List of de Havilland aircraft
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This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by Geoffrey de Havilland or designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company from its founding in 1920 until its purchase by (and integration into) the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1959.
The aircraft are ordered by de Havilland model number; The numbers started with De Havilland's entry into the Airco company. although Airco built the planes, their design was owned by De Havilland and when De Havilland started his own company, he continued the numbering. This went on even for later designs of De Havilland's aircraft company, even if they were designed by a factory team with little input from De Havilland himself. The DH.89, for example, was the De Havilland's 89th design.
The designs DH.121 and DH.125 which were under development when De Havilland merged into the Hawker Siddeley Group kept their numbering and were produced as the Hawker 121 Trident and the Hawker 125.
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[edit] Designs prior to company foundation
These are designs by Geoffrey de Havilland while working for himself or for other manufacturers.
| Model | Name | First flight | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biplane No. 1 | December 1909 | single-seat biplane | |
| Biplane No. 2 | 25 September 1910 | single-seat pusher configuration biplane - became the F.E.1 when de Havilland joined the staff at the Royal Aircraft Factory | |
| DH.1 | Airco DH.1 | January 1915 | two-seat reconnaissance biplane |
| DH.2 | Airco DH.2 | 1 June 1915 | single-seat pusher configuration biplane fighter |
| DH.3 | Airco DH.3 | ||
| DH.4 | Airco DH.4 | August 1916 | two-seat biplane day bomber |
| DH.5 | Airco DH.5 | October 1916 | |
| DH.6 | Airco DH.6 | 1916 | |
| DH.9 | Airco DH.9 | July 1917 | two-seat day bomber biplane |
| DH.10 | Airco DH.10 Amiens | 4 March 1918 | twin-engine day bomber biplane |
| DH.11 | Airco Oxford | ||
| DH.12 | DH.12 | ||
| DH.13 | DH.13 | ||
| DH.14 | (Airco) Okapi | 1919 | Two seat day bomber to replace DH.4 and DH.9 |
| DH.15 | Airco Gazelle | 1919 | Experimental aircraft similar to DH.9 |
| DH.16 | Airco DH.16 | 1919 | Redesigned DH9 with four-seat enclosed cockpit for use as a commercial biplane |
| DH.18 | (Airco) DH.18 | 1920 | 8 seat Single engined commercial aircraft |
[edit] de Havilland Aircraft Company designs
| Model | Name | First flight | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH.27 | Derby | 13 October 1922 | heavy biplane day bomber for Specification 2/20 | |
| DH.29 | Doncaster | 5 July 1921 | long-range research monoplane for the Air Ministry | |
| DH.32 | not built | biplane airliner | ||
| DH.34 | 26 March 1922 | biplane airliner, based on DH.32 | ||
| DH.37 | June 1922 | touring biplane, designed to special order | ||
| DH.42 | Dormouse | 25 July 1923 | reconnaissance fighter to Specification 22/22 | |
| DH.42B | "Dingo" | |||
| DH.50 | 30 July 1923 | four-passenger transport biplane | ||
| DH.51 | 1 July 1924 | three-seat biplane, private venture | ||
| DH.52 | 5 October 1922 | single seat glider | ||
| DH.53 | Humming Bird | 2 October 1923 | single-seat monoplane | |
| DH.54 | Highclere | 18 June 1924 | 12-passenger biplane airliner | |
| DH.56 | Hyena | 17 May 1925 | Army biplane developed for Specification 33/26 | |
| DH.60 | Moth | 22 February 1925 | two-seat light biplane | |
| DH.60G | Gipsy Moth | 1927 | DH.60 Moth powered by De Havilland Gipsy engine | |
| DH.60GIII | Moth Major | 1929 | DH.60 Moth powered by new Gipsy III/Gipsy Major engine | |
| DH.61 | Giant Moth | December 1927 | 8-passenger biplane airliner | |
| DH.62 | ||||
| DH.63 | ||||
| DH.64 | ||||
| DH.65 | Hound | 17 November 1926 | day bomber biplane | |
| DH.66 | Hercules | 30 September 1926 | 3-engined biplane airliner, 14 passengers | |
| DH.67 | ||||
| DH.68 | ||||
| DH.69 | ||||
| DH.70 | ||||
| DH.71 | Tiger Moth | July 1927 | high-speed monoplane, private venture | |
| DH.72 | 28 July 1931 | 3-engined night bomber, based on DH.66 and designed to Specification B.22/27 | ||
| DH.73 | ||||
| DH.74 | ||||
| DH.75 | Hawk Moth | 7 December 1928 | six-seat cabin monoplane | |
| DH.77 | 11 July 1929 | single-seat interceptor, private venture designed to Specification F.20/27 | ||
| DH.80 | Puss Moth | 9 September 1929 | three-seat touring monoplane, high-wing | |
| DH.81 | Swallow Moth | 21 August 1931 | two-seat sporting monoplane | |
| DH.82 | Tiger Moth | 26 October 1931 | two-seat primary trainer | |
| DH.83 | Fox Moth | 29 January 1932 | small passenger biplane | |
| DH.84 | Dragon | 24 November 1932 | large biplane airliner | |
| DH.85 | Leopard Moth | 27 May 1933 | three-seat cabin monoplane | |
| DH.86 | Express | 14 January 1934 | four-engine airliner, based on DH.84 Dragon | |
| DH.87 | Hornet Moth | 9 May 1934 | light biplane | |
| DH.88 | Comet | 8 September 1934 | twin-engine racing monoplane | |
| DH.89 | Dragon Rapide | 17 April 1934 | twin-engine airliner | |
| DH.90 | Dragonfly | 12 August 1935 | twin-engine biplane, five seats | |
| DH.91 | Albatross | 20 May 1937 | four-engine airliner, 22 passengers | |
| DH.92 | Dolphin | 9 September 1936 | twin-engine airliner, designed to replace DH.89 Dragon Rapide | |
| DH.93 | Don | 18 June 1937 | liaison aircraft | |
| DH.94 | Moth Minor | 22 June 1937 | primary trainer, designed to replace Moth | |
| DH.95 | Flamingo | 22 December 1938 | twin-engine transport | |
| DH.98 | Mosquito | 25 November 1940 | twin-engine fighter and bomber | |
| DH.99 | Mosquito | fast bomber derivative, developed into DH.101 concept | ||
| DH.100 | Vampire | 29 September 1943 | jet fighter | |
| DH.101 | Mosquito | fast heavy bomber derivative with Napier Sabre engines | ||
| DH.102 | Mosquito II | fast heavy bomber derivative with two-stage Merlin engines | ||
| DH.103 | Hornet | 28 July 1944 | twin-engine fighter | |
| DH.104 | Dove | 25 September 1945 | 8-passenger airliner | |
| DH.105 | ||||
| DH.106 | Comet | 27 July 1949 | jet airliner | |
| DH.107 | ||||
| DH.108 | Swallow | 15 May 1946 | prototype jet aircraft | |
| DH.109 | ||||
| DH.110 | Sea Vixen | 26 September 1951 | two-seat naval fighter | |
| DH.112 | Venom | 2 September 1949 | jet fighter | |
| DH.113 | Vampire NF.10 | night fighter variant | ||
| DH.114 | Heron | 10 May 1950 | small airliner | |
| DH.115 | Vampire T.11 | trainer variant | ||
| DH.116 | Sea Venom | not built | modernized Sea Venom project | |
| DH.121 | Trident | 9 January 1962 | three-engine jet airliner | |
| DH.125 | Hawker 125 | 13 August 1962 | medium corporate jet |
[edit] References
- de Havilland. Royal Air Force Museum Aircraft Thesaurus. Retrieved on 2006-05-08.
- de Havilland. British Aircraft Directory. Retrieved on 2006-05-08.
