This Day in Aviation History
May 20th, 1937
First flight of the de Havilland Albatross.
 
The de Havilland DH.91 Albatross was a four-engine British transport aircraft in the 1930s. A total of seven aircraft were built in 1938–39.
 
The DH.91 was designed in 1936 by A. E. Hagg to Air Ministry specification 36/35 for a transatlantic mail plane.
 
The aircraft was remarkable for the ply-balsa-ply sandwich construction of its fuselage, which was later made famous in the de Havilland Mosquito bomber. Another unique feature was a cooling system for the air-cooled engines that allowed nearly ideal streamlining of the engine mounting. The first Albatross flew on May 20, 1937. The second prototype broke in two during overload tests but was rebuilt, and it and the first prototype were operated by Imperial Airways…..
 
Source:
Wikipedia, de Havilland Albatross: http://gstv.us/1Va2jhU
 
YouTube, De Havilland DH.91 Albatross: http://gstv.us/1Va2z0d
By Bomberguy
 
Old Machine Press, De Havilland DH.91 Albatross Transport: http://gstv.us/1Va2REo
 
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