"My de Havilland"


Early in the film, he comments about his "de Havilland" airplane. Does anyone know what he may have been referring to? The Jenny he swapped his motorcycle for was made by Curtiss, or were some built by DH?

What I had in mind was boxing the compass.

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I'd have to watch the film again to refresh my memory, but did we ever even see his de Havilland? It definitely wasn't the Curtiss plane, since of course no two companies manufactured the same design. I believe the Jenny was his plane during his stunt days, and the de Havilland wouldn't have been his mail plane. Could the DH have been a plane we heard about but never saw him flying? When would he have flown a British-built aircraft?

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Lindbergh flew one of four DH's owned by the Robertson Aircraft Company that won one of the contracts to provide Air Mail service.


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Thank you so much. Do you know what model?

What I had in mind was boxing the compass.

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Though I've read and re-read Lindbergh's "The Spirit of St. Louis" a few times over the years, I can't say I recall him saying much about the Robertson DH's. I suppose he did not want to lose his readers with too much technical stuff.

However, your note, defiant-10, prompted me to dig around the web. Here is a pretty good article:

http://members.zumatel.net/mdgretz/cam2art5.html

I hope it is helpful.

And may I ask your interest in the matter? Thanks.

"Please use elevator, stairs stuck between floors."

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I'm just an aircraft enthusiast with almost twenty hours. Some hitch about money.

I see part of the trouble, in that it was an Airco, but designed by Geoffry de Havilland. Good Wiki page, with a pic of one of the Robertson planes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airco_DH.4

I don't know that I've ever read "Spirit of St. Louis", but I did read "We".

Thank you very much for your web help, it gave me just the place to get a lever wedged in.

What I had in mind was boxing the compass.

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That's terrific, defiant-10. I also have enjoyed airplanes all my life and have about 15 minutes of flying time! . A fellow I met was kind enough to let me commandeer his Cessna following a brief, impromptu lesson from him.

I have also read We only after reading The Spirit of St. Louis and the former paled in comparison. Both are fine accounts but Spirit shows greater maturity in writing and puts more meat on the bone. I hope you might take the time to read it someday, it is more about life itself than just flying.

Thanks for the link. I'll look it over when I have a bit o' time myself.

"Please use elevator, stairs stuck between floors."

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