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de Havilland DH.104 Dove

The de Havilland Dove was a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. It was a monoplane successor to the prewar de Havilland Dragon Rapide biplane. The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, amongst other aircraft types, called for a British-designed short-haul feeder for airlines.

The Dove was a popular aircraft and is considered to be one of Britain's most successful postwar civil designs, in excess of 500 aircraft were manufactured between 1946 and 1967. Several military variants were operated, such as the Devon by the Royal Air Force, the Sea Devon by the Royal Navy, the type also saw service with a number of overseas military forces.

A longer four-engined development of the Dove, intended for use in the less developed areas of the world, was the de Havilland Heron.

Development

The development team for the Dove was headed by Ronald Eric Bishop, the creator of the de Havilland Mosquito, a wartime fighter-bomber, and the de Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet aircraft in the world. It had been conceived as a replacement to the pre-war de Havilland Dragon Rapide, and also needed to be competitive with the large numbers of surplus military transports in the aftermath of the Second World War. The Dove could also serve as a dedicated executive transport, which proved to be popular with overseas customers, particularly in the United States.

Production of the Dove and its variants totalled 542 including 127 military Devons and 13 Sea Devons. The first deliveries to customers were made in Summer 1946, the final example of the type was delivered in 1967. Initial production of the Dove was at de Havilland's Hatfield factory, but from the early 1950s the majority of aircraft were built at the company's Broughton facility near Chester.

Operational service

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945. From summer 1946 large numbers were sold to scheduled and charter airlines around the world, replacing and supplementing the prewar designed de Havilland Dragon Rapide and other older designs.

The largest order for the Dove was placed by Argentina, which ultimately took delivery of 70 aircraft, the majority of which were used by the Argentine Air Force. LAN Chile took delivery of twelve examples and these were operated from 1949 onwards until the aircraft were sold to several small regional airlines in the United States in 1954.

In excess of 50 Doves were sold to various operators in the United States by Jack Riley, an overseas distributor for the type. De Havilland later assumed direct control of U.S. sales, however did not manage to match this early commercial success for the type.

An initial batch of 30 Devons was delivered to the Royal Air Force, these aircraft were used as VIP and light transports for over 30 years. The Royal New Zealand Air Force acquired 30 Devons between 1948 and 1954 and these remained in service for VIP, crew-training and light transport duties into the 1970s.

The Biafran Air Force operated a single Dove during the Nigerian Civil War, the aircraft was lost and subsequently found in 1970 on the premises of a school in Uli. A second US-registered Riley Dove N477PM delivered in 1967 to Port Harcourt from Switzerland never reached Biafra because it was stopped by Algerian authorities.

A few Doves and civilianised Devons remain in use in 2011 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and elsewhere with small commercial firms and with private pilot owners.

Variants

  • Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11-passengers. Powered by two 340 hp (254 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.
  • Dove 1B : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two 380 hp (283 kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
  • Dove 2 : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two 340 hp (254 kW) Gipsy Queen piston engines.
  • Dove 2B : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two 380 hp (283 kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
  • Dove 3 : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built.
  • Dove 4 : Military transport and communication version.
  • Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communication version for the RAF.
  • Devon C Mk 2 : Transport and communications version for the RAF. Re-engined version of the Devon C Mk 1.
  • Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the Royal Navy.
  • Dove 5 : The Dove 5 was powered by more powerful engines. The aircraft was fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
  • Dove 6 : Executive transport aircraft. Uprated version of the Dove 2, powered by two 380 hp (283 kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
  • Dove 6B : Stressed for operations at a maximum weight of 8,500 lb (3,856 kg).

  • Dove 7 : Uprated version of the Dove 1, fitted with two 400 hp (298 kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
  • Dove 8 : Uprated version of the Dove 2, fitted with two 400 hp (298 kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
  • Dove 8A : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the U.S. market. The Dove Custom 600 was an American designation of the Dove 8A.
  • Carstedt Jet Liner 600 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Carstedt Inc, of Long Beach, California, USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 605 ehp (451 kW) Garrett AiResearch TPE331 turboprop engines. The fuselage was lengthened by 87 inches to accommodate 18 passengers.
  • Riley Turbo Executive 400 / Riley Turbo-Exec 400 / Riley Dove 400: Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Riley Aeronautics Corp in the USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 400 hp (298 kW) Lycoming IO-720-A1A flat-eight piston engines. Some of the Riley conversions were fitted with a taller swept vertical fin and rudder. During the late 1960s, Riley Aeronautics, located at the Executive Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, did interior refitting work on both the De Havilland Dove and the Heron. They were also test flown out of this facility.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 13 May 1948, a Dove 1 G-AJOU of Skyways Limited crashed near Privas, France, all four of the people on board killed, including the Earl Fitzwilliam and Kathleen Cavendish, the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy.
  • On 1 December 1954, a Dove 2B VH-DHD of De Havilland Australia crashed at Narellan, near Camden, Australia, Reginald Adsett a chief examiner of airman for the Australian Civil Aviation Department was killed. Two other were seriously injured.
  • On 15 January 1958, Dove G-AOCE of Channel Airways crashed on approach to Ferryfield Airfield, Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom, both engines having stopped due to fuel starvation due to fuel mismanagement. All seven people on board survived.
  • On 13 April 1966, Abdul Salam Arif, the President of Iraq, was killed when the Royal Iraqi Air Force de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1, RF392, he was onboard crashed in southern Iraq. The loss of the aircraft was suspected to be due to intentional sabotage by Ba'athist elements within the Iraqi military.
  • On 11 April 1968, Dove 1 Z-900 of the Egyptian Air Force was lost over the Sahara desert following instrument failure. The aircraft was not found until 1 June 1971, all nine occupants had died of starvation.
  • On 28 January 1970, TAG Airlines Flight 730 crashed over Lake Erie after having suffered an inflight structural failure, killing all nine people aboard.
  • On 9 July 1983 a privately owned Dove, G-AMYP, suffered engine failure on take-off at Shoreham Airport, crashing into the banks of the River Adur. The pilot and sole occupant, Keith Wickenden, died on impact.
  • On 03 December 1993, a Dove VH-DHD chartered dinner flight lost engine power during take off, resulting in the aircraft crashing into five houses in Essendon - a suburb containing the original airport for Melbourne Australia. Miraculously there were no fatalities amongst either the ten occupants of the Dove nor anyone on the ground, but all aboard the aircraft and one pedestrian were taken to hospital.
  • On 3 February 2006, New Zealand based Devon, ZK-UDO (ex-RNZAF Devon 21) suffered a hard landing at RNZAF Base Ohakea due to an asymmetric flap deployment on approach. All passengers and crew survived with only minor injuries; the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair.

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Specifications (Dove 7)

  • Crew: two.
  • Capacity: eight passengers.
  • Length: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m).
  • Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m).
  • Wingspan: 57 ft (17.40 m).
  • Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m²).
  • Empty weight: 6,325 lb (2,869 kg).
  • Max. takeoff weight: 8,950 lb (4,060 kg).
  • Maximum speed: 230 mph (200 knots, 370 km/h).
  • Cruise speed: 187 mph (163 knots, 301 km/h) at 8,000 ft (2,440 m) (econ cruise).
  • Stall speed: 74 mph (64 knots, 119 km/h).
  • Range: 880 mi (765 nm, 1,415 km).
  • Service ceiling: 21,700 ft (6,610 m).
  • Rate of climb: 1,135 ft/min (5.8 m/s).
  • Powerplant: Two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk 3 6-cylinder in-line inverted air-cooled engine.
  • Power: 400 bhp (289 kW) each.

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