The British de Havilland Comet first flew in 1949 and is noted as the world's first commercial jet airliner. Early models suffered from catastrophic metal fatigue and the aircraft was redesigned. The Comet 4 series subsequently enjoyed a long and productive career of over 30 years.
Dan-Air Services Limited is a defunct airline based in the United Kingdom. It commenced operations in 1953 and was absorbed into British Airways in 1992.
Dragon
The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon was a successful small commercial aircraft designed and built by the de Havilland company. The "Dragon" proved very attractive as a short-haul low capacity airliner and was soon in service world-wide.
Following the end of the War, surviving DH.84s were released into commercial service and a number are still flying today.
Dove
The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the bi-plane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs.
Drover
The Drover was designed in Australia as a 6 - 8 passenger aircraft to replace the DH 84 Dragon and was powered by 3 Gypsy 10 engines.
The aircraft was produced between 1948 and 1953 and 20 were built - mainly operated by Qantas, TAA and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
