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Hace 4 días · As well as the Spitfire, high speed was also achieved by the de Havilland Mosquito. Unlike the Spitfire, the Mosquito’s creator, Geoffrey de Havilland, achieved high speed and performance not from metal and elliptical wings but from wood.
I descended to 4,000 feet, knowing well that this was the region that Geoffrey de Havilland had met disaster. At Mach 0.88 it happened. The ride was smooth, then suddenly went all to pieces. As the plane porpoised wildly my chin hit my chest, jerked hard back, slammed forward again, repeated over and over, flogged by the hard whipping of the plane.
Hace 5 días · Born in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was the second son of a village pastor. At an early age, he displayed a mechanical interest and pursued a career as an automotive engineer, building cars...
Hace 4 días · A brief interlude from the warbirds flying was provided by ‘Geoffrey Formation’ – a salute to to the Canadian arm of the de Havilland Aircraft company. The formation brought together two of the their most famous products, the DHC-1 Chipmunk T10 and the Aircraft Restoration Company’s DHC-2 Beaver .
Hace 5 días · He introduces us to important people like Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, who helped make the British Comet and the brave pilots who tested these new planes.
Hace 5 días · FLYING Magazine. Today in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I’m flying the de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth, the airplane that trained thousands of pilots from across the British Empire to take to the air in World War II. Born in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was the second son of a village pastor.
Hace 5 días · Geoffrey de Havilland was hired by Airco's founder - George Holt Thomas - in 1914 after leaving the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. De Havilland also designed, or had a part in designing, several other aircraft for Airco such as the DH.2 (fighter), DH.4 (bomber), DH.6 (trainer) and the DH.16 and DH.18 passenger aircraft.
