De Havilland Doncaster

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DH.29 Doncaster
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J6849 in final form
General information
Typelong-range monoplane
Manufacturer de Havilland
Statusabandoned prototype
Primary user Air Ministry
Number built2
History
First flight5 July 1921

The de Havilland DH.29 Doncaster was a British long-range high-wing monoplane of the 1920s built by de Havilland.

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History

The DH.29 Doncaster was ordered by the British Air Ministry as an experimental long-range monoplane. The aircraft was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with unswept wings of wooden structure with a fabric covering. It had a box section wooden fuselage with a single fin. The crew of two sat in an open cockpit ahead of the wing. Two aircraft were built between 1920 and 1921 at Stag Lane Aerodrome. Early testing of the first aircraft (Serial J6849) resulted in a redesign of the engine installation. The second aircraft (Registered G-EAYO) was built as a ten-seat commercial aircraft. The airlines were not interested and further development was abandoned, effort being put into the biplane de Havilland DH.34. A proposed military reconnaissance version, the DH.30, was never built. The two aircraft finished their life at RAF Martlesham Heath with tests and trials, particularly on the thick-section cantilever wings. The Doncaster was the first British aircraft to use such wings.

Operators

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Specifications (military version)

De Havilland DH.29 3-view drawing from Les Ailes, February 2, 1922 De Havilland DH.29 Doncaster 3-view Les Ailes February 2,1922.png
De Havilland DH.29 3-view drawing from Les Ailes, February 2, 1922

Data from de Havilland aircraft since 1909 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related lists

References

Citations

  1. Jackson, 1988 [ page needed ]

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