The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. The design, which was a

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successor to the pre-war Dragon Rapide

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, came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, amongst other aircraft types, called for a British-designed short-haul feeder for airlines.Jackson 1987, p. 443. The Dove was a popular aircraft and is considered to be one of Britain's most successful postwar civil designs, in excess of 500 aircraft being manufactured between 1946 and 1967. Several military variants were operated, such as the ''Devon'' by the

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and the ''Sea Devon'' by the

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, and the type also saw service with a number of overseas military forces. A longer four-engined development of the Dove, intended for use in the less developed areas of the world, was the

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. A considerably re-designed three-engined variant of the Dove was built in Australia as the de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover.

Development and design

The development team for the Dove was headed by Ronald Bishop, the creator of the

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, a wartime fighter-bomber, and the

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, the first commercial jet aircraft in the world. It had been developed to meet the ''Type VB'' requirement issued by the Brabazon Committee.''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547a. In concept, the Dove was developed to be the replacement of the pre-war Dragon Rapide. It was also required to be competitive with the large numbers of surplus military transports in the aftermath of the

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, such as the

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.''The de Havilland Dove'' 12 April 1945, p. 399. Unlike the Dragon Rapide, the Dove's structure was entirely metal. It featured innovations including constant-speed propellers, flaps, and a retractable

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. In 1946, aviation magazine ''Flight'' praised the qualities of the newly developed Dove, noting its "modernity" as well as the aircraft's load-carrying capacity, safe engine-failure performance, and positive maintenance features. Considerable attention was paid to aspects of maintainability, many of the components being designed to be interchangeable and easy to remove or replace, such as the

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, and power units; other areas include the mounting of the engines upon four quick-release pickup points, the routing of cables and piping, and the detachable wings and tail cone. The extensive use of special Redux metal-bonding adhesives reduced the need for

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ing during the manufacturing process, reducing overall weight and air-skin

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.''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547d. While standard passenger versions of the Dove would carry between eight and eleven passengers, the cabin was designed to allow operators to convert between higher and lower density seating configurations. Features such as a single

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and an aft luggage compartment could be removed to provide increased seating.''The de Havilland Dove'' 12 April 1945, p. 400. Various specialised models were produced for other roles, such as aerial survey,

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, and flying

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."Commercial Aircraft 1953."
''Flight International'', 6 March 1953. p. 304. A strengthened cabin floor structure was used to enable concentrated freight loads to be carried as well.''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547. The Dove could also serve as an executive transport, and in such a configuration it was capable of seating five passengers; the executive model proved to be popular with various overseas customers, particularly those in the United States.Jerram, Mike
"The last de Havilland."
''Flying Magazine'', 120 (9). p. 43. The crew typically consisted of a pilot and

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, although rapidly removable dual flight controls could be installed for a second flying crewmember. A combination of large windows and a transparent perspex cabin roof provided a high level of visibility from the cockpit.Schlaeger September 1961, p. 64. From a piloting perspective, the Dove was noted for possessing easy flying qualities and mild stall qualities.Schlaeger September 1961, p. 66. A TKS anti-icing system was available for the Dove, involving an

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-based jelly delivered via porous metal strips embedded on the leading edges of the wings and tail.

Operational service

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945. In December 1946, the Dove entered service with

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."Hawker Siddeley Aviation."
''Flight International'', 26 November 1964. p. 919. Initial production of the Dove took place at de Havilland's Hatfield factory, but from 1951 the aircraft were built at the company's Broughton facility near

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.Jackson 1987, p. 444. The final example of the type was delivered in 1967. Production of the Dove and its variants totalled 544 aircraft, including two prototypes, 127 military-orientated ''Devon''s and 13 ''Sea Devon''s. From 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. The largest order for the Dove was placed by Argentina, which ultimately took delivery of 70 aircraft,Jackson 1987, p. 445. the majority of which were used by the

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took delivery of twelve examples and these were operated from 1949 onwards until the aircraft were sold to several small regional airlines in the United States in 1954.Sykes 1972 In excess of 50 Doves were sold to various operators in the United States by Jack Riley, an overseas distributor for the type. De Havilland later assumed direct control of U.S. sales, but did not manage to match this early commercial success for the type. An early batch of 30 Devons was delivered to the

Jackson 1987, p. 446. and they were used as VIP and light transports for over 30 years. The

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acquired 30 Devons between 1948 and 1954, and these remained in service for VIP, crew-training and light transport duties into the 1970s. The Biafran Air Force operated a single Dove during the

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; the aircraft was lost, to be subsequently found in 1970 on the premises of a school in Uli.Cooper, Tom
"Civil War in Nigeria (Biafra), 1967–1970."
''Acig.org'' 13 November 2003. A second US-registered Riley Dove, N477PM delivered in 1967 to Port Harcourt from Switzerland, never reached Biafra because it was stopped by Algerian authorities. A few Doves and civilianised Devons remained in use in 2011 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and elsewhere with small commercial firms and with private pilot owners.

Variants

* Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11 passengers. Powered by two ) de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70-3

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s.Gunston 1980, p. 158. ** Dove 1B : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines. * Dove 2 : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines. ** Dove 2B : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines. * Dove 3 : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built. * Dove 4 : Military transport and communications version. ** Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communications version for the RAF. ** Devon C Mk 2 : Transport and communications version for the RAF. Re-engined version of the Devon C Mk 1 fitted with revised cockpit and two Gipsy Queen 175 piston engines. ** Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the

. * Dove 5 : Uprated version of the Dove 1, seating up to 11 passengers, with two Gipsy Queen 70 Mk2 piston engines.Gunston 1980, p. 159. * Dove 6 : Uprated version of the Dove 2, a six seat executive transport aircraft, powered by two Gipsy Queen 70 Mk2 piston engines. ** Dove 6B : Stressed for operations at a maximum weight of .

* Dove 7 : Uprated version of the Dove 5, seating up to 11 passengers, fitted with two Gipsy Queen 70 Mk3 piston engines and revised cockpit. * Dove 8 : Uprated version of the six seat executive Dove 6, fitted with two Gipsy Queen 70 Mk3 piston engines and revised cockpit. ** Dove 8A : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the U.S. market. * Dove Custom 800 : A customised version of the Dove, carried out by Horton and Horton in Fort Worth,

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. Typically outfitted with removable bulkheads, various custom interiors were available, including airliner-orientated configurations.

* Carstedt Jet Liner 600 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Carstedt Inc, of Long Beach,

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, USA. The aircraft were fitted with two Garrett AiResearch TPE331

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engines. The

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was lengthened by to accommodate 18 passengers. Only six aircraft were converted before one aircraft was lost due to a mid-air structural failure. * Riley Turbo Executive 400 / Riley Turbo-Exec 400 / Riley Dove 400 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by

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in the United States. The aircraft were fitted with two Lycoming IO-720-A1A flat-eight piston engines. Riley conversions were fitted with a taller swept vertical fin and rudder but those retaining the standard DH fin were named Riley Dove 2 . During the late 1960s, Riley Aeronautics, at the Executive Airport in

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, did interior refitting work on both the De Havilland Dove and the Heron.

Operators

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Civil operators

; *

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* MacRobertson Miller Airlines * Mandated Airlines *

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* Royal Flying Doctor Service * Southern Airlines ; * Gulf Aviation ; *

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* SABENAStroud 1994, p. 67. ; *

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; * LAN-ChileStroud 1994, p. 68. ; * Cimber Air * Falcks Flyvetjeneste ; *

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; * LTU ; *

;

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* Airways (India) Limited * Indian National Airways * Government of

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;

SAATAS East Indonesia de Havilland Dove DRW Wheatley

* SAATAS East Indonesia ; * Iraq Petroleum Company ; * Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane * Far East Airlines ;, , and * East African Airways ; * Martinair (then called Martin's Air Charter) ; *

; *

; * SATA – Sociedade Açoreana de Transportes Aéreos Portuguese Angola * AERANGOL - Aeronaves de Angola * ETASA - Empresa de Transportes Aéreos do Sul de Angola * SATAL - Sociedade Anónima de Transportes Aéreos Portuguese Cape Verde * ACCV - Aero Clube de Cabo Verde * TACV - Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde Portuguese Mozambique * DETA - Divisão e Exploração de Transportes Aéreos Transportes Aereos De Timor De Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B Wheatley

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Portuguese Timor * TAT - Transportes Aéreos de Timor ; *

* Comair (South Africa) operated 2 aircraft. * South African Airways ; * Sudan Airways ; * Airviews Ltd *

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(for training and communications) *

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* British Midland *

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* Channel Airways (scheduled services) * Dan-Air (scheduled services) *

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* Hunting-Clan Air Transport * Melba Airways * Morton Air Services * Olley Air Services * Silver City Airways * CAA Flying Unit ; * Air Wisconsin * Apache Airlines * Catalina Airlines * Golden Isles Airlines * Gulf Coast Airways * Illini Airlines * Midwest Air Charter * National Test Pilot School *Statewide Airlines * Superior Airlines * TAG Airlines ; * Jugoslovenski Aero-Transport (JAT).

Military operators

; *

* Argentine Coast Guard * Argentine Federal Police ; * Force Publique ; * Biafran Air Force – One Riley-converted ''Riley 400'' was abandoned at Port Harcourt by Bristow Helicopters at the outbreak of civil war in 1967 and seized by Biafran mercenaries.Sykes 1973, p. 22 ; ; *

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– Six series 5 delivered between 1955 and 1958. ; *

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– Six series 1 delivered between 1947 and 1948. ; *

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– 3, two former Ethiopian government series 1 transferred to air force in 1952 and one new series 7 in 1965.Sykes 1973, p. 56-60 ; *

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– 20 * Indian Naval Air Arm ; * Royal Iraqi Air Force – 7 – One Series 1 for the Royal Flight delivered in 1947 followed by six Series 1 in 1948. ** Royal Flight ** No. 3 Transport Squadron ; * Irish Air Corps – 4, one series 1B in 1953, one series 5 in 1959, one series 7 in 1962, and series 8 modified for radio and radar calibration in 1970. ; * Royal Jordanian Air Force – 6 – Two Series 1 transferred from Jordan National Airlines, two aircraft intended for Jordan National Airlines converted to Series 5 and transferred to air force, two new Series 7s delivered in 1965 * Royal Flight ; * ''Force Aérienne Katangaise'' – 6 ; * Kuwait Air Force – Two series 5 transferred to the air force in 1962. ; Kingdom of Laos *

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; * Lebanese Air Force – One series 1 delivered in 1951, a further aircraft on order was not delivered. ; *

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- 5 – Three series 8 delivered in 1061 followed by two former RNZAF Devon C.1s delivered in 1968 ; *

– 30 ** No. 42 Squadron RNZAF ; *

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– Two, one former Government of Sind series 1 used until 1962, a new VIP series 2 delivered in 1949. ** No. 12 Squadron ; * Paraguayan Air Force- One former Argentine Air Force series 1 delivered in 1963. ; *

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– Nine series 1 delivered in 1949. ** No. 28 Squadron ; * Swedish Air Force – One Series 1 delivered in 1947 and sold in 1967. ; * Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment * Empire Test Pilots' School *

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- 30 series 4 aircraft as the ''Devon C.1'' from 1948. **

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** No. 26 Squadron RAF **

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** No. 32 Squadron RAF ** No. 60 Squadron RAF ** No. 207 Squadron RAF ** Bomber Command Communications Squadron ** Coastal Command Communication Squadron ** Maintenance Command Communications Squadron ** Metropolitan Communications Squadron ** Northern Communications Squadron ** Queen's Flight ** Southern Communications Squadron ** Technical Training Command Communications Flight ** Western Communications Squadron *

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at Pershore *

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– Ten former civil aircraft delivered in 1955 as the ''Sea Devon C.20'', later another three were bought. ** 781 Naval Air Squadron ; *

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– One former civil series 2A transferred to air force in 1968. ; * SFR Yugoslav Air Force – Two former Jugoslav Air Transport series 2B transferred to air force.

Accidents and incidents

* On 13 May 1948, a Dove 1 ''G-AJOU'' of Skyways Limited crashed near Privas, France. All four on board killed, including the Earl Fitzwilliam and Kathleen Cavendish, the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy. * On 14 March 1949, a De Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 of

, registration XY-ABO, crashed in the Gulf of Mottama (Martaban) en route from

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to Moulmein (Mawlamyine) Airport . Lost 9 passengers and 2 crew (Capt P H Sparrow, pilot and L.A. Stephens, radio officer). * On 15 October 1951, Dove VH-AQO operated by Airlines (WA) Ltd crashed near its destination,

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, on a flight from

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. All seven occupants were killed. The accident was eventually attributed to fatigue cracking of the wing spar. * On 12 November 1953, Argentine Air Force Dove T-82 crashed mid-air with

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T-159 near Villa Mugueta, Santa Fe, Argentina; with no survivors. Among the 20 dead was Vice-commodore Gustavo Argentino Marambio, pioneer of Argentine flights to

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. * On 1 December 1954, a Dove 2B ''VH-DHD'' of De Havilland Australia crashed at Narellan, near Camden, Australia. Reginald Adsett, a chief examiner of airmen for the Australian Civil Aviation Department was killed and two others seriously injured. * On 15 January 1958, Dove G-AOCE of Channel Airways crashed on approach to Ferryfield Airfield,

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, United Kingdom, both engines having stopped due to fuel starvation due to fuel mismanagement. All seven on board survived. * On 13 April 1966,

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, was killed when the

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de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1, RF392, he was onboard crashed in southern Iraq. The loss of the aircraft was suspected to be due to sabotage by

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elements within the Iraqi military. * On 11 April 1968, Dove 1 ''Z-900'' of the Egyptian Air Force was lost over the Sahara desert following instrument failure. The aircraft was not found until 1 June 1971, all nine occupants having died of starvation.Sykes 1973, p. 22. * On 28 January 1970, TAG Airlines Flight 730 crashed over

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after having suffered an inflight structural failure, killing all nine people aboard. * On 6 May 1971, Apache Airlines Flight 33 from Tucson, AZ to Phoenix, AZ crashed near Coolidge, AZ after suffering an inflight structural failure, killing all twelve people aboard. * On 9 July 1983 a privately owned Dove, G-AMYP, suffered engine failure on takeoff at

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, crashing into the banks of the River Adur. The pilot and sole occupant, Keith Wickenden, died on impact. * On 3 December 1993, a Dove ''VH-DHD'' chartered dinner flight lost engine power during takeoff, resulting in the aircraft crashing into five houses in Essendon, a suburb containing the original airport for

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Australia. There were no fatalities amongst either the ten occupants of the Dove nor anyone on the ground, but all aboard the aircraft and one pedestrian were taken to hospital. * On 3 February 2006, New Zealand based Devon, ''ZK-UDO'' (ex-RNZAF Devon 21) suffered a hard landing at RNZAF Base Ohakea due to an asymmetrical flap deployment on approach. All passengers and crew survived with only minor injuries; the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair.

Aircraft on display

F-12 DH104 Dove Argentine Airforce (8164169390)

;Argentina * F-12 – Dove 1 on static display at the

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in Morón, Buenos Aires. ;Australia * VH-MAL – Dove 1 on static display at the Queensland Air Museum in Caloundra, Queensland. * CR-TAG – Dove 1B on static display at the Darwin Aviation Museum in

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. * VH-ABM – Dove ? on static display at the rear of Ballarat Aviation Museum in

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sporting very faded Penguin Express livery, minus rear stabilisers and tail with much needing fixing. * VH-DHH – Dove 6 on static display at the Central Australian Aviation Museum in Gillen, Northern Territory. ;Austria * A partial airframe (fuselage and part of the left wing) is in the Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna. ;Denmark * OY-DHZ – Dove 6 on display at the Danmarks Flymuseum in Skjern, Ringkøbing-Skjern. ;Germany * G-ARUE – Dove 7 on static display at the Technik Museum Sinsheim in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg. ;India * HW201 – Devon C.1 on static display at the

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in Bangalore, Karnataka. * IN124 – Devon C.1 on static display at the Naval Aviation Museum in

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. ;Netherlands * XJ350 – Sea Devon C.20 on static display at the

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in Lelystad, Flevoland. ;New Zealand * NZ1802 – Devon C.1 on static display at the

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in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty. * NZ1803 – Devon C.1 on static display at the

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in Wigram, Canterbury. * NZ1829 – Devon C.1 on display at the Ashburton Aviation Museum in Ashburton, Canterbury. * ZK-RNG – Dove 1B on static display at the National Transport & Toy Museum in Wanaka, Otago. ;South Africa * ZS-BCC – Dove 6 on display at the South African Airways Museum in Germiston, Gauteng. ;Sri Lanka * CS401 – Dove 5 on static display at the

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in Ratmalana, Colombo. * CS402 – Dove 5 on static display at the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum in Ratmalana, Colombo * CS404 – Dove 5 on static display at the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum in Ratmalana, Colombo ;Sweden * SE-EUR – Dove 6 on display at the Arlanda Flygsamlingar in Sigtuna, Stockholm. * 46001 – Tp 46 under restoration at the Österlens Flygmuseum in Östra Vemmerlöv, Skåne. ;United Kingdom * D-IFSB – Dove 2B on static display at the Fishburn Historic Aviation Centre in Fishburn, County Durham. * G-AHRI – Dove 1 on static display at the Newark Air Museum in

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. * G-ALCU – Dove 2 on static display at the Midland Air Museum in Baginton, Warwickshire. * G-ALFU – Dove 6 on static display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. * G-ANOV – Dove 6 on static display at the

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in East Fortune, East Lothian. * G-ANUW – Dove 6 on static display at the East Midlands Aeropark in

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. * G-AREA – Dove 8 on static display at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire. * VP952 – Devon C.1 on static display at the

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. * VP967 – Devon C.2 on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York. ;United States * N234D – Dove 6A in storage at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in

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. * N557JC – Dove 5A in storage at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. ;Venezuela * 2531 – Dove 2A on static display at the

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Appearances in fiction

A de Havilland Dove featured prominently in the Gavin Lyall adventure novel '' Shooting Script''. G-ARBH features in the 1962 film '' The Wrong Arm of the Law'' as the personal aeroplane of

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' character Pearly Gates. Near the beginning of the 1980 film ''

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,'' travel agent Dale Arden and New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon board a de Havilland Dove which subsequently crashes into a greenhouse adjacent to the secret laboratory of Dr. Hans Zarkov. The atmospheric disturbances that caused the crash were instigated by planet Mongo's ruler Ming the Merciless. The crash sequence was filmed using a 30-inch-long model Dove diving into a miniature landscape. Recently appeared in British TV series "The Crown" often flown by Prince Philip himself.

Specifications (Dove 7)

De Havilland Doves Series 5 3-view silhouette

References

Notes

Bibliography

* "Complete Civil Registers: 15: X- UN- Yu- Yugoslavia". ''Air-Britain Archive'', Winter 2009. pp. 147–148. .
"de Havilland Dove."
''Flight International'', 30 May 1946. pp. 547a-547e. * Ellis, Ken. ''Wrecks & Relics, 23rd Edition''. Manchester, England: Crecy Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9 780859 791724. * Gunston, Bill. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Propeller Airliners''. Exeter Books, 1980. . * Jackson, A.J. ''de Havilland Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam & Company Ltd, 1978. . * Jackson, A.J. ''de Havilland Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1987. . * Jane, Frederick Thomas. ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft''. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1972. * Schlaeger, Gerald J
"de Havilland Dove Custom 800."
''Flying Magazine'', September 1961. Vol. 69, No. 3. pp. 30–31, 64, 66. * Stroud, John. "Post War Propliners: de Havilland Dove". '' Aeroplane Monthly'', Vol. 22, No. 10, October 1994. pp. 64–69. * Sykes, T. (editor) ''The DH104 Dove and DH114 Heron'' Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1973.
"The de Havilland Dove."
''Flight International'', 12 April 1945. pp. 399–400. * Taylor, John W. R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67''. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966.

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