Civilian Aviation

Time for a new topic. de Havilland produced some world leading piston liners/biz post war. Time for the DH Dove, Devon, Sea Devon and Heron to shine. Let's see what you have

G-ALCU "G-ALVD" de Havilland DH.104 Dove Series 2 Dunlop Aviation Division Midland Air Museum Coventry 19 April 2015. Spurious markings to represent a long-term Coventry based airframe.

G-ALCU G-ALVD Midland Air Museum Coventry 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-IFSB De Havilland DH.104 Dove Series 6 de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015

D-IFSB de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-IFSB de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AREA de Havilland DH.104 Dove Series 8 British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Division de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015

G-AREA de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AREA de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AORG de Havilland DH.114 Sea Heron C.1 Jersey Airways Classic Air Force Coventry 19 April 2015

G-AORG Classic Air Force Coventry 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AOTI de Havilland DH.114 Heron Series 2D Rolls Royce de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015

G-AOTI de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AOTI de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-AOTI de Havilland Aircraft Museum London Colney 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

ACW367

A pair of Doves and a Devon, all taken at Blackpool Airport (apologies for the military one but thought it was worth including).

G-ARUM Blackpool 10 May 1980.
AS745 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

VP977 Blackpool 9 May 1982.
AS1054 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

D-IKUR Blackpool 27 July 1985.
AS1339 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Best Wishes
Pete

I really like these DH types - great idea for a themed topic and some nice shots to kick it off. Must search for what I've got this evening when I get home.

Lovely old British aircraft.
A lot of aircraft passed through Fairflight Aviation at Biggin Hill, so lucky to see a few over the years.
Well, you asked for it ! The scans have come out.................
enjoy
Pete.

First, the Doves.

G-AJGT at Biggin Hill


DH104 Dove Mossair G-AJGT Biggin Hill


G-ALFU at Duxford


DH104 Dove CAA G-ALFU Duxford


G-ANVU British Air Ferries at Southend


DH104 Dove BAF G-ANVU 1 Southend


G-ARDE at Mildenhall


DH104 Dove G-ARDE Mildenhall


G-AREA at Hatfield


DH104 Dove G-AREA Hatfield


G-AROI at Biggin Hill


DH104 Dove Fairflight G-AROI 3 Biggin Hill


G-BBYA at Southend


DH104 Dove G-BBYA Southend


G-DDCD possibly West Malling


DH104 Dove G-DDCD


G-OPLC at Biggin Hill


DH104 Dove G-OPLC Biggin Hill


D-IKUR at Denham


DH104 Dove D-IKUR 1 Denham


Now the Herons.

G-ANNO at Biggin Hill


DH114 Fairflight G-ANNO 1 Biggin Hill


G-ANSZ at Biggin Hill


DH114 Heron G-ANSZ Biggin Hill


G-AOTI at Biggin Hill


DH114 Heron G-AOTI Biggin Hill (2)


G-APKU at Biggin Hill


DH114 Heron Fairflight G-APKU Biggin Hill


G-APKW at Biggin Hill


DH114 Heron Fairflight G-APKW Biggin Hill


CN-MAA at Gatwick


DH114 CN-MAA Gatwick


9L-LAT at Biggin Hill


DH114 Heron 9L-LAT Biggin Hill

Three from me, sorry for the quality but taken with an Kodak Instamatic in a hurry. RAF Northolt 1977/8 (VAS, Southside). I know it's Civilian aviation but as someone has already posted an RAF Devon...
G- AREA, RAE VP959, WB531 (207 Squadron)

Northolt 003 Dove G AREA by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

Northolt 010 RAE Devon by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

Northolt 023 Devon WB 531 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

Unknown DH104 Dove at Guernsey Airport

DH114 Heron G-AORG at Guernsey

DH104 Dove G-DDCD at Cranfield 1984

Unknown Heron at Guernsey

BOBMF Dove VP981 at Guernsey

Royal Navy/Naval Air Command DH114 Heron XM296 - Am I correct in thinking this was known as 'The Admirals Barge' ?

GCIJem - yes - Admirals Barge.
Have a look at comment on

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tristartech/14770597225

Pete.

Just one for tonight ... I have more ... two herons and two doves ... one photo ... 1970 ish Norwich and I'm in there ?

Keith

And a few of the lovely ladies from my hard drive ... Keith !

Newark.


Newark.


London Colney.


London Colney.


London Colney.

Guys, here's The Admiral's Barge . Reno Air Races probaly 2010 . Privately owned and still active then .



rgds condor

They just keep popping up when I least expect it !

Coventry.

Great to see so many familiar airframes from the old days, they were certainly popular with many of the UK corporations of the 1970's. In the 1980's I was a student at Farnborough College, on the old campus that was part of the airfield. The RAE Devons were great as they flew visual approaches to land and this often involved a curved approach over our nissen hut classrooms to runway 24 (or was it 25 back then?).

A few examples from me.

G-OPLC during crew training at Lulsgate.
20130426-162102-Bristol-Lulsgate-3 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-ALFU 'flying' again in the Duxford superhangar
20110503-124248-Duxford by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-DHDV at Compton Abbas
20060917-140139-Compton Abbas by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-DHDV and G-HBBC at Yeovilton Airday 2006
20060708-091924-Yeovilton by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-HBBC at Compton Abbas
20050424-093046-Compton Abbas by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Dove flypast at SBAC Farnborough 1998
19980913-Farnborough-85 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-ARHW at Booker
19940207-Booker-3 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Another former CAFU Dove G-ANOV at East Fortune
19930919-East Fortune-6 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

HRH King Hussain of Jordan flying his Dove at SBAC Farnborough
19930725-Fairford-84 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-ARHX at Booker
19910605-Booker-2 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Riley Dove F-BGOA at Toussus-le-Noble
19890613-Toussus-le-Noble-10 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

and a few Herons

Yeovilton Airday 1989
19880730-Yeovilton-27 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-AOTI on a mail flight at Lulsgate in 1986
19860802-Lulsgate-8 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Neil

Another different view of a dove / devon with a generation gap ... once again from Coventry taken from a Shackleton window !

I think this is all I've got

Air Atlantique Open Day 15/08/2009
G-DHDV / VP981 de Havilland Dove 8






G-AORG de Havilland DH114 Sea Heron C.1


Duxford Flying Legends 10/07/2010
D-INKA de Havilland DH.104 Dove 8


Cheers,
Oz