DH.104 Dove
de Havilland Dove
Role	short-haul airliner
Manufacturer	de Havilland
First flight	25 September 1945
Number built	542

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.

Contents 1 Production 2 Service 3 Variants 4 Operators 4.1 Civil operators 4.2 Military operators 5 Specifications (Dove 5) 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Production

Production of the Dove and its variants totalled 542 including 127 military Devon C.2s and 13 Sea Devons, the last example being delivered in 1967.

[edit] Service

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945.

[edit] Variants

• Dove 1 : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11-passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) De Havilland Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.
  • Dove 1B : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 2 : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two 340-hp (254-kW) Gipsy Queen piston engines.
  • Dove 2B : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 3 : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built.
• Dove 4 : Military transport and communication version.
  • Devon C Mk 1 : Transport and communication version for the RAF.
  • Devon C Mk 2 : Transport and communications version for the RAF. Re-engined version of the Devon C Mk 1.
  • Sea Devon C Mk 20 : Transport and communications version for the Royal Navy.
• Dove 5 : The Dove 5 was powered by more powerful engines. The aircraft was fitted with two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
• Dove 6 : Executive transport aircraft. Uprated version of the Dove 2, powered by two 380-hp (283-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-2 piston engines.
  • Dove 6B : Stressed for operations at a maximum weight of 8,500lb (3856kg).

• Dove 7 : Uprated version of the Dove 1, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
• Dove 8 : Uprated version of the Dove 2, fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.
  • Dove 8A : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the U.S. market. The Dove Custom 600 was an American designation of the Dove 8A.
• Carstedt Jet Liner 600 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Carstedt Inc, of Long Beach, California, USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 605-ehp (451-kW) Garrett AiResearch TPE331 turboprop engines. The fuselage was lengthened to accommodate 18 passengers.

• Riley Turbo Executive 400 : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Riley Aircraft in the USA. The aircraft were fitted with two 400-hp (298-kW) Lycoming IO-720-A1A flat-eight piston engines. Some of the Riley conversions were fitted with a taller swept vertical fin and rudder.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Civil operators

 Australia

• Airlines of Western Australia

 Belgium

• SABENA

 Burma

• Union of Burma Airways

 Chile

• LAN-Chile

 Germany

• LTU

 India

• Airways

 Japan

• Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane
• Far East Airlines

 Rhodesia

• Central African Airways

 South Africa

• South African Airways

 Sudan

• Sudan Airways

 United Kingdom

• BOAC (for training and communications)
• Bristow Helicopters
• British Midlands
• British Westpoint Airlines
• Channel Airways (scheduled services)
• Dan-Air (scheduled services)
• Hunting-Clan Air Transport
• Morton Air Services
• Silver City Airways
• CAA Flying Unit

 United States

• Air Wisconsin
• National Test Pilot School

To cleanup

• West African Airways
• Apache Airlines
• Olley Air Services

[edit] Military operators

 Argentina

 Belgian Congo

 Biafra

• Biafran Air Force

 Brazil

 Ceylon

• Royal Ceylon Air Force

 Egypt

 Ireland

• Irish Air Corps

 Ethiopia

 India

• Indian Air Force

 Iraq

 Jordan

• Royal Jordanian Air Force

 Lebanon

 Malaysia

• Royal Malaysian Air Force

 New Zealand

• Royal New Zealand Air Force
  • No. 42 Squadron RNZAF

 Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force

 Paraguay

• Paraguayan Air Force

 South Africa

• South African Air Force

 Sweden

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force
  • No. 21 Squadron RAF
  • No. 26 Squadron RAF
  • No. 31 Squadron RAF
  • No. 32 Squadron RAF
  • No. 60 Squadron RAF
  • No. 207 Squadron RAF
• Fleet Air Arm

[edit] Specifications (Dove 5)

Data from Jane's

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 8 passengers
• Length: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
• Wingspan: 57 ft (17.37 m)
• Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
• Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m²)
• Empty weight: 5,725 lb (2,600 kg)
• Loaded weight: 8,800 lb (4,000 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk.2 geared, supercharged 6-cylinder in-line inverted air-cooled engine, 380 bhp (283 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 202 mph @ 8,000 ft (325 km/h @ 2,400 m)
• Range: 1,070 mi (1,720 km)
• Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
• Rate of climb: 920 ft/min (4.7 m/s)

[edit] See also

Related development

• de Havilland Heron
• de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
  

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: De Havilland Dove

• Airliners.net
• http://www.LTU-Classic.de

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