Welcome to the de Havilland Educational Trust (DHET)

Each year the Charity supports a number of people on their first steps towards flying or looking after historic aircraft types, particularly those de Havilland machines still flying some 100 years after Sir Geoffrey’s then-revolutionary DH.60 Moth first took to the skies. Other popular de Havilland types include the legendary DH.82 Tiger Moth, on which thousands of military pilots learned to fly during the Second World War, and the DHC-1 Chipmunk; a more recent trainer, which first flew in 1946 and the type on which His Majesty the King learned to fly in 1968.

DHET’s remit is to educate the public in the work of renowned British aircraft designer Sir Geoffrey de Havilland and his eponymous de Havilland Aircraft Company, which was absorbed into what became British Aerospace in 1977. The Charity was founded in 2006 and pursues its goals chiefly by awarding bursaries and scholarships to promote vintage aviation among young people keen to become engineers and pilots.

As a charity, none of what we do would be possible without the support of our benefactors. We need support in raising money to fund our activities.  If you would like to donate please get in touch.

To see the events DHET are attending in the future please click News at the top of the screen.