Which aircraft will live in history forever?

"Andrew Chaplin" wrote:
| Brett wrote:
|
| And the two aircraft that can be considered commercial successes
from
| those committee meetings were the Vickers Viscount (Type IIB) and de
| Havilland Dove (Type VB). A committee specification that resulted in
two
| commercial successes out of seven sounds like the committee was a
lot
| better at its job than history reports (its always the Bristol
Brabazon
| that gets the headline).
|
| I saw a Dove once. It was in a Lebanese air force hangar at Beirut,

The Lebanese air force had Devons :-)

| and full of pigeon **** and bullet holes. Sad, really.

"Brett" wrote in message
...
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote:
| Brett wrote:
|
| And the two aircraft that can be considered commercial successes
from
| those committee meetings were the Vickers Viscount (Type IIB) and
de
| Havilland Dove (Type VB). A committee specification that resulted
in
two
| commercial successes out of seven sounds like the committee was a
lot
| better at its job than history reports (its always the Bristol
Brabazon
| that gets the headline).
|
| I saw a Dove once. It was in a Lebanese air force hangar at Beirut,

The Lebanese air force had Devons :-)

My bad... but, considered among the rest of my bads, not that bad. They
both look pretty much the same through a set of binos at seven Km, and
they were never on a Spotter Class List. :^)
--
Andrew Chaplin
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"Brett" wrote in message
...
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote:
| Brett wrote:
|
| And the two aircraft that can be considered commercial successes
from
| those committee meetings were the Vickers Viscount (Type IIB) and
de
| Havilland Dove (Type VB). A committee specification that resulted
in
two
| commercial successes out of seven sounds like the committee was a
lot
| better at its job than history reports (its always the Bristol
Brabazon
| that gets the headline).
|
| I saw a Dove once. It was in a Lebanese air force hangar at Beirut,

The Lebanese air force had Devons :-)

'Ang on! According to this, it was Doves.
http://www.worldmiltair.co.uk/aircraft/aaaacaaakn.htm
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

"Andrew Chaplin" wrote:
| "Brett" wrote in message
| ...
| "Andrew Chaplin" wrote:
| | Brett wrote:
| |
| | And the two aircraft that can be considered commercial successes
| from
| | those committee meetings were the Vickers Viscount (Type IIB)
and
| de
| | Havilland Dove (Type VB). A committee specification that
resulted
| in
| two
| | commercial successes out of seven sounds like the committee was
a
| lot
| | better at its job than history reports (its always the Bristol
| Brabazon
| | that gets the headline).
| |
| | I saw a Dove once. It was in a Lebanese air force hangar at
Beirut,
|
| The Lebanese air force had Devons :-)
|
| 'Ang on! According to this, it was Doves.
| http://www.worldmiltair.co.uk/aircraft/aaaacaaakn.htm

Putnam's de Havilland aircraft since 1909 (page 446, 1987 edition) and a
couple of other sources say they were Devons.