DH.37
General information
Type	Private biplane
Manufacturer	De Havilland
Number built	2
History
First flight	June 1922

Thede Havilland DH.37 was a British three-seat sportingbiplane of the 1920s designed and built by de Havilland for aviatorAlan Samuel Butler.

The first example was namedSylvia for the sister of Alan Samuel Butler.^[1] It flew extensively for five years before being converted to a single-seater and having itsengine upgraded to a 300 hp (220 kW)A.D.C. Nimbus. It crashed in June 1927.

The second aircraft was sold to Australia, and was flown by the Controller of Civil Aviation. Sold to theGuinea Gold Company in New Guinea, it was the first aircraft flown in that country. After a forced landing atWau aerodrome in December 1937 it was put out of commission.^[2]

Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Capacity: Two passengers
• Length: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
• Wing area: 398 sq ft (37.0 m²)
• Empty weight: 2,118 lb (961 kg)
• Gross weight: 3,318 lb (1,505 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 ×Rolls-Royce Falcon III water-cooledV12 engine, 275 hp (205 kW)
• Propellers: 4-bladed wood fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 122 mph (196 km/h, 106 kn)
• Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

• 1922 in aviation

Wikimedia Commons has media related toDe Havilland DH.37.

• Donald, David, ed. (1997).The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Prospero Books. p. 312.ISBN 978-1856053754.
• Jackson, A. J. (1987).De Havilland Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam.ISBN 978-0851778020.

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