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DH.16
DH.16 of Aircraft Transport & Travel
Role
commercial biplane
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Airco
First flight
1919
Introduction
1919
Retired
1923
Primary user
Aircraft Transport and Travel
Number built
9
The Airco DH.16 was an early British airliner designed by Geoffrey de Havilland , the chief designer at Airco . It accommodated a pilot plus four passengers, and was operated from 1919 to 1923.
Design and development
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The DH.16 was a redesigned Airco DH.9A light bomber biplane with a wider fuselage , accommodating an enclosed cabin seating four passengers, plus the pilot in an open cockpit. In March 1919, the prototype first flew at Hendon Aerodrome . Nine aircraft were built, all but one being delivered to Airco's subsidiary Aircraft Transport & Travel Limited (AT&T ) .[1]
Operational history
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AT&T used the first aircraft for pleasure flying, then on 25 August 1919 it was with this type of aircraft that AT&T operated the first regular (daily) international service in the world, from London-Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Paris–Le Bourget Airport .[2]
On 17 May 1920, an AT&T DH.16 (G-EALU) flew the first KLM service between Croydon Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol .[2] [3]
In December 1920, AT&T closed down. One aircraft was sold to the River Plate Aviation Company in Argentina , to operate a cross-river service between Buenos Aires and Montevideo .[2] [4]
Variants
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The first six aircraft were powered by a 320 hp (239 kW ) Rolls-Royce Eagle inline piston engine ; the last three aircraft were fitted with the more powerful 450 hp (336 kW ) Napier Lion engine.
Operators
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Argentina
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited – all nine DH.16s operated from 1919 to 1922.
De Havilland Aeroplane Hire Service – two former AT&T aircraft from 1922 to 1923.
[ edit ] Three-view of Airco DH.16 with Rolls-Royce Eagle engine from Flight , 2 October 1919.
Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 [5]
General characteristics
Crew: One
Capacity: Four passengers[6]
Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m )
Wingspan: 46 ft 5 + 7 8 m )
Height: 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m )
Wing area: 489+ 3 4 sq ft (45.50 m 2
Empty weight: 3,155 lb (1,431 kg )
Max takeoff weight: 4,750 lb (2,155 kg )
Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion 12-cylinder water-cooled W-block aircraft piston engine, 450 hp (340 kW )
Propellers: 4-bladed wood fixed pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 136 mph (219 km/h, 118 kn )
Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn )
Range: 425 mi (684 km, 369 nmi)
Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m )
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
See also
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Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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Citations
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^ a b c Jackson 1973, p.62.
^ "KLM founded - 7 October 1919" . thisdayinaviation.com . Retrieved 16 May 2024 .
^ Jackson 1987, p.156.
^ Jackson 1987, pp. 156–157.
^ Jackson 1987, p. 154.
Bibliography
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985) . Orbis Publishing.
Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . Vol. 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0370100104
Jackson, A.J. (1987). De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 (Third ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0851778020
Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1920). L'Année Aéronautique: 1919-1920
External links
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Conquest of the Air (1936 documentary) includes a brief sequence of G-EACT (G-K-130) of Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.
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