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Geoffrey de Havilland ( 27 juillet 1882 - 21 mai 1965) est un industriel britannique qui créa la De Havilland Aircraft Company en 1920. Lui-même ingénieur et pilote, il conçut de nombreux prototypes d'avions dont le De Havilland Comet, premier avion commercial à réaction (inauguré en 1952).
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.
17 mai 2024 · 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.
8 janv. 2012 · Suite au rachat de la compagnie par Birmingham Small Arms Company en 1920, Geoffrey de Havilland crée sa propre compagnie la célèbre de Havilland Aircraft Company. Au cours de l’entre-deux-guerres, il conçoit la fameuse lignée des Moth, dont le plus connu reste le Tiger Moth.
Né le 27 juillet 1882 près de High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire), en Angleterre, Geoffrey De Havilland, fils d’un pasteur anglican, découvre, à l’âge de douze ans, sa vocation dans les récits du pionnier de l’air anglais Hiram Maxim.
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 them had even seen an aircraft before.
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.
