The correct title of this article is de Havilland Dragon Rapide. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.

The de Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide was a successful British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s. Designed as a successor to the DH 84 Dragon, it featured the tapered wings and streamlined undercarriage fairings of the four-engined DH 86 Express. Dragon Rapide DH89A (G-AIDL), manufactured in 1946. ... Until 1920, Geoffrey de Havillands de Havilland Aircraft Company had been known as Airco, where he was owner and chief designer. ... The de Havilland Dragon was a commericial aircraft designed and built by the de Havilland company. ... The de Havilland 86 was developed in 1933 for QANTAS, to inaugurate the Singapore-Brisbane section of the England to Australia air route. ...

In 1936 General Franco was carried in a DH 89 on his escape from Canarias to the Spanish Morocco, at the start of the Civil War. Francisco El Caudillo Franco. ... Combatants Spanish Republic CNT-FAI UGT POUM Soviet Union International Brigades Spanish State Falangists Carlists Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which...

At the start of World War II many Dragon Rapides were impressed by the British armed forces and, together with fresh RAF orders, served under the designation de Havilland Dominie. They were used for passengers duties and radio navigation training. This article is becoming very long. ...

731 Rapides were built. They have proved astonishingly durable with many still flying into the 21st century. At the IWM Duxford air museum in Cambridgeshire, UK, a pair of Rapides is used daily for short pleasure flights around the airfield. A pair of Rapides are also airworthy in New Zealand. American Air Museum Duxford General Dynamics F-111 A B-52 up close The Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, commonly referred to simply as Duxford, houses the Imperial War Museums aircraft collection, as well as having a large collection of tanks, military and naval vehicles. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...

Military Operators

• Australia
• South Africa
• Spain
• United Kingdom
  • Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm
  • Royal Air Force
• United States

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

Specifications (Dragon Rapide)

1944 de Havilland DH89a Dragon Rapide 6 (G-AGTM)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 8 passengers
• Length: 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
• Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.6 m)
• Height: 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
• Wing area: 340 ft² (31.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 3,230 lb (1,460 kg)
• Loaded weight: 5,500 lb (2,490 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
• Powerplant: 2× de Havilland Gipsy Six , 200 hp (150 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 157 mph at 1,000 ft (253 km/h at 300 m)
• Range: 573 mi (920 km)
• Service ceiling: 16,700 ft (5,090 m)
• Rate of climb: 867 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
• Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)

For an explanation of the units and abbreviations in this list, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Units key. The distance AB is the wing span of this Aer Lingus Airbus A320. ... In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft can achieve flight. ... VNO of an aircraft is the V speed which refers to the velocity of normal operation. ... The maximal total range is the distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing as limited by its fuel capacity. ... In aeronautics, the service ceiling is the maximum density altitude where the best rate of climb airspeed will produce a 100 feet per minute climb(twin engine) and 50 feet(single engine) at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum continuous power. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... In aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing. ... Power-to-weight ratio is a measure commonly used when comparing various vehicles (or engines), including automobiles, motorcycles and aircraft. ...

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