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	De Havilland
		De Havilland Aircraft Company was founded in 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland, who renamed the company, Airco, at which he had previously been chief designer, and which he now controlled.
		De Havilland (Canada) was formed in 1928 to build Moth aircraft in which to train Canadian airmen, continued after the war to build its own designs suited to the harsh Canadian operating environment.
		De Havilland (Canada) was eventually incorporated into the Bombardier group of companies and the Dash Eight remains in production with a particular emphasis being placed on its quiet operational character in comparison to other aircraft of a similar size.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/De_Havilland.html (393 words)

	The Pioneers : An Anthology : Geoffrey de Havilland (1882 - 1965)
		De Havilland was born near High Wycombe, and as a youth designed and built steam cars and motorcycles.
		Geoffrey de Havilland, the son of a clergyman, was born in High Wycombe in 1882.
		de Havilland took a part in the construction for she was given the job of stitching every seam in the stiff linen cover for the wings.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/de_havilland.html (2212 words)

	Geoffrey de Havilland
		Geoffrey de Havilland (1882 - 1965) was one of England's aviation pioneers.
		The company's planes, particularly the Mosquito played a formidable role in World War II, and de Havilland was knighted in 1944.
		Two of de Havilland's three sons died as test pilots in de Havilland aircraft.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Geoffrey_de_Havilland.html (218 words)

	Geoffrey De Havilland
		Flying was always the primary interest of Geoffrey de Havilland, even to his use of the private airplane as the normal mode of travel where others might use surface means.
		The great De Havilland triumph in World War II was the magnificent Mosquito light bomber of novel design and the fastest aircraft of its time.
		De Havilland led the world in entering the era of jet passenger flight with its first turbine powered aircraft, the Comet in 1949.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/havilland.htm (449 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Geoffery de Havilland
		Undeterred, De Havilland continued the project and his second aircraft, the FE-1, was purchased by the War Office that same year, for the princely sum of £400.
		After that success De Havilland was on a roll, his next plane, the BE-2, was quickly adopted by the newly formed Royal Flying Corps.
		De Havilland was right there, his experience with his smaller, biplane, Dragon family of aircraft proved invaluable in producing such monoplane passanger carriers as the DH-91 Albatross.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A570007 (1023 words)

	Olivia de Havilland 01-07-16 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, and is the elder daughter of Walter de Havilland, a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan, and the former Lilian Augusta Ruse, an actress known by her stage name of Lilian Fontaine, who married in 1914.
		De Havilland mounted a lawsuit in the 1940s and was successful, thereby reducing the power of the studios and extending greater creative freedom to the performers.
		De Havilland was good friends with her co-star at Warners, the late Bette Davis, and also with Gloria Stuart, the newly rediscovered (in her 80s) ingenue of Titanic (1997 film).
	www.flickr.com /photos/gavrila/151858070 (1175 words)

	de Havilland, Hawker de Havilland - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of Britain's earliest aviation pioneers.
		De Havilland Australia was established in Melbourne in March 1927, and was the first overseas subsidiary of the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
		In 1985, Hawker de Havilland Ltd in Australia acquired the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation and shortly thereafter, in July 1986, the name was changed to Hawker de Havilland Victoria Limited.
	www.boeing.com /global/Australia/History/hdh.html (983 words)

	De Havilland - Aviation Pioneer
		When Geoffrey de Havilland began designing his own aircraft he was convinced that there was no suitable engine so he decided to design that too.
		Although de Havilland had built an aeroplane neither he nor Frank Hearle, who was his brother-in-law and had helped to build it, had jobs.
		Geoffrey de Havilland succeeded in flying it in June but realised that it was unsafe.
	rafmuseum.org.uk /london/exhibitions/dehavilland/aviation_pioneer.cfm (998 words)

	De Havilland Aircraft Company
		Geoffrey de Havilland, born in 1882, was in his late twenties in 1909.
		De Havilland used the same construction in an early four-engine airliner, the Albatross, which flew in 1937.
		In 1944, De Havilland was knighted and became Sir Geoffrey.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/DeHavilland/Aero49.htm (1339 words)

	De Havilland - Captain Sir Geoffrey De Havilland
		Geoffrey de Havilland was the second son of Charles de Havilland, the curate of Hazlemere near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
		Geoffrey de Havilland re-married in 1951 to Joan Mary Mordaunt.
		Geoffrey’s increasing age and the complexity of modern aircraft design reduced his direct contribution to the aircraft company, but he became President of the de Havilland Group.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /london/exhibitions/dehavilland/sir_geoffrey.cfm (1357 words)

	tiger moth world adventure park museum
		Step back to 1909 when young Sir Geoffrey De Havilland had a dream, and follow the remarkable evolution of one of the greatest aircraft of all time...
		Later, de Havilland produced numerous improved machines, notably the DH4 and DH9 which were the work horses of the Allied air forces.
		But at that time in 1946, neither de Havilland, his son or anyone else knew anything about the invisible wall in the sky now called the sound barrier.
	www.tigermothworld.com /museum.htm (1704 words)

	De Havilland Vampires, North East Aircraft Museum (Britain)
		Built by De Havilland - designed at Hatfield but the first 300 production models were built at the English Electric factories in Preston and Salmesbury (the final total built by English Electric was 1369).
		In contrast to the twin-engined Meteor, De Havilland chose a single-engined aircraft and a twin-boom layout adopted to reduce the length of the jetpipe, in order to get maximum engine performance from the low-powered engines of the time.
		September 1946, Geoffrey de Havilland Junior was killed when the second of these aircraft TG306 broke up in mid-air over the Thames Estuary.
	www.neam.co.uk /vampire.html (1762 words)

	Olivia de Havilland ~~ One Classy Lady ~~ Biography
		Olivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 1916 of a British patent attorney and his actress wife.
		Her sister, Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, (Joan Fontaine), was born in October, 1917.
		Olivia's cousin was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965), the British aviation pioneer and designer of aircraft such as the wartime Mosquito fighter.
	www.meredy.com /oliviadehavilland/bio.html (555 words)

	No. 2110 de Havilland and the BE-2
		And, I've just tumbled to the fact that de Havilland was Joan Fontaine's and Olivia de Havilland's first cousin.
		Geoffrey de Havilland was a 29-year old engineer at His Majesty's Balloon Factory when the War Office realized it needed to pay attention to heavier-than-air flight.
		De Havilland saw that he could use its pieces to create his own flying machine.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi2110.htm (571 words)

	de Havilland Company
		Geoffrey de Havilland began designing aircraft for the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Airco) in 1914.
		Famous de Havilland aircraft include the D.H.4 (designed while at Airco), the Moth series of light aircraft, the Mosquito of World War II fame and the first jet airliner, the Comet.
		In 1960 de Havilland became part of Hawker Siddeley Group, Ltd.
	www.shanaberger.com /dehavilland.htm (92 words)

	Review 0092
		In this occasion, in a very brief book indeed, he narrates the life of Geoffrey de Havilland, the son of the famous aeroplane builder.
		De Havilland died in 1946 during one of the test flights, yet his career will always be remembered because of his dedication to the progress of the aeronautical sciences.
		This pilot as well as others like him are the ones who made the development of jet planes truly possible, since it was with their courage and their professional zeal that they made valid what on the paper appeared to be quite promising yet very dangerous.
	www.amazings.com /sbb/reviews/review0092.html (315 words)

	de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito
		After much official delay, de Havilland built seven of these four-engine airliners and Imperial Airways bought five and began to fly them on scheduled routes in December 1938.
		He left de Havilland in 1937 but the company used his composite construction methods again on Mosquitoes.
		With every act of terror, Geoffrey de Havilland (founder and head of the firm) and his design staff became more convinced that they could create an exceptional warplane based on the Comet and Albatross.
	www.savagesquadron.com /GBpage/GBBombers/Mosquito_DH98.htm (2620 words)

	De Havilland Sir Geoffrey - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (1882-1965), British aircraft designer, and manufacturer of early jet-propelled aircraft (Jet Propulsion).
		This obituary for Geoffrey de Havilland appeared in The Times on May 22, 1965.
		Palmer, Sir Geoffrey (Winston Russell) (1942-), New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1989-1990).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /De_Havilland_Sir_Geoffrey.html (95 words)

	Promotex Online - De Havilland's Comet: The original jetliner
		There were already a number of military jet aircraft, including heavy bombers, being designed and de Havilland saw an opportunity to combine jets and passenger aircraft to create a new, faster jetliner and gain a vitally needed source of foreign sales.
		Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the leaders of the British aircraft industry.
		Bishop had been working with de Havilland since 1921, when he was just eighteen, and led the development the famous Mosquito bomber of World War II.
	www.promotex.ca /articles/cawthon/2005/2005-06-15_article.html (1675 words)

	Olivia de Havilland Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With the release of "Gone With the Wind" (1939), de Havilland became a major star, earning her first Academy Award nomination; her role as the long-suffering and almost insufferably sweet Melanie, however, did not lead to more prestigious projects, as Warners continued to put her in run-of-the-mill pics.
		Relations between de Havilland and Warner Bros. became so strained that she successfully sued the studio for refusing to release her at the end of a seven-year contract in a celebrated court case of the 1940s.
		De Havilland played the Queen Mother in "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana" (CBS, 1982), the Dowager Empress Maria in the NBC miniseries "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" (1986) and Wallis Simpson's aunt in "The Woman He Loved" (CBS, 1988), her last screen appearance to date.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/198240 (1366 words)

	De Havilland D.H.108 - experimental aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Built to Air Ministry Specification E.18/45, the de Havilland D.H.108 was developed to conduct research into the characteristics of swept wings in support of the D.H.106 Comet and D.H.110 programmes.
		The first prototype, a standard Vampire fuselage mounting a mid-set wing with a sweep angle of 43°, and with elevons which acted as elevators and ailerons (there being no horizontal tail surfaces), was a low-speed test vehicle with a maximum speed of 451km/h.
		A modified 45° swept wing with powered flying controls and automatic slats was fitted to the second prototype, which was flown in June 1946 and was intended to explore the transonic area of the flight envelope.
	avia.russian.ee /air/england/havilland_108.html (298 words)

	Comet
		The first commercial airliner was the de Havilland Comet I. It was designed and built in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in 1949.
		The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a leader in aircraft design and manufacturing having excelled with the building for such fighter planes as the Spitfire, Mosquito, trainers like the Chipmunk (I first learned to fly this plane in the RAF), Gipsy Queen, Dove, Heron and many more fine aircraft.
		Sir Geoffrey de Havilland wrote an autobiography called, "Sky Fever" and I have included four pages of this book as it describes what happens when a pressurized cabin breaks up and I thought his words from the 1960's would be more appropriate than mine.
	plane-truth.com /comet.htm (701 words)

	Stag Lane Airfield
		On 25th September 1920 the De Havilland Aircraft Company was founded in two rented sheds at Stag Lane Airfield, Edgware, London.
		The de Havilland Moth Club - The de Havilland Moth Club welcomes anyone with an interest in the classic aeroplanes designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane and Hatfield between the wars.
		The old De Havilland aircraft factory was an ideal location within London to build what was (at the time) one of the largest computer halls in Europe.
	www.lightstraw.co.uk /ate/main/staglane/sla1.html (651 words)

	Untitled Document
		De Havilland finally won a contract to build a prototype five months after Hitler invaded Poland but the Air Ministry, and many people in the British aircraft industry, remained skeptical right up until March 3, 1941.
		De Havilland engineers and technicians used generally the same techniques to build the Comet, Albatross, and Mosquito wings out of wood and plywood.
		The National Air and Space Museum Mosquito, Royal Air Force (RAF) serial number TH 998, was built by the main de Havilland factory at Hatfield as a B. Mk.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/dehavilland_dh98.htm (2654 words)

	Geoffrey de Havilland - Wikipedia
		Aufgrund seiner Leistungen und Verdienste um das Empire wurde de Havilland 1944 zum Ritter geschlagen.
		Seine erste Frau Louie starb kurz darauf an Krebs, 1951 heiratete de Havilland erneut.
		Anfang der 50er Jahre brachte de Havilland das erste strahlgetriebene Verkehrsflugzeug der Welt heraus - die Comet.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geoffrey_de_Havilland (488 words)

	DE HAVILLAND MOTH
		The de Havilland Company, headed by Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, was a leader in the development of a light plane for sale to the English public.
		To remedy this, de Havilland introduced a more powerful plane, the D.H. 60, nicknamed the Moth, which was powered by a four-cylinder engine derived from a Renault V-8 produced during World War I. Introduced in 1925, the D.H. 60 became so successful that the entire supply of Renault engine parts was soon used up.
		This new engine was known as the Gipsy, and when it was installed in a de Havilland biplane in 1928, the plane was called the Gipsy Moth.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /AERO/DEHAVMOTH.htm (494 words)

	Olivia Mary "Livvie" de HAVILLAND
		Despite the fact de Havilland went on to win two Academy Awards of her own, they remained permanently estranged.
		Her father Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968) was a patent attorney in Japan and also author of the 1910 book 'The ABC of go', which provides a detailed and comprehensive description of the Japanese board game.
		It was reported in October 2001 that Miss de Havilland was among 40 prominent French residents who were victims of hoax anthrax attacks.
	homepage.mac.com /james_keller/PS85/PS85_110.HTML (815 words)

	The Planes of Geoffrey de Havilland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One of the great designers in the period 1914-1918 was Geoffrey de Havilland, formerly of the Royal Aircraft Factory and latterly chief designer for the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Airco).
		De Havilland's next design was to become famous as the aircraft with which the world's first homogenous fighter squadron was equipped - the DH2.
		As there was no means of safely firing through the propellor arc, the DH2 stayed with the pusher layout of the DH1 and was armed with a forward firing Lewis machine gun.
	www.cbrnp.com /profiles/quarter1/de-havilland.htm (477 words)

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