{"id":3412,"date":"2021-09-13T11:39:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=3412"},"modified":"2021-09-13T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T22:46:19","slug":"de-havilland-australia-dha-3-drover-mk-2","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/de-havilland-australia-dha-3-drover-mk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"de Havilland Australia DHA-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>DE HAVILLAND AUSTRALIA DHA-3 DROVER MK. 2<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/de-Havilland-Australia-DHA-3-Drover-VH-ADN_640.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Drover was designed for QANTAS based on the de Havilland Dove with modifications for the Australian environment.\u00a0 These changes included adding a third engine and changing from a retractable tricycle nose gear to a fixed tailwheel.\u00a0 The resulting aircraft first flew in 1946 with deliveries to the airline beginning in 1949.\u00a0 A total of 20 Drovers were built with the last leaving the assembly line in 1953.\u00a0 Once in service the airline found that the plane was underpowered and suffered from mechanical difficulties with the propellers that resulted in two crashes.\u00a0 Modifications to the planes to try to fix the problems included replacing the propellers, changing the flaps to a double slotted type to improve low speed handling, and eventually replacing the engines with a more powerful type and yet another propeller change.\u00a0 QANTAS only kept the planes for a brief time before selling them on to other airlines or private users.\u00a0 It was the Australian Flying Doctor Service that made the best and longest use of the type.<\/p>\n<p>The Flying Doctor Service was founded to bring medical services to the far flung and often isolated inhabitants of Australia.\u00a0 It made its first flights in 1928 and continues to provide medical services and transport today.\u00a0 The Drover entered the Service\u2019s fleet in 1952 and remained in use until the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong><\/span><br \/>de Havilland Australia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Markings<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Flying Doctor Service, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1952.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Designation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>DHA-3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/span><br \/>VH-EBT, VQ-FAP, VH-ADN<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Serial Number<\/strong><\/span><br \/>5009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- {\"name\":\"Aircraft Layout - 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