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Aviation History
1960
1960 - 2069.PDF
FLIGHT, 23 September 1960 501 1 to 121 A Pictorial Record of de Havilland Aircraft IN MARKING the 40th anniversary of The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd (it came into existence on September 25, 1920), we felt that we should combine a salute to the company with some worth-while contribution to aero- nautical history. Anything approaching a complete pictorial record of the uniquely diverse and prolific range of D.H. aircraft, especially those constructed before 1940, has seldom been attempted; so here it is, up to the beginning of World War 2 at least—the great assembly of "Fours," "Nine Acks," Moths, Dragons, Rapides and types un-named. Landplanes, floatplanes, amphibians, bombers, fighters, lightplanes, airliners and racers. Absent, alas, are the D.H.81 Swallow Moth and D.H.92 Dolphin which never seem to have had their pictures taken—even by Flight's John Yoxall, to whom we are indebted for many, if not most, of the illustrations. The Mosquito and subsequent types being familiar, we have chosen to represent them not by views of their multifarious variants (which would have been well-nigh impossible in any case) but by a single picture of each type, chosen for its pictorial and atmospheric qualities. Though we have decided to fill almost the entire available space with pictures of aeroplanes, there is one man whose name seems imperatively to demand mention. But perhaps not ... for his initials appear in these pages well over 100 times and his personal stamp appears in as many pictures. D.H.I prototype (Renault) D.H.I a (Beard more) 1 D.H.2 (Gnome Monosoupape) D.H.3 (Beardmores) DMA (Eagle) D.HJa (Beardmores) D.H.4 floatplane (Eagle) D.HJa (Eagle)
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