what is it?
The de Havilland DH.34 was a single engined British biplane airliner built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in the 1920s. 12 were built, with the DH.34 serving with Imperial Airways and its predecessors for several years.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.7 m wingspan
base stats
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.7 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
- 1922-03-26
- introduced
- 1922
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- role
- airliner
- makers
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- engines
- 1× Napier Lion
- passengers
- 10
- length
- 11.9 m
- wingspan
- 15.7 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,266 kg
- top speed
- 206 km/h
- cruise speed
- 169 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q309700, Wikipedia: De Havilland DH.34 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.