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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. According to the History Channel:
Hace 1 día · At Justwingit I like to feature the old school, scratch builders and their unique model aircraft. This video features world-class and longtime scratch builde...
Hace 1 día · The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner.Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows.For the era, it offered a relatively quiet, comfortable ...
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 1 día · A remarkable range of guests and volunteers came together to mark the 50th anniversary of the de Havilland Aircraft Museum’s supporters’ society. The mezzanine of the Geoffrey de Havilland hangar was filled to capacity, and especially welcome were those who were at its founding meeting on Cup Final Day in May 1974 (for the record, Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0).
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.
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.
