De Havilland Delights

Here are some more for you.

Glyn

1 Sea Devon C20 XJ347
2 Comet 1XB XM829
3 Devon C2/2 VP956
4 Dragon Rapide G-ACPP
5 Heron 1B F-OAPO
6 Dove 2B G-AKJG

Hi Glyn, do you have a pic from the Heron 2D G-ASFI ?

Martin

One or two of you seem interested in DH stuff so here are one or two for you to check out.

1 DH-104 Devon C2/2 WB533
2 DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADND
3 DH-104 Dove 1B G-ASKT
4 DH-106 Comet 3B G-ANLO and appears to be at Farnboro.
5 DH-114 Heron 2B G-ASCX
6 DH-89A Dragon Rapide G-AGUF at LAP/Heathrow in 1955 poor quality as I took it.
7 DH-83 Fox Moth G-ACEJ on the beach at Southport taken by me in 1955/56.

Glyn

1.Devon WB533 was taken at Odiham during Farnborough week post-1971.
2.The Hornet Moth is the Shuttleworth Collection’s at Old Warden in the ’80s
3. Dove G-AKST (not ‘SKT) possibly at Leavesdon
5. Ferranti’s Heron, G-ASCX was also taken at Odiham, possibly Sept.1968

I can put an exact location on the Fox Moth picture 🙂

(EDIT) Doh!

Moggy

..ain’t life a beach 😉 ?

Here are some more for you.

Glyn

1 Sea Devon C20 XJ347
2 Comet 1XB XM829
3 Devon C2/2 VP956
4 Dragon Rapide G-ACPP
5 Heron 1B F-OAPO
6 Dove 2B G-AKJG

http://tinyurl.com/7hk2n

Interesting photo on airliners.net. Bring it home in a c-17? 🙂

Leigh

Wonder who the joker was who decided to hang th port outer on upside down?

I think the U/C would be the giveaway!

Perhaps they have mounted the starboard mainplane on the port side and vice versa!!

Glyn

Dose look a bit odd the props are fitted as well so I’d guess the engines are in.

Merlinmagic – My thoughts exactly… How on earth did they manage to mount them that way? (Unless there is no engine in there just framework & cowlings.. 😮 )

Looking at that picture of the Iraqi Heron it seems too much power was used on its last take off and the engines have rotated 180 degrees…..or have I missed something? :confused:

Jetstream Man – It’s theirs – let them try and preserve it! The really historic aircraft out there is one of the oldest Doves surviving on the planet.

http://tinyurl.com/7hk2n

Interesting photo on airliners.net. Bring it home in a c-17? 🙂

Leigh

Some more delicious DHs for you.

1 Dove 1B G-AOZW
2 Devon C2 VP959
3 Sea Devon C20 XJ322
4 DH-89a Dominie NF847 at Abingdon
5 Comet 4C XR396
6 Dragon Rapide G-AFFB at Heathrow/LAP in 1955

Glyn

Lovely collection of dehavilland beasts – thanks for sharing Glyn. 😎

Cheers, nothing like a DH aircraft! Am i the only one that thinks the Hornet Moth looks like a biplane Auster? It’s those DH engines..

Similar-ish. I think the newly restored and rather wonderful Wikner Wicko looks more like an Auster.

I can put an exact location on the Fox Moth picture 🙂

(EDIT) Doh!

Moggy

Cheers, nothing like a DH aircraft! Am i the only one that thinks the Hornet Moth looks like a biplane Auster? It’s those DH engines..