The DH.29 Doncaster was ordered by the British Air Ministry as an experimental long-range monoplane.The aircraft was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with unswept wings of wooden structure with a fabric covering.The airlines were not interested and further development was abandoned, effort being put into the biplane de Havilland DH.34.The two aircraft finished their life at RAF Martlesham Heath with tests and trials, particularly on the thick-section cantilever wings.Data from de Havilland aircraft since 1909[1]General characteristics Performance Armament