Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
de Havilland aircraft (UK)
The first aircraft designed by Geoffrey de Havilland was a 33.5 kW (45 hp)-engined biplane with two pusher propellers which flew once in December 1909.
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Flight 1940-10 / Flight Advertisements
In 1908 Geoffrey de Havilland designed his first aeroplane. He designed the horizontally opposed water-cooled engine, the shaft transmission and the adjustable-pitch propellers. He built the aircraft himself and flew it. To-day de Havilland aircraft, powered by de Havilland Gipsy engines and driven by de Havilland controllable-pitch airscrews, are in service throughout the world.
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Flight 1940-09 / Flight
THE ORIGINAL DE HAVILLAND. On other pages we record the passing of twenty years since the inception of the De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. Here is a photograph from a page of Flight of April 9, 1910, showing the very first machine Capt. G. de Havilland designed and built with the assistance of Mr. F. T. Hearle, who is also a director of the present company. For over 30 years Capt. de Havilland has designed, built and flown his own machines.
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