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The correct title of this article is de Havilland Dove. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

Image:De Havilland DH-104 Dove (D-IFSA).jpg The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the bi-plane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs.

The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which called for a British designed short haul feeder for airlines.

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[edit] Production

Production of the Dove and its variants consisted of 388 civilian Doves, 127 military Devon C.2s and 13 Sea Devon .

[edit] Service

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945.

[edit] Variants

de Havilland Dove

  • Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft.
  • Dove 1B :
  • Dove 2 : Executive interior version.
  • Dove 2B :
  • Dove 4 : Military transport and communication version.
    • Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communication version for the RAF.
    • Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the Royal Navy.
  • Dove 5 - more powerful engines
  • Dove 6, 6A - executive versions of the 5
  • Dove 6BA
  • Dove 7
  • Dove 8, 8A, "Custom 300" - 5 seater
  • Devon C.2 ; Communications and Transport version for the RAF.
  • Riley 400 - conversion of Dove with Lycoming flat engines

[edit] Civil Operators

  • Airlines of Western Australia
  • Airways (India)
  • BOAC
  • British Midlands
  • Cambrian
  • Central African Airways
  • Channel Airways
  • Hunting
  • Olley
  • Morton Air Services
  • SABENA
  • Skyways
  • South African Airways
  • Sudan Airways
  • Union of Burma Airways
  • West African Airways

[edit] Military Operators

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics [1]<h3>
  • Crew: 2
  • Passengers: 8
  • Wingspan: 57 ft (17.37 m)
  • Length: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
  • Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
  • Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m²)
  • Empty weight: 5,725 lb (2,600 kg)
  • Gross weight: 8,800 lb (4,000 kg)
  • Powerplant: 2x de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk 2 geared, supercharged 6-cylinder in-line inverted air-cooled engines rated at 380 bhp (283 kW).
<h3>Performance<h3>
  • Maximum speed: 202 mph (325 km/h) at 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
  • Rate of climb: 920 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
  • Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
  • Maximum range: 1,070 m (1,720 km)

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Related development<h3> de Havilland Heron

<h3>Comparable aircraft<h3>
<h3>Designation sequence<h3> DH.95 Flamingo - DH.98 Mosquito - DH.100 Vampire - DH.103 Hornet - DH.104 Dove - DH.106 Comet - DH.108 Swallow

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