The decision to proceed with the design and development of the Caribou twin-engine transport was taken in 1956 after nearly two years of study.

The design of the DH.82 emanated from the DH.60 series. Basically, the DH.82 was developed from the DH.60T Tiger Moth, which was a DH.60 with a Gipsy 3 engine, re-positioned centre-section struts ahead of the front cockpit, and an altered centre of gravity achieved by giving the mainplanes a 48-cm

The Dove was designed and the end of World War II to replace the superseded DH-89 Dragon Rapide.

Designed by A E Hagg as a low-cost, light transport, the prototype DH.83 Fox Moth (G-ABUO – c/n 4000) flew for the first time in March 1932.

The DH.84 Dragon was introduced to the de Havilland range of light aircraft in 1933, the prototype (E9 - c/n 6000 – later G-ACAN) having flown for the first time on 12 November 1932, later going to Hillman Airways Ltd as Maylands. Designed by A E Hagg, it was a

The prototype DH.60 (G-EBKT – c/n 168) was flown for the first time on 22 February 1925 by Geoffrey de Havilland

Leopard Moth appeared in 1933 as a successor to the DH 80 Puss Moth. The prototype was flown for the first time at Stag Lane, Edgeware, UK, on 27 May 1933 with Class B marking E1, later becoming G-ACHD (c/n 7000), and it became the personal aircraft of Capt de

In the late 1920s de Havilland was looking at building its own engine for its light biplanes and to this end produced the Gipsy engine initially rated at 75-kw (100-hp) designed by Major F B Halford

The DH-86 (known as the Express Air Liner) was designed and built in four months in 1933 to meet a specification produced by the Australian Government for a fast, economical ten-passenger airliner to serve the route from Australia to Singapore.

In the late 1920s de Havilland was working towards the development of a light-four-cylinder in-line engine for aviation use and in 1931 designed a new variant of the upright Gipsy III engine which ran inverted

The DH.87, which was designed and built in 1937 as a replacement for the DH.60 Gipsy Moth series, had a Gipsy Major engine and side-by-side seating.

The DH.61 was produced by de Havilland in 1927 as a “six-eight passenger machine for Australia”

The story of the DH.88 Comet series of racing aircraft is well known and has been told many times.

In 1925 de Havilland designed a large biplane powered by three air-cooled radial engines known as the DH.66.

In 1933 de Havilland designed a faster and more comfortable version of the DH.84 Dragon and, when the prototype (E-4, later CH-287, HB-ARA, HB-APA – c/n 6250) was flown at Stag Lane by Hubert Broad on 17 April 1934, it was known as the DH.89 Dragon Six.

The DH.71 Tiger Moth was built in secrecy at Stag Lane in 1927 for high-speed research, mainly to act as a flying test-bed for a new series of engines being designed by Major F B Halford

The Dragonfly, the prototype of which (E-2 c/n 7500 – later G-ADNA) was first flown on 12 August 1935, was designed as a twin-engine business and executive transport seating five.

The DH.75 Hawk Moth was an attempt by de Havilland to develop an aircraft which provided the comfort one usually associated with a ‘good motor car’.

Designed as a successor to the Moth biplane series of light aircraft, the Moth Minor had a similar performance to the Tiger Moth, although it had far less power.

The prototype of the Puss Moth, the DH.80, with the test registration E-1 (later G-AAHZ – c/n 396) flew for the first time at de Havilland’s aerodrome at Stag Lane on 9 September 1929.

The Devon was a development of the de Havilland Dove for military operation, the prototype of the Dove (G-AGPJ) having first flown at Hatfield on 25 September 1945 in civil guise.

The Falcon 2000 was first announced at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in June 1988 (as the Falcon X) as a new model in the company’s range of business jets, to become a replacement for the 20 and 200 series

The DH.51 was produced by the de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd of Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex as a two/three seat biplane ‘of low cost and economical in running

The Falcon X was introduced to the market in 2005 at the Paris Air Show as a large-cabin, long-range business jet by Dassault and since its first flight on 5 May 2005 has been popular, with more than 200 examples delivered

The DH.53 was a low-wing monoplane and was probably the first really practical ultra-light aeroplane.

The Davis DA-2 is a two-seat side-by-side low-wing sporting monoplane fitted with an all-moving VEE-tail having an included angle of 100 degrees

Known as Project Skyward, work upon which commenced during World War II in March 1943, the DCA Fleep, as it was known, was a conversion of a Willys 4 x 4 ¼-ton Jeep to accept a gyrocopter head so it could be flown to battle areas

The Boomerang is a fairly new aircraft to the Australian scene, being developed by the D & C Aircraft Company of Glamorganvale, QLD

For many years the Canadian de Havilland company has specialised in designing and building short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft for a variety of uses, but mainly for the utility role

The Dart Kitten monoplane was built by Dart Aircraft Limited in 1936 and the sole Mk I (G-AERP) flew for the first time on 15 January 1937

The Dash-8 is one of a long-line of highly successful STOL military and commercial transports produced by the Canadian company at Downsview, Ontario.

In the 1960s France and Germany worked together to jointly develop and produce an advance jet trainer, with a light attack variant, for service with their air forces and this involved the production of 200 aircraft for each service

A new series of the Dash-8 known as the Q300 was announced in 1985 and this model had the fuselage stretched by using two fuselage plugs, one forward and one aft of the wing, increasing length by 3.43 m (11 ft 3 in).

The Falcon 10, which was also known as the Mystere 10, first appeared in 1969 as a scaled-down Falcon 20

The Q400 was conceived by Bombardier in 1990, the type being officially launched in June 1995.

In 1961 Dassault entered the business-jet market with the design of the Mystere, which is known as the Falcon in the USA

In 1916 the Royal Flying Corps required a trainer and to meet this requirement Geoffrey de Havilland designed the DH.6, a biplane of simple construction, easy to produce, easy to fly and maintain, and easy to repair.

The Falcon 50 was a larger development of the Mystere/Falcon 20 series of business and executive aircraft

In October 1921 Mr Alan S Butler approached the de Havilland Company with a view to it building an aircraft to his specifications

On 27 May 1983 Dassault-Breguet announced a programme to develop an intercontinental three-turbofan executive transport to be known as the Mystere or Falcon 900