-28. A Cessna 152 with a tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear describes a kind of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. ...

Specifications (Heron 2D)

General Characteristics

• Crew: two pilots
• Capacity: 14 passengers
• Length: 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
• Wingspan: 71 ft 6 in (21.80 m)
• Height: 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
• Wing area: 499 ft² (46 m²)
• Empty: 8,150 lb (3,697 kg)
• Loaded: lb ( kg)
• Maximum takeoff: 13,500 lb (6,123 kg)
• Powerplant: 4x de Havilland Gipsy Queen 30 Mk 2, 250 hp (186 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 183 mph (295 km/h)
• Range: 915 miles (1,473 km)
• Service ceiling: 18,500 ft (5,640 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,140 ft/min (517 m/min)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
• Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

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