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Hace 5 días · Geoffrey de Havilland, English aircraft designer, manufacturer, and pioneer in long-distance jet flying. His company produced the twin-engined Mosquito, a high-speed, all-purpose aircraft of plywood construction, and was one of the first to make jet-propelled aircraft, including the Vampire and Venom jet fighters.
Hace 5 días · As a result, committee member Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, head of the de Havilland company, used his personal influence and his company's expertise to champion the development of a jet-propelled aircraft; proposing a specification for a pure turbojet-powered design.
15 de may. de 2024 · 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. According to the History Channel:
30 de abr. de 2024 · Lady Bailey’s airplane was a de Havilland DH.60X Moth, c/n 415, registration G-EBSF, which she had purchased from Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, the airplane’s designer. An auxiliary fuel tank was installed in the forward cockpit, giving the Moth an endurance of 10½ hours.
Hace 4 días · The work of Geoffrey de Havilland who was an amateur lepidopterist, hence the name. Before you leave this airfield you will have fallen head over heels for her. Twenty-three feet eleven long, wingspan twenty-nine four, powered by the totally efficient Gypsy four-cylinder a hundred and thirty horsepower engine.
6 de may. de 2024 · The success of the Tiger Moth led to Geoffrey de Havilland being awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1934. But its story was only just beginning.
13 de may. de 2024 · Within six years the aeroplane's designer, Geoffrey de Havilland ('D.H') was able to create the D.H.2 fighters that helped to end the dominance of German Fokker monoplanes then shooting Britain's Royal Flying Corps from the skies France in 1915-16.
