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On September 27, 1946, Geoffrey de Havilland Junior, de Havilland's oldest son and an experienced pilot, was flying the newly designed DH-108 when the plane seemed to fall apart in mid-air. It was later discovered that the cause of the crash had to do with increasing stress loads as the plane approached supersonic speed.
Geoffrey de Havilland. Geoffrey de Havilland na cabine de um avião. Capitão Sir Geoffrey de Havilland OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS ( High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Inglaterra, 27 de julho de 1882 — Watford, Hertfordshire, Inglaterra, 21 de maio de 1965) foi um engenheiro e pioneiro da aviação britânico, primo paterno das atrizes do cinema ...
Engineers at de Havilland immediately recommended 60 modifications aimed at any possible design flaw, while the Abell Committee met to determine potential causes of the crash. N 18] BOAC also voluntarily grounded its Comet fleet pending investigation into the causes of the accident.
Crash of De Havilland Swallow DH108 After the end of WWII various nations were in pursuit of testing new concepts in aviation design utilising the power of jet engines and swept back wing design. Britain was no exemption and this story revolves around British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer, Sir Geoffrey De Havilland, and the De Havilland aircraft factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
5 de may. de 2015 · The aviation pioneer died on May 21st, 1965. Geoffrey de Havilland, c.1925. The man who created the Tiger Moth, the Mosquito and the Comet taught himself to fly and started building his first airplane in 1908. He took off in it for the first and only time the following year after many hours vainly taxiing it around.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Throwback: When De Havilland's Experimental Jet Fighter Disintegrated At The Farnborough Airshow. How the crash of a de Havilland Sea Vixen fighter at Farnborough in 1952 changed air shows forever. By Mark Finlay and Dr. Omar Memon Dec 11, 2023. de Havilland Comet.
Geoffrey de Havilland ( 27 juillet 1882 - 21 mai 1965) est un industriel britannique qui créa la De Havilland Aircraft Company en 1920. Lui-même ingénieur et pilote, il conçut de nombreux prototypes d'avions dont le De Havilland Comet, premier avion commercial à réaction (inauguré en 1952).
