De Havilland BC DH.50 Bluebird

The De Havilland BC DH.50 Bluebird was a four-passenger piston-engined airliner built by De Havilland British Columbia between 1929 and 1932 based on the DH.50 Bluebird type of DHBC's parent company, De Havilland Aircraft of the United Kingdom.

= Description = To differentiate it from those built in the UK, the British Columbian-built aircraft were designated DH.50B Bluebird. In most respects the they were the same as the British version, but were powered by Hoffar Aero Engines' supercharged HAE HIV-8A-2 Hawk engine producing 375 hp.

= History =

Incidents

 * 7 February 1937 Vancouver Island Air Service DH.50 VB-VID (c/n C8), operating a flight from Nanaimo to Quatsino, crashed near Sara Lake due to a fuel pump failure in flight; pilot and three passengers killed.
 * 18 July 1964 privately owned DH.50 VB-HTA (c/n C2) was written off after sustaining damage in an emergency landing in a vegetable field at Barriere, BC; no fatalities.

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