DH.89 Dragon Rapide
Sign in to saveAlso known as de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Dragon Rapide, DH Dragon Rapide, De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
1934 small airliner family by de Havilland
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Vinony's link graph records 586 inbound references to DH.89 Dragon Rapide, and connects out to Canadian Pacific Air Lines, World War II and Air India.
It is catalogued under topics including 1930s British airliners, 1930s British military utility aircraft and Aircraft first flown in 1934.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Short-haul airliner
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland
- Primary user
- Royal Air Force
- Manufactured
- 1934-1946
- First flight
- 17 April 1934
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- biplane
- Operator
- Royal Air Force
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Developer
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- Image
- De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide ‘G-AKIF’ (44840910175).jpg
- Height
- 3.12
- Length
- 414
- Speed
- 165
- Has use
- airliner
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- Commons category
- De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
- first flight
- 1934-04-17
- total produced
- 731
- wingspan
- 576
- maximum operating altitude
- 19350
- vehicle range
- 520
- powered by
- Gipsy Six
- nominal power output
- 410
- maximum capacity
- 9
- service entry
- 1934-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide is a 1930s short-haul biplane airliner developed and produced by British aircraft company de Havilland. Capable of accommodating 6–8 passengers, it proved an economical and durable craft with its strong lightweight plywood construction.
Developed during the early 1930s, the Dragon Rapide was essentially a smaller, twin-engined version of the four-engined DH.86 Express, and shared a number of common features, such as its tapered wings, streamlined fairings and Gipsy Six engines. First named the "Dragon Six", the type was marketed as "Dragon Rapide" and later simply known as the "Rapide". Upon its introduction in summer 1934, it proved to be a popular aircraft with airlines and private civil operators alike, attaining considerable foreign sales in addition to its domestic use.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DH.89 Dragon Rapide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.