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| 1. | De Havilland Comet - Airliner Tech Vol. 7
Paperback (100 pages) by Kev Darling (Specialty Press)
The graceful de Havilland Comet was the first aircraft to bring high speed, jet-powered flight to the world's airline marketplace. Unfortunately, it was also one of the very first civilian aircraft to fail in flight from explosive disintegration caused by a then marginal understanding of the forces and loads experienced by high altitude, pressurized, jet transport aircraft. Although it was a civil airliner failure, the redesigned Comet went on to serve the Royal Airforce in an updated configuration as the "Nimrod," one of the world's longest lived and most highly regarded military patrol aircraft.
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| 5. | De Havilland Aircraft: De Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland Dh.88, de Havilland Comet, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Express
Paperback (458 pages) (Books LLC)
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: De Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland Dh.88, de Havilland Comet, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Express, de Havilland Hornet Moth, de Havilland Mosquito Operational History, de Havilland Vampire, de Havilland Hornet, Airco Dh.4, Hawker Siddeley Trident, de Havilland Dh.60 Moth, de Havilland Tiger Moth, de Havilland Sea Vixen, Airco Dh.9, de Havilland Heron, de Havilland Venom, Airco Dh.6, de Havilland Dh 108, de Havilland Sea Venom, British Aerospace Bae 125, List of de Havilland Aircraft, de Havilland T.k.2, Airco Dh.2, de Havilland Dragonfly, de Havilland Albatross, Airco Dh.10, de Havilland Dh.18, de Havilland Dove, List of Surviving de Havilland Mosquitos, de Havilland Dormouse, de Havilland Puss Moth, de Havilland Dh.52, Airco Dh.5, de Havilland Dh.50, de Havilland Dh.34, de Havilland Highclere, de Havilland Dh.72, de Havilland Dh.27 Derby, de Havilland Dragon, de Havilland Dh.77, de Havilland Flamingo, de Havilland Fox Moth, Airco Dh.1, de Havilland Hyena, de Havilland Hawk Moth, Airco Dh.16, de Havilland Swallow Moth, de Havilland Okapi, de Havilland Moth Minor, de Havilland Biplane No. 1, de Havilland Dolphin, de Havilland Oxford, de Havilland Humming Bird, de Havilland Hercules, de Havilland Giant Moth, de Havilland Dh.15, de Havilland T.k.4, de Havilland Doncaster, de Havilland Hound, de Havilland T.k.1, Cierva C.24, de Havilland Don, de Havilland Dh.51, de Havilland Leopard Moth, de Havilland T.k.5, Airco Dh.3, de Havilland Moth, de Havilland Dh.71 Tiger Moth, Thruxton Jackaroo, de Havilland Dh.37, de Havilland Digby, de Havilland Dingo. Excerpt: DH.1 item Role: Two seat fighter / General purpose aircraft item Manufacturer: Airco item Designed by: Geoffrey de Havilland item First flight: 1915 item Introduced: 1915 item Retired: 1918 item Primary user: Royal F...
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| 6. | British Airliners 1940-1949: De Havilland Comet, Avro Tudor, Avro York, Vickers Vc.1 Viking, Vickers Viscount, Bristol Freighter
Paperback (176 pages) (Books LLC)
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: De Havilland Comet, Avro Tudor, Avro York, Vickers Vc.1 Viking, Vickers Viscount, Bristol Freighter, Handley Page Hastings, Bristol Brabazon, Handley Page Hermes, Airspeed Ambassador, Handley Page Marathon, Brabazon Committee, Avro Lancastrian, Cierva Air Horse, Short Sandringham, de Havilland Dove, Short Solent, Percival Prince, Armstrong Whitworth Apollo, Airspeed Consul, Cunliffe-Owen Concordia. Excerpt: AS.57 Ambassador The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador was a British twin piston engined airliner that first flew on July 10, 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s. Design and development The Ambassador had its origin in 1943 as a requirement identified by the Brabazon Committee for a twin-engined, short to medium-haul Douglas DC-3 replacement. Airspeed Ltd. was asked to prepare an unpressurised design in the 14.5 ton gross-weight class, using two Bristol Hercules radial engines . By the time the British Ministry of Aircraft Production ordered two prototypes from Airspeed, immediately after the end of the Second World War , the design had grown substantially. The Ambassador would be pressurized, have more powerful Bristol Centaurus radials, and have a maximum gross weight of almost 24 tons. The revised design offered seating for 47 passengers and, having a nose wheel undercarriage , looked more modern than the DC-3s, Curtiss Commandos , Avro Lancastrians and Vickers Vikings that were common on Europe's shorter airline routes. With three low fins it shared something of the character of the larger trans-continental Lockheed Constellation . Production and operations Three prototypes were built. The first was flown by George B.S. Errington on 10 July 1947. British European Airways (BEA) placed a £3 million order for 20 aircraft in September 1948, and operated them...
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