The Don was an example of a customer requesting an aircraft to meet a specific set of requirements and then, once it has been deigned built and flown, the customer decides to change the requirements and then cancels the aircraft because it does not meet their new revised requirements.
John Dell, e-mail, 14.06.2020 19:03
L2413 recorded as delivered to No 1 Flying Training School (FTS) at Netheravon on 24/2/1939. - Source - article in Air Britain Aeromilitaria magazine June 2013.
Graham Brett, e-mail, 31.01.2015 22:23
can you help with which Station Flight held L2413, as it was last seen at Elsham Wolds in 1940 parked tail up.I am researching the circumstances of the incident. Kind regards from Lincolnshire Graham Brett
John Daniell, e-mail, 04.03.2010 22:18
D. Llewellyn, this engine, the same as used in the Albatross was air cooled, the air entering the wing intake, then being turned 180 degrees to enter the engine from the rear. A retractable flapped exit underneath was adjustable to maintain engine temperature.
The most interesting aspect of this aircraft was the engine cooling intakes, which are in the wing leading edges and use (I understand) conical diffusers to optimise the pressure recovery. I would like to know more about this system (e.g. diffuser area ratio, inlet radius, angle) and how well it performed.
M.R.Slater, e-mail, 21.12.2006 12:51
Where was first flight undertaken. Hatfield ? What station flights were issued, where and when. One of the mystery RAF aircraft.
