By: merlin70 - 30th November 2007 at 07:26
I note with interest that all references to de Havilland in the book ‘Wings on My Sleeve’ (Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown) are written with a D.
By: Bruce - 29th November 2007 at 13:14
You don’t need me!
James is correct, as ever!
Bruce
By: JDK - 29th November 2007 at 13:04
Where’s Bruce?
You mean de Bruce?
Behind de Computer, I suspect. Grone.
By: merlin70 - 29th November 2007 at 13:02
Where’s Bruce?
By: JDK - 29th November 2007 at 12:57
Yes thanks,
I understand the de Havilland and the abbrviation DH but I also see
De Havilland, for example the aircraft listing at the Canada Aviation Museum Ottawa shows a De Havilland DH.82A Puss Moth and Putnam DH aircraft the same however Putnam Canadian Aircraft it is de Havilland.
Simon
The simple answer is some people who are in positions of authority get it wrong. I know from firsthand experience that the excellent Canadian Aviation Museum at Rockliffe has got some names wrong on their website, and photo catalogue – as we all do. The Putnams aren’t infallible, but I’d be surprised if they got the name wrong. AFAIK, DHA and DHC were abbreviated as such, should be ‘de Havilland Australia’ and ‘de Havilland Canada’, but I suspect different versions crept into print for these arms of the DH empire as they companies were smaller and less able to insist on getting it ‘right’. The Boeing company here in Melbourne is ‘Hawker de Havilland’.
Geoffrey and Olivia were de Havilland (and distantly related). 😉
HTH
By: Simon Peel - 29th November 2007 at 12:42
Yes thanks,
I understand the de Havilland and the abbrviation DH but I also see
De Havilland, for example the aircraft listing at the Canada Aviation Museum Ottawa shows a De Havilland DH.82A Puss Moth and Putnam DH aircraft the same however Putnam Canadian Aircraft it is de Havilland.
Simon
By: JDK - 29th November 2007 at 08:47
Lower case (little) ‘d’ and a space= de Havilland. Even at the start of a sentence (despite MS Word’s ‘help’. 😉 ) Abbreviation is DH however.
From asking Mark Miller, of de Havilland Support Ltd.
By: TempestV - 29th November 2007 at 08:29
Written in full it is always “de Havilland”. However even the company used the abbreviation “DH” on its own logo.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th November 2007 at 08:17
From a kid raised on aviation in the 1940’s it has always been de Havilland
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