deHavilland DH-104 Dove - Texas Air Museum, Slaton, TX - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the biplane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs. The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which called for a British designed short-haul feeder for airlines.

Production of the Dove and its variants totalled 542 including 127 military Devons and 13 Sea Devons. The first customer deliveries were made in early summer 1946 and the last example was delivered in 1967. Initial production of the Dove was at de Havilland's Hatfield factory, but from the early 1950's most were built at the company's Broughton facility.

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945. From summer 1946 large numbers were sold to scheduled and charter airlines around the world, replacing and supplementing the pre-war designed de Havilland Dragon Rapide and other older designs. LAN Chile took delivery of twelve examples and these were operated within that country from 1949 until sold to small United States airlines in 1954. The largest order for Doves was placed by Argentina which took delivery of 70 which were mainly used by the Argentine Air Force. An initial batch of 30 Devons was delivered to the Royal Air Force and these were used as VIP and light transports for over 30 years. The Royal New Zealand Air Force acquired 30 Devons between 1948 and 1954 and these remained in service into the 1970s. A few Doves and civilianised Devons remain in use in 2011 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and elsewhere with small commercial firms and with private pilot owners, including the Devon21 syndicate operating from North Shore Airfield, near Auckland, New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): DH-104 Tail Number: (S/N): r/n N551JC Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Slaton Municipal Airport, Slaton, TX inside / outside: outside Other Information:: http://www.thetexasairmuseum.org/ Access restrictions: None that I am aware of-I visited while the museum was closed. Aircraft is parked in the grass adjacent to the ramp.

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