De Haviland DH-4 1/4 U.S. training aircraft
The Airco DH4 was a single-engine, two-seat biplane that was used in World War II as a bomber. It was developed by the British company Airco. The production took place in the UK and in the U.S. as DH4A. It was used on British and U.S. services from March 1917.
The designed by Geoffrey de Havilland machine reached a peak altitude of over 7,000 m and a speed of 170 km / h, so that the German fighters had difficulty to catch this machine. By war's end 1,880 units were produced.
The British government approved the resumption of civil aviation with effect from 15 July 1919. That same day promoted England's first airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel (AT & T), its first paying passengers on a charter flight from London to Paris. The AT & T had before the end of 1920 had to suspend its operations due to economic problems, two DH4, four DH4A, 16 DH9/DH9B, eight and three DH16 DH18.
The DH4 were former RAF machines whose weapons had been removed and in its rear cockpit, two seats were installed. In contrast, the DH4A was a real civil conversion with an enclosed cabin for two passengers behind the front cockpit.
In addition to the converted for AT & T machines still have two units for Handley Page Transport Ltd.. their routes to Paris and Amsterdam completed, and another for Instone Air Line. This aircraft with the registration G-EAMU DH4 was a former RAF and was wearing when it 12th flight operations at Commenced in October 1919. Instone the fleet name City of Cardiff Sixteen months later, it was rebuilt at the Airco DH4A and as City of York between Croydon and London-Paris-Le Bourget used line moderately. It was acquired in 1924 by Imperial Airways, arrived there but no longer for Einsatz.Quelle: Wikipedia/airco-DH4
The model:
Spw: 3225 mm
Length: 2260 mm
Weight-15 kg :13,5
Engine: 38-45 cc
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