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About de Havilland DH.86A
de Havilland DH.86A Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : During 1933 talks between the governments of Great Britain, India, Malaya, the Straits Settlements and Australia resulted in an agreement to establish an Empire Air Mail Service.
The Australian Government called tenders on 22 September 1933 for the
Singapore-Australia legs of the route, continuing as far south as Tasmania. On the following day Qantas, anticipating success in contracting for the Singapore-Brisbane leg, placed an order with de Havillands for an as yet undesigned aircraft to be designated the de Havilland 86, the prototype to fly by the end of January 1934. This order was soon followed by one from Holymans Airways of Launceston, Tasmania to operate the Bass Strait leg of the service. The DH 86 was initially styled the Express or Express Air Liner although the name was soon discontinued. The DH 86 was conceptually a four-engined enlargement of the successful de Havilland 84 Dragon,
but of more streamlined appearance with a plywood box section fuselage
instead of the tubular steel framework of the earlier aircraft. The
most powerful engine made by de Havilland, the new 200 horse power
Gipsy Six, was selected. For long-range work the aircraft was to carry
a single pilot in the streamlined nose, with a wireless operator
behind. Maximum seating for ten passengers was provided in the
long-range type, however the short-range Holyman aircraft were fitted
with twelve seats. The prototype DH 86 first flew on 30 January 1934, but the Qantas representative Lester Brain
immediately rejected the single pilot layout because he anticipated
pilot fatigue over long stretches, and the fuselage was promptly
redesigned with a dual-pilot nose. Only four examples of the
single-pilot DH 86 were built, and of these the prototype was rebuilt
as the dual-pilot prototype. When she entered service in October 1934
the first production...
de Havilland DH.86A Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : During 1933 talks between the governments of Great Britain, India, Malaya, the Straits Settlements and Australia resulted in an agreement to establish an Empire Air Mail Service.
The Australian Government called tenders on 22 September 1933 for the
Singapore-Australia legs of the route, continuing as far south as Tasmania. On the following day Qantas, anticipating success in contracting for the Singapore-Brisbane leg, placed an order with de Havillands for an as yet undesigned aircraft to be designated the de Havilland 86, the prototype to fly by the end of January 1934. This order was soon followed by one from Holymans Airways of Launceston, Tasmania to operate the Bass Strait leg of the service. The DH 86 was initially styled the Express or Express Air Liner although the name was soon discontinued. The DH 86 was conceptually a four-engined enlargement of the successful de Havilland 84 Dragon,
but of more streamlined appearance with a plywood box section fuselage
instead of the tubular steel framework of the earlier aircraft. The
most powerful engine made by de Havilland, the new 200 horse power
Gipsy Six, was selected. For long-range work the aircraft was to carry
a single pilot in the streamlined nose, with a wireless operator
behind. Maximum seating for ten passengers was provided in the
long-range type, however the short-range Holyman aircraft were fitted
with twelve seats. The prototype DH 86 first flew on 30 January 1934, but the Qantas representative Lester Brain
immediately rejected the single pilot layout because he anticipated
pilot fatigue over long stretches, and the fuselage was promptly
redesigned with a dual-pilot nose. Only four examples of the
single-pilot DH 86 were built, and of these the prototype was rebuilt
as the dual-pilot prototype. When she entered service in October 1934
the first production...
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