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De Havilland was a British aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland. It was based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. De Havilland produced the first jet-powered passenger aircraft.

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  • Building Mosquito Aircraft at the De Havilland Factory in Hatfield, 1943 TR1426

    Building Mosquito aircraft at the de Havilland factory in Hatfield, 1943

  • Dh Comet

    The first de Havilland DH106 Comet prototype at Hatfield in 1949, a symbol of the new technological age.

  • De Havilland biplane RAE-O141

    The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911

  • De Havilland Airco DH9 REJS

    A de Havilland Airco DH9 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 2008

  • Dh.foxmoth.750pix

    A de Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth at Kemble Airport in 2003

  • Hornet moth dh87b g-admt arp

    1936 de Havilland DH87B Hornet Moth taking off at Kemble Air Day, Wiltshire, in 2008

  • DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AJHO Roth.Army Neth 20.04.68 edited-2

    A DH.89 Dragon Rapide of the Army Parachute Association at RAF Netheravon in 1968

  • De Havilland Hercules-a

    De Havilland Hercules-66 Imperial Airways

  • Moth Minor A21-42 Benalla 2012-06-03

    ex RAAF DH.94 Moth Minor at Benalla Aviation Museum in June 2012

  • De Havilland Mosquito B.35

    de Havilland Mosquito B 35 (reconfigured to a FB Mk.VI, on display at the Alberta Aviation Museum)

  • Dh.dove.750pix

    A de Havilland DH.104 Dove at Kemble in 2003

  • G-AWZW Hawker Siddeley HS121 Trident 3B British Airways MAN 24OCT75

    The de Havilland-designed HS.121 Trident 3 of British Airways at Manchester Airport in 1975

  • Dehav.sea.vixen.folded.arp

    de Havilland Sea Vixen (G-CVIX) at an air show at Kemble in 2005

  • Blue Streak

    A Blue Streak missile at the Deutsches Museum at Oberschleissheim, Munich

  • C-FGYN Adlair Aviation de Havilland Beaver (DHC2) 01

    C-FGYN Adlair Aviation Ltd. de Havilland Beaver (DHC2) Mk I on floats

  • Dehav.dash8.750pix

    Bombardier (de Havilland Canada) Dash 8 of Flybe

  • DHA.3 Drover 3B VH-EOO Bankstown 04.10.70-1-

    de Havilland Australia DHA.3 Drover 3B at Sydney (Bankstown) in 1970, where it was originally built

  • Interior of De Havilland aircraft factory, Rongotai, Wellington, 1939 or 1940

    The interior of de Havilland New Zealand's aircraft factory at Rongotai, Wellington, in 1939 or 1940

  • Geoffrey de Havilland statue Hatfield

    Statue of de Havilland, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: De Havilland Aircraft Company para niños

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