De Havilland DH.18

what is it?

The de Havilland DH.18 was a single-engined British biplane transport aircraft of the 1920s built by de Havilland.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• seats 8passengers
• size 2,956 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 106 years ago, in 1920.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1920-04-08

introduced

1920

retired

1923

status

retired

number built

6

role

airliner

makers

Airco

engines

1× Napier Lion

passengers

8

length

11.9 m

wingspan

15.6 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

2,956 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

161 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,877 m

wings

biplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.