De Havilland DH.37
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The de Havilland DH.37 was a British three-seat sporting biplane of the 1920s designed and built by de Havilland for aviator Alan Samuel Butler.
Operational history
The first example was named Sylvia for the sister of Alan Samuel Butler.Mr Alan Butler. Obituary, The Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1987; pg. 18; Issue 62779 It flew extensively for five years before being converted to a single-seater and having its engine upgraded to a {{cvt|300|hp}} A.D.C. Nimbus. It crashed in June 1927.
The second aircraft was sold to Australia, and was flown by the Controller of Civil Aviation. Sold to the Guinea Gold Company in New Guinea, it was the first aircraft flown in that country. After a forced landing at Wau aerodrome in December 1937 it was put out of commission.Lloyd Rhys, High Lights and Flights in New Guinea, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942, p. 151.
Specifications (DH.37)
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|ref=De Havilland Aircraft since 1909{{Harvnb|Jackson|1987|pp=175, 178}}
|prime units?=imp
|crew=One
|capacity=Two passengers
|length ft=28|length in=0
|span ft=37|span in=0
|height ft=|height in=
|wing area sqft=398
|empty weight lb=2118
|gross weight lb=3318
|eng1 number=1|eng1 name=Rolls-Royce Falcon III|eng1 type=water-cooled V12 engine
|eng1 hp=275
|prop blade number=4|prop name=wood fixed pitch propeller|prop dia ft=|prop dia in=
|max speed mph=122
|range miles=
|ceiling ft=21000
|climb rate ftmin=1000
}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Donald|editor-first=David|title=The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft|page=312|publisher=Prospero Books|date= 1997|isbn=978-1856053754}}
- {{cite book |last=Jackson|first=A. J.|title=De Havilland Aircraft since 1909|year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London|isbn=978-0851778020}}
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