DH Express Air Liner, Card No 08 (GPAviation 1938)

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Aircraft, Series 1 (Godfrey Phillips)

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Card No. 02: The DE HAVILLAND EXPRESS AIR LINER

Ten-passenger Commercial Biplane

Four 200 h.p. De Havilland "Gipsy-Six" engines

  • Span: 64 ft 6 ins.
  • Weight loaded: 9,200 lbs
  • Maximum speed: 170 m.p.h.
  • Cruising speed: 145 m.p.h.

Built by:

  • The De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Hatfield, Herts.

Used by:

  • Imperial Airways Ltd.
  • Qantas-Empire Airways, Ltd.
  • Railway Air Services, Ltd.
  • Channel Islands Airways, Ltd.

… etc.