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Riley Dove 400

Interesting development of the DH Dove 🙂
http://www.rileydove.com/main.php

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By: cthornburg - 29th March 2014 at 19:24

I flew the Carstadt version when I started my career in 1974 with International Air Cargo out of Wash. DC. Flying freight up and down the East Coast.
I think they only made a couple of conversions.

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By: J Boyle - 29th March 2014 at 17:30

A few were probably lost drugs running!

I don’t think they had the range, but possibly.
More likely they’re sitting in some dusty hangar or out in the weeds at a small airport.

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By: David Burke - 29th March 2014 at 15:47

A few were probably lost drugs running!

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By: J Boyle - 29th March 2014 at 13:07

There used to be lots of private/business Doves here. Last one I saw on a ramp was in Idaho, circa 1980. A very plane savvy friend commented that it reminded him of a Mosquito.
I wonder where they all went?

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By: ozplane - 29th March 2014 at 11:51

Which makes you wonder why de Havilland didn’t do something similar. When you consider how long the Beech King Air has lasted, the Dove with a couple of small turboprops might have lasted just as long.

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