46-543: The de Havilland Moths were a series of light aircraft, sports planes, and military trainers designed by Geoffrey de Havilland . In the late 1920s and 1930s, they were the most common civilian aircraft flying in Britain, and during that time every light aircraft flying in the UK was commonly referred to as a Moth, regardless if it was de Havilland -built or not. The first Moth was the DH.60 -
92-489: A title , form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism . The term is an anglicisation of the Latin reverendus , the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb revereri ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". The Reverend
138-406: A doctorate in which case they are often addressed in formal situations as The Reverend Doctor . In informal situations Reverend is used. The Reverend , however, is used in more formal or in written communication, along with His/Her Reverence or Your Reverence . Brother or Sister is used in some places, although these are formally used to address members of Methodist religious orders, such as
184-451: A few weeks, he was released from this duty and returned to Airco. However, he nominally remained in the service until the end of the war. On 30 April 1916, he was promoted to captain and appointed a flight commander. His employer, Airco , was bought in early 1920 by armaments group Birmingham Small Arms Company but discovering it was less than worthless BSA shut down Airco in July 1920. With
230-518: A fresh biplane, making his first flight in it from a meadow near Newbury in September 1910. A memorial plaque presently marks the event. Subsequent designs were even more successful: in 1912 he established a new British altitude record of 10,500 feet (3,200 m) in an aircraft of his design, the B.E.2 . Geoffrey was the designer and his brother Hereward was the test pilot. In December 1910, de Havilland joined HM Balloon Factory at Farnborough , which
276-433: A mister . It is likewise incorrect to form the plural Reverends . Some dictionaries, however, do place the noun rather than the adjective as the word's principal form, owing to an increasing use of the word as a noun among people with no religious background or knowledge of traditional styles of ecclesiastical address. When several clergy are referred to, they are often styled individually (e.g. The Reverend John Smith and
322-463: A noun and for clergy to be referred to as being either a reverend or the reverend ( I talked to the reverend about the wedding service. ) or to be addressed as Reverend or, for example, Reverend Smith or the Reverend Smith . This has traditionally been considered grammatically incorrect on the basis that it is equivalent to referring to a judge as being an honourable or an adult man as being
368-553: A number of indigenous types, some of which proved highly successful. In 1933, the company moved to Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire . In 1944, he bought out his friend and engine designer Frank Halfords 's consultancy firm, forming the de Havilland Engine Company with Halford as the head. Halford had previously designed a number of engines for de Havilland, including the de Havilland Gipsy and de Havilland Gipsy Major . Halford's first gas turbine design entered production as
414-492: A straight-winged biplane two-seater. To enable storing the plane in small spaces, the DH.60's wings could fold backwards against the fuselage. "Like a moth " remarked Geoffrey de Havilland, an avid lepidopterist , so the plane was nicknamed Moth from the drawing board on. The Moth was one of the first practical light aircraft designs to be intended for civilian training and recreational use, rather than for military buyers. The Moth
460-755: A year. He then spent two years working in the design office of Motor Omnibus Construction Company Limited in Walthamstow . While there he designed his first aero engine and had the first prototype made by Iris Motor Company of Willesden . He married in 1909 and almost immediately embarked on the career of designing, building and flying aircraft to which he devoted the rest of his life. Built with money borrowed from his maternal grandfather, de Havilland's first aircraft took two years to build. Unfortunately, he crashed it during its first very short flight at Seven Barrows near Litchfield, Hampshire in December 1909. He built
506-536: Is a direct descendent of James de Havilland (1553–1613) who migrated from Guernsey to Poole in Dorset and was granted the trade license for Poole. In 1909, Geoffrey de Havilland married Louise Thomas, who had formerly been governess to de Havilland's sisters. They had three sons, Peter, Geoffrey and John. Two of the sons died as test pilots in de Havilland aircraft. His youngest son, John , died in an air collision involving two Mosquitoes in 1943. Geoffrey Jr carried out
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#1732858525785552-510: Is customary for priests only. Deacons may be addressed as Deacon , honorary prelates as Monsignor ; bishops and archbishops as Your Excellency (or Your Grace in Commonwealth countries), or, in informal settings, as Bishop , Archbishop , etc. In some Methodist churches, especially in the United States, ordained and licensed ministers are usually addressed as Reverend , unless they hold
598-571: Is sometimes used. In some countries, including the United States, the title Pastor (such as Pastor Smith in more formal address or Pastor John in less formal) is often used in many nondenominational Christian traditions rather than The Reverend or Reverend . The primary Jewish religious leader is a rabbi , which denotes that they have received rabbinical ordination ( semicha ). They are addressed as Rabbi or Rabbi Surname or (especially in Sephardic and Mizrachi ) as Hakham . The use of
644-406: Is therefore equivalent to The Honourable or The Venerable . It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and most Catholic bishops are usually styled The Most Reverend ( reverendissimus ); other Lutheran bishops, Anglican bishops, and Catholic bishops are styled The Right Reverend . With Christian clergy,
690-489: Is used for Catholic, Orthodox and Old Catholic priests and for many priests of the Anglican and Lutheran churches. Some female Anglican or Old Catholic priests use the style The Reverend Mother and are addressed as Mother . In a unique case, Reverend was used to refer to a church consistory, a local administrative body. "Reverend Coetus" and "Reverend Assembly" were used to refer to the entire body of local officials during
736-405: Is used within a sentence, the is correctly in lower-case. The usual abbreviations for Reverend are Rev. , Revd and Rev'd . The Reverend is traditionally used as an adjectival form with first names (or initials) and surname (e.g. The Reverend John Smith or The Reverend J. F. Smith ); The Reverend Father Smith or The Reverend Mr Smith are correct though now old-fashioned uses. Use of
782-568: The Moth family. One of his roles was as a test pilot for the company's aircraft. In 1928, the subsidiary company De Havilland Canada was created to build Moth aircraft in North America. When World War II arrived, production expanded to augment British aircraft factories, without any possible threat from enemy bombers. After the Second World War, De Havilland Canada went on to design and produce
828-597: The 1919 New Year Honours , in recognition of his service in the First World War . He was knighted in the 1944 New Year Honours , and was invested with his knighthood by George VI at Buckingham Palace on 15 February 1944. He was appointed to the Order of Merit (OM) in November 1962. He received numerous national and international gold and silver medals and honorary fellowships of learned and engineering societies, including
874-547: The Crystal Palace School of Engineering (from 1900 to 1903). Upon graduating from engineering training, de Havilland pursued a career in automotive engineering , building cars and motorcycles. He took an apprenticeship with engine manufacturers Willans & Robinson of Rugby , after which he worked as a draughtsman for The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Limited in Birmingham , a job from which he resigned after
920-617: The Disciples of Christ , which use The Reverend for ordained ministers. Internally, members of the priesthood do not use The Reverend as a style, but are generally known as "brother" or "sister" or by their specific priesthood office ("deacon", "teacher" or "priest" are often appended after the person's name, instead of, for example, "Deacon John Adams" or "Deacon Adams", and generally only in written form; in contrast, elders, bishops, evangelists, apostles, etc. are often, for example, known as "Bishop John Smith" or "Bishop Smith"). Any member of
966-582: The First World War , flown by the Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force . De Havilland continued to serve in the RFC during the war. On 5 August 1914, he was promoted to lieutenant and appointed a flying officer in the RFC from the same date. He was briefly stationed in Montrose on the east coast of Scotland as an officer on war duty. Flying a Blériot , he was to protect British shipping from German U-boats. After
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#17328585257851012-496: The Mosquito , which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production. Born at Magdala House, Terriers, High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , de Havilland was the second son of The Reverend Charles de Havilland (1854–1920) and his first wife, Alice Jeannette (née Saunders; 1854–1911). He was educated at Nuneaton Grammar School , St Edward's School, Oxford and
1058-698: The Royal Flying Corps on 2 September 1912, was appointed a reserve officer in the RFC on 24 November and was confirmed in his rank on 25 December. In December 1913, de Havilland was appointed an inspector of aircraft for the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate. Unhappy at leaving design work, in May 1914 he was recruited to become the chief designer at Airco , in Hendon . He designed many aircraft for Airco, all designated by his initials, DH . Large numbers of de Havilland-designed aircraft were used during
1104-490: The Saint Brigid of Kildare Monastery . Use of these forms of address differs depending on the location of the church or annual conference . In British Methodism, ordained ministers can be either presbyters (ministers of word and sacrament) or deacons (ministers of witness and service). Presbyters are addressed as The Revd (with given name and surname) or as Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms with surname alone. The United Methodist Church in
1150-514: The de Havilland Goblin powering de Havilland's first jet, the Vampire . De Havilland controlled the company until it was bought by the Hawker Siddeley Company in 1960. His financial backer, Alan Butler , remained a very involved chairman until he retired in 1950. De Havilland retired from active involvement in his company in 1955, though remaining as president. He continued flying up to
1196-596: The "Cirrus Moth". As the DH.60 became more and more popular, de Havilland decided to cash in on the fame of the original by giving each of his new designs a name ending with Moth . First of them was the DH.61 , a giant five-passenger biplane aptly called "Giant Moth". Other Moths include the Leopard Moth and Hornet Moth cabin biplanes, the Puss Moth cabin monoplane and the Moth Minor low-wing two-seater. The most famous of
1242-842: The Christian terms "Reverend" and "minister" for the rabbi of a congregation was common in Classical Reform Judaism and in the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially if the rabbi had attended a Western-style seminary or university rather than a traditional yeshiva . Some small communities without a rabbi may be led by a hazzan (cantor), who is addressed (in English) as "Reverend". For this reason, and because hazzanim are often recognized as clergy by secular authorities for purposes such as registering marriages; other hazzanim may be addressed as Reverend, although Cantor
1288-679: The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are styled simply The Reverend . By tradition in the Church of Scotland, the ministers of St Giles' Cathedral , Edinburgh (also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh) and Paisley Abbey are styled The Very Reverend . In Presbyterian courts where elders hold equal status with ministers it is correct to refer to ministers by their title (Mr, Mrs, Dr, Prof etc.). Like some other groups that assert
1334-814: The Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club in 1947 and again in 1963. In 1972 de Havilland was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame . A statue of de Havilland was erected in July 1997 near the entrance to the College Lane campus of the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield . He was a benefactor of the university, having given land adjoining the A1 to Hertfordshire County Council in 1951 for its precursor,
1380-588: The Hatfield Technical College. The statue was unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh . The De Havilland campus (also known as De Hav) at the university was also named in his honour. The actresses Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were de Havilland's first cousins; his father, Charles, and their father, Walter , were half-brothers. His younger brother, Hereward de Havilland , was also a noted pioneer aviator and test pilot. Sir Anthony de Havilland (born 1969)
1426-507: The Moths, however, for sheer numbers built (nearly 9,000), is the DH.82 Tiger Moth - a biplane trainer used during the Second World War in Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations , and the aircraft in which all Second World War RAF pilots learned to fly. The prototype of the DH.84 Dragon light passenger plane was originally called "Dragon Moth", but later the "moth" in its name was dropped as
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1472-669: The Reverend Henry Brown ); but in a list of clergy, The Revv is sometimes put before the list of names, especially in the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Male Christian priests are sometimes addressed as Father or, for example, as Father John or Father Smith . However, in official correspondence, such priests are not normally referred to as Father John , Father Smith , or Father John Smith , but as The Reverend John Smith . Father as an informal title
1518-754: The United States often addresses its ministers as Reverend (e.g., Reverend Smith ). The Reverend , however, is still used in more formal or official written communication. Church ministers are styled The Reverend . The moderators of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland , the Presbyterian Church in Ireland , the Presbyterian Church of Australia , and the United Church of Canada , when ordained clergy, are styled The Right Reverend during their year of service and The Very Reverend afterwards. Moderators of
1564-461: The age of 70 making his final flight in a DH85 Leopard Moth, G-ACMA. He died aged 82, of a cerebral haemorrhage , on 21 May 1965 at Watford Peace Memorial Hospital , Hertfordshire. De Havilland was made an OBE (Military Division) in the 1918 Birthday Honours , and was honoured with a CBE (Civil Division) in the 1934 Birthday Honours . He was decorated with the Air Force Cross (AFC) in
1610-455: The first flights of the Mosquito and Vampire and was killed in 1946 flying the jet-powered DH 108 Swallow while diving at or near the speed of sound . Louise suffered a nervous breakdown following these deaths and died in 1949. De Havilland remarried in 1951, to Joan Mary Frith (1900–1974). They remained married until his death. In 1975, de Havilland's 1961 autobiography , Sky Fever ,
1656-404: The forms His Reverence and Her Reverence are also sometimes used, along with their parallel in direct address, Your Reverence . The abbreviation HR is sometimes used. In traditional and formal English usage it is still considered incorrect to drop the definite article, the , before Reverend . In practice, however, the is often not used in both written and spoken English. When the style
1702-409: The help of former Airco owner George Holt Thomas he formed de Havilland Aircraft Company employing some former colleagues. Pleased and impressed by the aircraft they built for him Alan Butler , thereafter company chairman, provided the capital to buy premises and then the airfield at Stag Lane Aerodrome , Edgware , where he and his colleagues designed and built a large number of aircraft, including
1748-667: The lack of clerical titles within the church as narrated in the New Testament, congregations in the Restoration Movement (i.e., influenced by Barton Warren Stone and Alexander Campbell ), often disdain use of The Reverend and instead use the more generalized designation Brother . The practice is universal within the Churches of Christ and prevalent in the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ but has become uncommon in
1794-598: The plane was a civilian airliner and the name moth was to be used for sports planes only. In June 1979 a rally of 63 De Havilland planes (mainly Tiger Moths) undertook a staged race from the De Havilland aerodrome at Hatfield to Strathallan airfield in Perthshire over three consecutive days. The rally marked the 50th anniversary of the Gypsy Engine Reliability Tour in 1929. Titled the "DH MOTH AIR RALLY" it
1840-447: The prefix with the surname alone ( The Reverend Smith ) is considered a solecism in traditional usage: it would be as irregular as calling the person in question "The Well-Respected Smith". In some countries, especially Britain, Anglican clergy are acceptably addressed by the title of their office, such as Vicar , Rector , or Archdeacon . In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been increasingly common for reverend to be used as
1886-427: The priesthood who presides over a congregation can, and often is, known as "pastor" or (if an elder), "presiding elder". Such use might only be in reference to occupying that position ("she is the pastor") as opposed to being used as a style ("Pastor Jane"). Priesthood members presiding over multiple congregations or various church councils are often termed "president". Externally, in ecumenical settings, The Reverend
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1932-491: The transformation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the mid-18th century. The Reverend may be modified to reflect ecclesiastical standing and rank. Modifications vary across religious traditions and countries. Some common examples are: None of the clergy are usually addressed in speech as Reverend or The Reverend alone. Generally, Father is acceptable for all three orders of clergy, though in some countries this
1978-461: Was also one of the first light aircraft to be mass produced, and was available to a much wider section of the general public than previous aircraft designs. First variations of the name began with changes in the engine used for the DH.60: Variants with a Cirrus Hermes , Armstrong Siddeley Genet , or de Havilland Gipsy engine became "Hermes Moth", "Genet Moth", or "Gipsy Moth", respectively. The original ADC Cirrus -powered DH.60 retroactively became
2024-415: Was republished by Peter and Anne de Havilland. It was originally published by Hamish Hamilton. The Reverend The Reverend is an honorific style given before the names of certain Christian clergy and ministers . There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style , but is sometimes referred to as
2070-556: Was sponsored by the Famous Grouse . Planes reached Strathallan on Saturday 30 June 1979 and there was an aerobatic display open to the public on the following day. Geoffrey de Havilland Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland , OM , CBE , AFC , RDI , FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer . The aircraft company he founded produced
2116-498: Was to become the Royal Aircraft Factory . He sold his second aeroplane (which he had used to teach himself to fly) to his new employer for £400. It became the F.E.1 , the first aircraft to bear an official Royal Aircraft Factory designation. For the next three years, de Havilland designed, or participated in the design of, a number of experimental types at the "Factory". He was commissioned a second lieutenant (on probation) in
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