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Airco DH.16
DH.16 | |
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Type | commercial biplane |
Manufacturer | Airco |
Maiden flight | 1919 |
Introduced | 1919 |
Retired | 1923 |
Primary user | Aircraft Transport and Travel |
Number built | 9 |
The Airco de Havilland 16 was a British four-seat commercial biplane of the 1910s designed by Geoffrey de Havilland, the chief designer at Airco.
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History
The DH.16 was a re-designed Airco DH.9A with a wider fuselage for four passengers. The prototype first flew at Hendon Aerodrome in March 1919. Only nine aircraft were built, all but one being delivered to Aircraft Transport & Travel Limited (AT&T). AT&T used the first aircraft for pleasure flying before inaugurating a London-Paris service on 25 August 1919. One aircraft was sold in Argentina to the River Plate Aviation Company to operate a cross-river service between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
As well as the London (Hounslow)-Paris service AT&T also operated a Croydon Airport to Amsterdam service on behalf of KLM. AT&T aircraft G-EALU flew the first KLM service between London and Amsterdam on 17 May 1920. AT&T closed down in 1920 and the surviving seven aircraft were stored. Two were later sold for newspaper delivery flights, the other five were scrapped. One of the two crashed in a fatal accident in 1923 and the type was withdrawn and scrapped.
Variants
The first six aircraft were powered by a 320 hp (239 kW) Rolls Royce Eagle inline piston engine, the last three aircraft were fitted with the more powerful 450 hp (336 kW) Napier Lion engine.
Operators
- River Plate Aviation Company
- Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited
Specifications (DH.16 with Napier Lion engine)
Data from [citation needed]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: four passengers
- Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
- Wingspan: 46 ft 5¾ in (14.17 m)
- Height: 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
- Wing area: 489.75 ft² (45.50 m²)
- Empty weight: 3,155 lb (1,431 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,750 lb (2,155 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Napier Lion inline piston, 450 hp (336 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 136 mph (219 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 100 mph (161 km/h)
- Range: 425 miles (684 km)
- Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10010 7.
External links
Template:De Havilland aircraft
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