Talk:de Havilland Express

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First flight[edit]

According to this it was certified on 30 Jan. 1934, so that cannot be the date of first flight. Drutt (talk) 18:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have altered the article to give the date as 14 January, as mentioned on the external source. Drutt (talk) 18:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DH.86[edit]

Interesting pictures here of an original DH.86 production model. The DH.86A had a modified nose. Drutt (talk) 18:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Politics[edit]

"Under pressure from Holymans"??? Reg Ansett was the pressure man. Reg wanted everything that was American ... except for Bob. Reg had a big contract in WW2 with P&W and Boeing. The only goodish UK plane was the S23. Examine its statistics, and its not very good, at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.69.173 (talk) 10:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Can anyone find a reference which uses or justifies the name the DH. 86 Express? I thought DH.86 was what it was called, without a name (not all DH aircraft had type names, some just numbers) and there seems to be no use of Express in either A.J. Jackson's "De Havilland Aircraft since 1909" or Hayes & King's "de Havilland Biplane Transports".TSRL (talk) 20:25, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

G-INFO entry for G-ACPL and all other DH.86 says DH.86 Express although the linked pdf just says "DH.86 twelve-seater". Jackson's British Civil Aircraft makes no mention of Express! MilborneOne (talk) 20:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DH.86 vs Dragon Rapide.[edit]

Okay, so the article on the Dragon Rapide says that it was "in effect, a scaled down, twin engined version of the DH.86", while this article says that the DH-86 was a scaled-up, four engine version of the Dragon Rapide. Which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by .45Colt (talk • contribs) 12:12, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The DH.86 was a development of the Dragon (i.e. the DH.84) - not the Rapide - which was the DH.89). Since the article currently states this, then I'm not sure what change is required.Nigel Ish (talk) 12:23, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]