De Havilland's half-plane, half-helicopter
Meet the Autogiro: built in secret and incorporating some seriously radical thinking for the early 1930s.
The de Havilland Hornet Moth
Enclosed cockpit, side-by-side seats and room for the golf clubs: enter the 1930s and de Havilland’s touring aircraft.
He opened the Hornet Moth door over the Channel... and refuelled it in mid-air!
For sheer audacity and bravery, this story of a daring World War II escape takes some beating.
Operation Firedog: Last of the Hornets
A pictorial tribute to the last RAF piston-engined fighters in front line service
The incredible engineering of the DH.88 Comet
Just 14 years after de Havilland was founded, they made a wooden aircraft that flew from England to Melbourne in just over 70 hours. As this video shows, the design was a thing of beauty.
The de Havilland Tiger Moth
De Havilland started the 1930s with a reliable training aircraft that would have military use right until the end of the ’50s.
Tiger Moth pilots used bricks for bomb training!
It was an unlikely way to prepare a pilot for combat – and, as this video shows – it didn’t quite have the desired outcome…
The story of Bill Lawford
Hayden K Lawford relates the experiences of his father, Royal Flying Corps pilot, Lt E H ‘Bill’ Lawford AF
How the de Havilland story began
As we begin our week-long celebration of de Havilland’s 100th anniversary, we look back at where it all began…