26 de nov. de 2023 · November 25, 2023 12 min ute read The last flight of the Concorde was an inglorious affair – a feeble, low-speed, low-level 140km hop from London to Filton in Gloucestershire. It could not have been further from the supersonic passenger jet’s brief golden age shuttling the newsworthy between London, New York and Paris.
25 de nov. de 2023 · 25 November 1940: De Havilland Aircraft Company’s Chief Test Pilot, Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland, Jr., and engineer John Walker, made the first flight of the DH.98 Mosquito prototype, E0234, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The prototype’s Royal Air Force identification was W4050.
23 de nov. de 2023 · In the years before the war, Jamie’s grandmother Betty was a friend of Geoffrey de Havilland jr, who subsequently became a test pilot and was killed test-flying a DH108 in 1946. Jamie’s grandfather, Denby Naismith, was a keen pilot, and in later years he also became a test pilot, test-flying among other aircraft types, the Cessna ...
Hace 1 día · Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret were guests on a special flight of the Comet on 30 June 1953 hosted by Sir Geoffrey and Lady de Havilland. Flights on the Comet were about 50 per cent faster compared to advanced piston-engined aircraft such as the Douglas DC-6 (490 mph (790 km/h)) vs 315 mph (507 km/h ...
25 de nov. de 2023 · Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it “Freeman’s Folly,” alluding to Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman, who defended Geoffrey de Havilland and his design concept against orders to scrap the project. In 1941, it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world.
Hace 6 días · Geoffrey de Havilland: Sky Fever: The Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland: 1961 John Braham: Night Fighter: 1961 Nancy Bird: Born to Fly: 1961 Bud Mahurin: Honest John: 1962 Curtis LeMay: Mission with LeMay: My Story: 1965 Arthur Tedder: With Prejudice: The War Memoirs of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder: 1966 Eddie ...
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Pionero de la aviación británico
Geoffrey de Havilland (27 de julio de 1882 – 21 de mayo de 1965) fue un pionero de la aviación e ingeniero aeronáutico británico. Su Mosquito fue considerado en su época como el aeroplano de guerra más versátil jamás construido. wikipedia.org
- 27 de julio de 1882, High Wycombe, Inglaterra
- 21 de mayo de 1965, Watford, Inglaterra
- Joan Mary Frith(c. 1951-1965), Louise Thomas(c. 1909-1949)
- Alice Jeannette Saunders, Charles de Havilland
- John de Havilland
- St Edward's School, Oxford, Crystal Palace School
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