De Havilland: DH 95 Flamingo
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The British De Havilland DH.95 Flamingo was a high-wing, twin-engined monoplane passenger airliner of the Second World War period, also used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a troop-carrier and for general communications duties.
Developed only 19 months after the wooden DH.91 Albatross the first first prototype of de Havilland's first all-metal aircraft, the DH. 95 flew on 22 December 1938.
Powered by 890 hp (660 kW) Bristol Perseus engines performance was excellent with a maximum weight take of in 750 ft (230 m) and the ability to maintain height or climb at 120 mph (190 km/h) on a single engine. Testing was successful, with the Flamingo being granted a certificate of airworthiness on 30 June 1939, with an initial production run of twenty aircraft being laid down.
A single military transport variant was built to Specification 19/39 as the DH.95 Hertfordshire. It had oval cabin windows instead of rectangular ones, and seating for 22 paratroopers.
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