The prototype DH.91 Albatross, G-AEVV, over Hatfield, September 1938 (photo from Flight International)
Role
Mail plane and transport aircraft
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
de Havilland
Designer
A. E. Hagg
First flight
20 May 1937
Introduction
October 1938
Retired
1943
Primary users
Imperial Airways/British Overseas Airways Corporation Royal Air Force
Number built
7 (including two prototypes)
The de Havilland DH.91 Albatross was a four-engined British transport aircraft of the 1930s manufactured by de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited. Seven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939.
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