De Havilland Biplane No. 1
De Havilland Biplane No. 1 is a name applied retrospectively to the first aircraft constructed by Geoffrey de Havilland, who built and flew it once in December 1909. De Havilland undertook the project with the assistance of his friend, and soon to be brother-in-law, Frank Hearle, and financed the project with ₤1,000 borrowed from his maternal grandfather as an advance on his inheritance.
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De Havilland Biplane No. 1
De Havilland Biplane No. 1 is a name applied retrospectively to the first aircraft constructed by Geoffrey de Havilland, who built and flew it once in December 1909. De Havilland undertook the project with the assistance of his friend, and soon to be brother-in-law, Frank Hearle, and financed the project with ₤1,000 borrowed from his maternal grandfather as an advance on his inheritance.
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De Havilland Biplane No. 1 is ...... ber 1910, also at Beacon Hill.
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De Havilland Biplane No. 1 is ...... an advance on his inheritance.
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De Havilland Biplane No. 1
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