de Havilland Dove
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| Type | short-haul airliner |
| Manufacturer | de Havilland |
| Maiden flight | 25 September 1945 |
| Number built | 528 |
The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the biplane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs. The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which called for a British designed short-haul feeder for airlines.
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[edit] Production
Production of the Dove and its variants consisted of 388 civilian Doves, 127 military Devon C.2s and 13 Sea Devon.
[edit] Service
The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945.
[edit] Variants
- Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11-passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) De Havilland Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.
- Dove 1B : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
- Dove 2 : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) Gipsy Queen piston engines.
- Dove 2B : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
- Dove 3 : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built.
- Dove 4 : Military transport and communication version.
- Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communication version for the RAF.
- Devon C Mk 2 : Transport and communications version for the RAF. Re-engined version of the Devon C Mk 1.
- Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the Royal Navy.
- Dove 5 : The Dove 5 was powered by more powerful engines. The aircraft was fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
- Dove 6 : Executive transport aircraft. Uprated version of the Dove 2, powered by two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
- Dove 6B : Stressed for operations at a maximum weight of 8,500lb (3856kg).
- Dove 7 : Uprated version of the Dove 1, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
- Dove 8 : Uprated version of the Dove 2, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
- Dove 8A : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the American market. The Dove Custom 600 was the American designation of the Dove 8A.
- Carstedt Jet Liner 600 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Carstedt Inc, of Long Beach, California, USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 605-ehp (451-kW) Garrett AirResearch TPE 331 turboprop engines. The fuselage was lengthened to accommodate 18 passengers.
- Riley Turbo Executive 400 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Riley Aircraft in the USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Lycoming IO-720-A1A flat-eight piston engines.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Civil operators
- Airlines of Western Australia
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- Airways
- BOAC
- Bristow Helicopters
- British Midlands
- British Westpoint Airlines
- Channel Airways
- Silver City Airways
- To cleanup
- West African Airways
- Apache Airlines
- Hunting Clan Air Transport
- Olley Air Services
- Morton Air Services
[edit] Military operators
[edit] Specifications (Dove 5)
Data from Jane's
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 8 passengers
- Length: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
- Wingspan: 57 ft (17.37 m)
- Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
- Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m²)
- Empty weight: 5,725 lb (2,600 kg)
- Loaded weight: 8,800 lb (4,000 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk.2 geared, supercharged 6-cylinder in-line inverted air-cooled engine, 380 bhp (283 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 202 mph @ 8,000 ft (325 km/h @ 2,400 m)
- Range: 1,070 mi (1,720 km)
- Service ceiling 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Rate of climb: 920 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
[edit] See also
Related development de Havilland Heron
[edit] External links
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