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Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production.
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Geoffrey de Havilland. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (Haslemere, 27 luglio 1882 – Watford, 21 maggio 1965) è stato un aviatore, pioniere dell'aviazione e dell'industria aeronautica britannico. Era il figlio del Reverendo Charles de Havilland e della prima moglie, Alice Jeannette Saunders. Studiò a Oxford e frequentò la Scuola di ...
4 giorni fa · Geoffrey de Havilland, English aircraft designer, manufacturer, and pioneer in long-distance jet flying. His company produced the twin-engined Mosquito, a high-speed, all-purpose aircraft of plywood construction, and was one of the first to make jet-propelled aircraft, including the Vampire and Venom jet fighters.
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Effettuò nel 1909 il primo volo in un aeroplano da lui costruito. Fondatore (1920) e poi (fino al 1955) direttore tecnico della De Havilland Aircraft Company, costruttrice di velivoli, motori e reattori, realizzatrice del Comet. biografie in ingegneria. Ingegnere aeronautico britannico (Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, 1882 - Stanmore, Middlesex, 1965).
The de Havilland Aircraft Company. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, founder of the de Havilland World Enterprise, one of the first global manufacturing companies, was one of Britain’s aviation pioneers. Geoffrey and his colleague, Frank Hearle had designed and built their first aircraft, powered by an engine designed by Geoffrey, and neither of ...
9 mag 2024 · Geoffrey de Havilland, one of the world's greatest aviation pioneers died peacefully from a cerebral haemorrhage in Watford Hospital on 21st May 1965. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered over Seven Barrows from a DH Trident flown by his lifetime friend and chief test pilot John ‘Cats Eyes’ Cunningham.
Captain Sir Geoffrey De Havilland. Geoffrey de Havilland was the second son of Charles de Havilland, the curate of Hazlemere near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He was born on 27 July 1882 , three years after his brother Ivon.
