De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89

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Страна Country: ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom

Год Year: 1934

Легкий транспортный самолет с экипажем один/два человека

Варианты Variants

De Havilland - Dragon / D.H.84 - 1932 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
Breda - Ba.44 - 1934 - ИталияItaly
De Havilland - Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - 1934 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
Farman - F.430 - 1934 - ФранцияFrance
De Havilland - Dragonfly / D.H.90 - 1935 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom
De Havilland - Dolphin / D.H.92 - 1936 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom

Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89

Легкий транспортный и учебный самолет. Деревянный двухмоторный биплан. Шасси неубирающееся, в обтекателях. Военный вариант пассажирского самолета DH.89 "Дрэгон Рэпид", в свою очередь, представлявшего собой модернизацию машины DH.84 "Дрэгон", совершившей первый полет 24 ноября 1932 г. Она была спроектирована в КБ фирмы "Де Хевилленд эйркрафт" под руководством Э. Хэгга и серийно выпускалась с конца 1932 г. Этот самолет имел военный вариант с вооружением (DH.84M), предназначавшийся для поставок на экспорт. Опытный образец DH.89, названный первоначально "Дрэгон Сикс", поднялся в небо 17 апреля 1934 г. С июля того же года "Дрэгон Сикс" строился серийно. В 1935 г. создали первый военный вариант этой машины, DH.89M, для экспорта. Модификация для британских ВВС, DH.89B "Домини", начала выпускаться с сентября 1939 г. Заводы "Де Хевилленд" в Хэтфилде и "Бруш кочуоркс" в Лоборо собрали в общей сложности 728 DH.89, в том числе 521 военный. Во время войны в Австралии восстановили производство самолетов DH.84. С сентября 1942 г. их строил завод местного филиала "Де Хевилленд" в Бэнкстауне. Всего там сделали 87 экз.
Экипаж у транспортных машин - 2 чел. и 6-10 пассажиров, у боевого варианта - 3 чел., у учебного варианта - 5-6 чел. Моторы "Джипси Сикс" (DH.89M), или "Джипси Куин" III (DH.89B). DH.84M и DH.89M несли вооружение 3x7,69 и бомбы до 150 кг.
Военные DH.84M эксплуатировались в Ираке (с апреля 1933 г.), Дании (с марта 1934 г.) и Португалии (с 1937 г.). В Ирландии и Турции военная авиация использовала как транспортные машины DH.84M обычного гражданского варианта. Первые DH.89 были приняты на вооружение британских ВВС в ноябре 1938 г., авиации флота Великобритании - в 1940 г. Эти машины поставлялись также в различные английские доминионы. Военные DH.89M имелись в Испании (с декабря 1935 г.), Иране (с июля 1936 г.), Литве (с апреля 1937 г.) и Китае (с декабря 1937 г.).
Серийно строились:
   - DH.89M для экспорта с измененным остеклением кабины, с вооружением 1x7,69, бомбы до 150 кг;
   - DH.89B "Домини" I, на базе гражданских DH.89A поздних серий (с посадочными щитками), учебный самолет для подготовки штурманов и радистов, без вооружения;
   - DH.89В "Домини" II, легкий транспортный самолет, без вооружения.
Первыми использовали в боевых операциях DH.89M испанцы - в колониальной войне в Марокко. Впоследствии DH.84 и DH.89 с обеих сторон участвовали в гражданской войне в Испании (в том числе до конца 1936 г. и в качестве легких бомбардировщиков).
В начале Второй мировой войны британские ВВС реквизировали много DH.89 и DH.89A. В мае - июне 1940 г. они применялись на передовой во Франции для доставки грузов и перевозки раненых. Позднее вместе с "Домини" эти машины участвовали в эвакуации войск из-под Дюнкерка. В 1941 - 1944 гг. самолеты типов I и II служили для перевозки почты, офицеров связи, в т.ч. на линии Англия - Северная Ирландия. Существовали и салонные машины для недалеких полетов государственных чиновников и военного руководства. Часть "Домини" II была изготовлена в санитарном исполнении. В 1944 - 1945 гг. эти самолеты опять вернулись на передовую, поддерживая наступление британских войск в Европе.
Австралийская авиация использовала для перевозок в тылу и на фронте (в частности, на Новой Гвинее) как реквизированные гражданские машины, так и DH.84 местного производства. Некоторое количество DH.89B в 1942 г. передали американским частям в Великобритании, использовавших их как штабные и связные.
Иракские DH.84M во время мятежа Рашида Али в мае 1941 г. участвовали в первом налете на английскую авиабазу Хаббания. Большая их часть была уничтожена ответными ударами англичан.
Иранские самолеты в марте 1938 г. разоружили и передали в гражданскую авиацию. В Советском Союзе имелось несколько машин разных модификаций, принадлежавших ВВС и ГВФ. Они перешли к советской авиации после присоединения к СССР стран Прибалтики летом 1940 г. Самолеты ГВФ после начала Великой Отечественной войны эвакуировали в глубь страны. Они использовались для перевозок в тылу до 1944 г. Бывшие литовские DH.89M, вошедшие в ВВС РККА, были брошены при отступлении, позднее отремонтированы и летали в составе одной из эскадрилий Люфтваффе, укомплектованной эстонскими экипажами.
DH.89 участвовали в ряде локальных войн. В частности, они применялись в боевых действиях в Палестине в 1948 г. Эти машины состояли на вооружении в Израиле, Иордании и Ираке. Израильские самолеты использовались и в качестве легких бомбардировщиков.
Выпуск DH.89 закончили в 1948 г. (а военных "Домини" II - в июле 1946 г.). Часть "Домини" после войны переделали в гражданские DH.89A. С вооружения британских ВВС их сняли только в 1947 г., морская авиация списала последние самолеты этого типа в 1963 г.

"Домини" II||
Размах:||14,6 м
Длина:||10,52 м
Моторы, количество х мощность:||2x200 л.с.
Взлетная масса, максимальная:||2500 кг
Максимальная скорость:||253 км/ч
Практический потолок:||5090 м
Дальность:||920 км

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de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide и Dominie

Первый прототип самолета DH.89 Dragon Six, созданного на основе опыта, полученного при разработке и эксплуатации легких транспортных машин DH.84 Dragon и DH.86, поднялся в воздух в Стэг-Лэйн 17 апреля 1934 года. Машина была оснащена двигателями Gipsy Six мощностью по 200 л.с. (149 кВт). Поставки серийных самолетов, получивших новое название Dragon Rapide, начались в июле 1934 года. В числе первых покупателей были авиакомпании "Hillmans Airways", "Railway Air Services" и "Olley Air Service". С марта 1937 года на задней части нижнего крыла стали устанавливаться небольшие посадочные щитки, с внешней стороны от гондол двигателей, и этим самолетам было присвоено обозначение DH.89A. Гражданские варианты Dragon Rapide широко использовались по всему миру, а в Канаде эти самолеты эксплуатировались на лыжном и поплавковом шасси. Надежность и экономичность самолета позволили добиться очень высокого уровня продаж для середины - конца 1930-х годов. К началу Второй мировой войны гражданским операторам были поставлены около 200 самолетов.
   Военный вариант DH.89M был разработан в соответствии со спецификацией G.18/35 Министерства авиации на самолет-разведчик для Берегового командования RAF. В носовой части, справа от места пилота, был установлен неподвижный пулемет, а в крыше кабины была смонтирована кольцевая пулеметная установка. Хотя крупный заказ Министерства авиации выиграл более совершенный Avro Anson, два экземпляра DH.89M были построены для Литвы и три - для Испании, которая использовала свои машины для борьбы с мятежниками в Марокко. Эти самолеты имели еще один пулемет в полу кабины и подфюзеляжные держатели для 12 бомб калибра 12-кг.
   Хотя DH.89M не выиграл конкурс на береговой разведчик, Dragon Rapide прижились у военных в качестве связных самолетов. Первая машина была закуплена для Высшего совета по делам авиации и эксплуатировалась 24-й эскадрильей в Хендоне. Гражданские Dragon Rapide использовались для снабжения британских сил во Франции весной и в начале лета 1940 года, а множество самолетов использовались в качестве связных вспомогательной транспортной службой. В 1939 году три DH.89 были приобретены для подготовки радистов Министерством авиации по спецификации T.29/38, а за ними последовали еще 14 самолетов для 2-й радиошколы. Два первых из этих DH.89A были переданы военным в сентябре 1939 года. Учебные машины, внешне отличавшиеся кольцевой антенной пеленгатора, получили обозначение Dominie Mk I, в то время как связные варианты назывались Dominie Mk II.
   К моменту завершения серийного производства в июле 1946 года, построили 728 Dragon Rapide, из них 521 по военным контрактам (большая часть этих самолетов имела обозначение DH.89B). В Хэтфилде изготовили 186 машин, но из-за загруженности выпуском других самолетов производство было передано фирме "Brush Coachworks Ltd" в Лестершире. В число военных DH.89 входили 65 самолетов, использовавшихся Королевскими ВМС с 1940 по 1958 годы, причем часть из них была мобилизована с гражданской службы, часть передана из ВВС, а часть была новой постройки.

   Вскоре после окончания войны несколько сотен оказавшихся лишними Dominie были переданы в другие страны, в том числе Бельгии и Нидерландам, а часть, со снятым военным оснащением, продана гражданским покупателям. Таким образом, эти самолеты оказались разбросаны практически по всему миру. Кроме того, последние 100 серийных машин, построенных "Brush Coachworks", но не поставленных военным, дорабатывались в соответствии с требованиями гражданских заказчиков ремонтным подразделением "de Havilland" в Уитни. Эти самолеты поступили в авиакомпании "Iraqi Airways", "Jersey Airways" и KLM. В 1950-х годах авиакомпания BEA использовала большой флот Dragon Rapide для работы на линиях, соединявших Британию с многочисленными островами у ее побережья.

Варианты

   DH.89A Dragon Rapide Mk 4: вариант с двигателями Gipsy Queen 2 и винтами с постоянной скоростью вращения; прототип был изготовлен в 1953 году. Многие самолеты были доработаны до этого стандарта, позволявшего увеличить взлетную массу и улучшить летные характеристики
   DH.89A Dragon Rapide Mk 5: единственный самолет, доработанный компанией для своих нужд и использовавшийся в качестве связного; был оснащен специальными двигателями Gipsy Queen 3 с механизмом ручного управления шагом винтов
   DH.89A Dragon Rapide Mk 6: самолет со стандартными двигателями, но оснащенный металлическими винтами фиксированного шага Fairey X5

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide Mk 4

   Тип: легкий транспортный самолет с экипажем один/два человека
   Силовая установка: два рядных поршневых двигателя de Havilland Gipsy Queen 2 мощностью 200 л.с. (149 кВт)
   Летные характеристики: макс. скорость на оптимальной высоте 241 км/ч; крейсерская скорость на оптимальной высоте 225 км/ч; начальная скороподъемность 366 м/ мин; потолок 4875 м; дальность полета 837 км
   Масса: пустого 1465 кг; максимальная взлетная 2722 кг
   Размеры: размах крыльев 14,63 м; длина 10,52 м; высота 3,12 м; площадь крыльев 31,21 м2
   Полезная нагрузка: до восьми пассажиров в закрытой кабине

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Flight, April 1934

THE DE HAVILLAND "DRAGON SIX"
This week we are able to publish the first details to be released of an aeroplane developed to cater for the speeding up of air lines similar to those in this country. It is the inevitable result of steady development

   SWITZERLAND is to receive the first "Dragon Six," as the model which is herein described has been bought by Herr R. Herzig, of the Ostschweiz Aero Ges. for operation on the line St. Gaul, Zurich and Berne, which will connect with the lines to Marseilles and Barcelona. Another of these new machines will also soon be on its way to South Africa
   The "Dragon Six," or D.H.89, to give it its works designation, is obviously the outcome of improving a standard "Dragon" in the light of knowledge gained with the four-engined D.H.86, which was described in FLIGHT of February 22, 1934. It resembles the latter machine perhaps even more than the standard "Dragon," because those improvements very largely consist of alterations to external features, of the kind which immediately catch the eye. For example, the wings are very like those of the D.H.86, that is, heavily tapered, with wire bracing in the front bay only. Similarly, each engine is mounted over one unit of the landing gear in a most distinctive manner. As will be seen from the table, by these improvements and by the use of two "Gipsy Six" engines, the cruising speed has been raised to 140 m.p.h. (225 km/h), and the machine has quite a considerable ceiling on one engine with full load. From a consideration of these main details it is immediately obvious that the "Dragon Six" is a machine which is particularly suitable for the development of air services in all parts of the world.
   The wing construction does not differ very much from that used in the D.H.86. The biplane structure is braced by one pair of streamline-section steel tube struts and one built-up steel strut of similar section. This strut is, incidentally, spot welded, a manufacturing process which de Havillands have not so far used very extensively. The top planes have spindled spruce spars throughout their entire length and each is in one piece as far as the root fittings either side of the top of the fuselage. The bottom wings have spars of the same construction as far as the pair of inter-plane struts. Inside those, the surface is in the form of a bottom centre section which carries the engines and landing gear, and each side is, of course, identical. In this centre section the front spar is a steel tube and continues from one side to the other under the floor of the fuselage. The leading edge of the wings is smoothly finished off with fabric covered plywood, and the ailerons, of which there are four, are completely covered with the same material. They are not balanced aerodynamically and are tapered to conform with the plan form of the wing. The ailerons in the top wing are operated by a push rod which is worked by a lever underneath the bottom plane, and led through the single strut between the wing tips, thereby doing away with external connecting gear to a great extent, and, of course, reducing drag considerably. All the inter-plane strut roots are carefully faired to the wing surface with light alloy "cuffs." The wing roots are similarly filleted and faired into the fuselage with sheet light alloy fairing.
   The engine and landing gear on each side form separate units. From each side of the wheel axle a tube runs straight up to the front spar, and carries in it a shock-absorbing strut designed and manufactured by Aircraft Components, Ltd., of Cheltenham, or, as it is perhaps better known, a Dowty leg. These tubes are braced to the rear spar by other steel tubes. In the front of this structure the engine mounting is carried, and this follows normal de Havilland design, being a welded up mounting of square section steel tubes. From the spars above the centre section, sloping struts of streamline section steel tube are carried up to the top of the fuselage. Behind the engine in each case is a welded aluminium fuel tank, the standard capacity being 40 gallons (182 litres), and behind that again is an oil tank of similar construction. Over the whole of the engine, these tanks, and the landing gear, a very neat fairing is built up of sheet Elektron, the engine cowling itself being of the same material and merging into the fairing over the wheel very cleanly. This latter is made in two pieces, the lower forming a fairing round the wheel itself and also a mudguard, sliding up inside the skirt of the upper portion when the Dowty legs are compressed. Dunlop A.H.746 wheels are used, carrying medium pressure 8.5 in. by 10 in. Dunlop tyres and Bendix wheel brakes.
   The engines are the latest pattern 200 h.p. inverted six-cylinder "Gipsy Sixes." They are fitted with Eclipse direct drive electric starters, and the B.T.H. magnetos are of the small compact kind placed on the top of the engine where they do not cause any bulges in the cowling. A revolution counter with normal flexible drive is carried on the inside of each engine mounting with its dial placed so that the pilot can see it easily from the cockpit.
   The fuselage is not quite the same as the D.H.86, as the plywood is now placed outside the longerons. The general construction continues to be of spruce and plywood with vertical and diagonal spruce struts wherever necessary. Particular care has been taken to give the fuselage a good shape externally, and with this end in view sheet Elektron curved corner pieces are put over the corners outside the longerons and spruce stringers are run along the fuselage outside the plywood to carry the Titanine-doped fabric with which the fuselage is eventually covered.

The "Office"

   The pilot's cockpit, which is not fitted with dual control as standard, is particularly light and airy, with an abundance of windows, giving the pilot a clear outlook in all directions. The windows in the front and at the sides are of Triplex glass, and the latter are both made to open, so that a clear view may be obtained in bad weather. Slightly behind the pilot on either side, and also right over his head, the windows are of cellon carried on a steel tube structure. The controls are normal, with a “spectacle" wheel for aileron control. The wheel operating the tail plane adjusting gear, which is of the screw type, is on the left-hand side of the pilot, below the throttle operating levers. The throttles are actuated by cables passing over large pulleys, but the altitude controls are of the Simmonds-Corsey type. The hand lever for working the Bendix brakes is on the left-hand side of the pilot's seat, and the brakes are also, of course, differentially controlled by the rudder bar in the usual de Havilland fashion. A neat hinged dashboard fills the space below the front window, and carries, besides the usual range of Smith's instruments, an electric fuel gauge made by the same firm, and a Reid & Sigrist Turn and Bank Indicator and a Fore and Aft Level. The switch box controlling the navigation lights and cabin lighting is on the bulkhead behind the pilot. A rudder bias gear is fitted, actuated by a small crank handle near the floor between the pilot's legs, and the foot-rests on the rudder bar itself are fully adjustable over a wide range. The fuel cocks are operated from the cockpit by Simmonds-Corsey controls.
   The passenger cabin can, of course, be arranged in any manner to suit individual users. The standard arrangement includes accommodation for six passengers with luggage. This first machine is tastefully upholstered in grey by L. A. Rumbold & Co., Ltd., and the tubular chairs are made by the same firm. Cellon windows extend the whole length of the cabin and are set in light alloy frames, while the space between the external plywood structure and the internal upholstery, which is necessitated by the thickness of the longerons and bracing struts, is filled, at the sides of the cabin, with Cabot quilting for sound-proofing purposes. An adequate supply of fresh air is brought into the cabin through a plated duct, placed high up on either side and fed from an inlet in the fairing of each upper wing root.

Controls

   The tail units are of the distinctive de Havilland shape and spruce construction. The fin and rudder are plywood covered, and the latter carries a small metal aerodynamic balance in the same manner as that of the D.H.86, which was fully dealt with on page 172 of FLIGHT for February 22, 1934. The tail plane has a plywood leading edge, and the whole is fabric covered, while the elevators are also fabric covered. Great care has been taken with fairing in the tail units to the fuselage, and the tail plane is braced to the fin and fuselage with dual streamline wires.
   The control surfaces are all worked by Tru-lay cables passing over large diameter pulleys, thus obviating any unnecessary friction. The tail wheel is of the fully castering type, carrying a 10 in. X 3 in. Dunlop tyre, and the taxying shocks are absorbed by rubber blocks in compression.
   Recently we flew in the new D.H. "Dragon Six" a few minutes after having made a trip in the older type "Dragon," and had an opportunity of making an interesting comparison of the two types. The "Dragon Six" was flying "light" and carried, besides Capt. Hubert Broad, the pilot, only three passengers. The sound proofing arrangements had not then been completed and consequently the machine was somewhat noisy. When, however, it is finished, it is improbable that it will be noisier than the standard "Dragon." The wing area, seen through the windows, appears small compared with that of the earlier type, owing to the sharply tapered wings. Acceleration on the ground was considerably in advance of that of the old model, as was to be expected in view of the improved aerodynamic design and increased power. Although the engines were throttled well back on the climb, we were at 10,000 ft. in a surprisingly short time, and at this height Capt. Broad demonstrated the excellent manoeuvrability of the machine.
   While we were cruising at below normal power a Leopard “Moth" ("Gipsy Major"), which was looking for us above the clouds, had difficulty in catching up with us, as the cruising speed of the new machine was about 140 m.p.h. As no form of air brake is provided the gliding angle is flat and the actual landing speed is probably 4 or 5 m.p.h. higher than that of the old type. We thought the undercarriage seemed less harsh than that fitted to the standard "Dragon," although there is little cause for complaint regarding the old type of landing gear.

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Flight, November 1935

THE MILITARY RAPIDE
For Coastal Reconnaissance and G.P. Duties: Interesting Armament Installations: Internal Bomb Stowage

   WITHIN the past few months the R.A.F. has given official recognition to a new class of aeroplane, a type intended for coastal reconnaissance and, to a certain extent, for offensive measures against enemy shipping. The tactical uses to which such a machine could be put are legion. In addition to undertaking the duties already mentioned it could be employed to escort torpedo bombers and shipping, to patrol long stretches of coast line, and to undertake antisubmarine work, for which it is provided with bombs.
   It is now permissible to describe a three-seater coastal reconnaissance version of the Rapide or D.H.89 civil biplane which has been produced by the De Havilland company to perform all these duties. Obviously the machine could also undertake, over land or sea, the multifarious jobs of the general-purpose aircraft, or act as a troop carrier or an ambulance, making it an attractive proposition to air forces in which the economical operation of aircraft is of paramount importance.
   Structurally the machine is similar to its civilian forerunner, and consequently this description will deal only with the features peculiar to the military version. Actually, it applies to the prototype machine supplied to the R.A.F.
   The pilot's roomy cockpit is located in the nose of the fuselage. There is an extremely complete instrument board and a tapping key to operate signalling lights both on top of and below the fuselage. On the starboard side is a Mark III Vickers belt-fed machine gun with its breech easily accessible. The feed block is on the left of the gun and cartridges are fed from a box containing 400 rounds beneath the pilot's seat. There is a Very light pistol in the cockpit, which is also provided with a light and dimmer switch, and a drift sight is let into the floor A bomb release is also provided for the pilot.
   In the front portion of the fuselage, where he can easily talk to the pilot, is the observer-bomber. Just to the real of the pilot's seat is a hole, with a sliding hatch, for bomb sighting purposes, and behind the Vickers gun is an electrical bomb switch with selectors and releases and the handle for opening the sliding hatch which covers the four 20 lb. bombs.
   As the bomber lies down to sight the bombs he finds an instrument board in front of him, together with an altimeter, A.S.I, and temperature gauge. The navigator's sighting compass, which may be placed on the outside of the machine for taking bearings, is normally situated just above this board.
   On the left-hand side of the fuselage is the navigator's table with a watch, course and distance calculator and chart board.
   The bomb load consists of two 100 lb. and four 20 lb. bombs, the former being slung in the middle of the fuselage and accessible from the inside of the machine through the doors of a raised box on the floor. When released they fall through spring-loaded trap doors in the belly of the fuselage which then close automatically after the projectiles have left.
   Opposite the navigator sits the radio operator, who has a similar table and transmitter, receiver and switchboard mounted in front of him. On the right-hand side of the fuselage is stowage for three parachutes for the crew. Other items are a rack to take four flares and two fire extinguishers and a first-aid box, the latter being accessible from the outside of the fuselage by ripping off a small fabric panel. At the extreme rear of the cabin are the four 20 lb. bombs already mentioned.
   An ingenious gun mounting of De Havilland design is provided for the rear gunner, who sits on a swivelling seat. The ring itself is mounted on roller races, and it is claimed that, when the gun is fitted, it can be rotated by the pressure of one finger. For any firing position, except that for ground strafing, the gunner sits, and the greater the angle of elevation the higher the position of the gun. In other words, the height of the gun varies with the eye of the gunner instead of the gunner having to adjust his height to that of the gun. When not in use the whole gun and its mounting can be folded away in two or three seconds, the whole being covered by a sliding hatch. Stowage for eight 97-round drums of ammunition is provided.
   Between the cross tubes of the top centre section is installed a Youngman flotation dinghy which is normally deflated and retained by a three-ply cover. Should the machine descend into the sea, this dinghy is automatically inflated from a cylinder of compressed carbon dioxide, whereupon it bursts its covering and floats, providing means of keeping the machine afloat and of allowing the crew to leave the scene of the descent. Attached to the dinghy are two marine distress signals and a hand inflator.

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Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide и Dominie
Flight, April 1934
THE DE HAVILLAND "DRAGON SIX"
Flight, November 1935
THE MILITARY RAPIDE
Flight, October 1938
British Commercial Aircraft

Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-10 / В.Морозов - Великая воздушная гонка
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-ACO [2]
Де Хэвилленд DH-89 "Дрэгон Рапид" новозеландского экипажа в составе Хьюитта, Кея и Стюарта прошел всю трассу за 14 дней
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X7523
DH.89 "Домини", принадлежавший 27-й транспортной авиагруппе 8-й воздушной армии США. Великобритания, 1943г.
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/

DH.89 "Домини" сил самообороны Израиля, 1948г.
Авиация и Время 2001-02 / М.Жирохов, Д.Шевчук - ВВС Израиля, 1948-49гг. (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-PAR [2]
DH-89A авиакомпании "Авирон", весна 1948г.
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDD [4]
DH.89A "Дрэгон Рапид". Один из персональных самолетов короля Великобритании Эдуарда VIII в 1936г.

Мировая Авиация 220
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACSE
Король Эдуард VIII использовал самолет Rapide, G-ADDD, в качестве персонального транспорта. Эта машина G-ACZE была восстановлена в королевской окраске, применявшейся в предвоенный период.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-11 / de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACZE /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6]
GORDON BAIN'S photograph features Brian Woodford's immaculate D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-ACZE over Sussex in August this year, flown by Peter Harrison.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-06 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEML [2]
Proteus Petroleum’s D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AEML flew on April 16, 1993.
Air Pictorial 1992-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
One of a handful of still airworthy DH Rapides in the UK, G-AGSH was photographed at White Walham by Don Conway. It was built by Brush Coachworks and flown for a short time in Ireland in 1957 registered E1-AJO.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-10
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Unsold at this year's Christies auction at Duxford, photographed in June 1979 by TOM HAMILL D H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH failed to reach the reserve price and is still owned by Pioneer Aviation Ltd.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
This unique formation, overflying Woburn Abbey during the de Havilland Moth Club's meeting on August 17-18, 1996, comprises Aer Lingus D.H.84 Dragon EI-ABI, Torquil Norman's D.H.90 Dragonfly G-AEDU and Philip Meeson's D.H.89A Rapide G-AGSH.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 De Havilland Dragonfly / D.H.90 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKB [2]
One of the many de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapides acquired and operated by Viv Bellamy. Seen here over the South Coast circa 1959-60, G-AHKB (c/n 6596) wears its Hampshire Aeroplane Club legend on the nose. Colourisation by RICHARD J. MOLLOY.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKB [2]
Acquired by Bellamy for the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in April 1959, G-AHKB (c/n 6596) retained the blue and white colour scheme applied by its previous owner, Vickers-Armstrongs, although the club’s titles were applied to the forward fuselage beneath the cockpit. The aircraft is seen here at Eastleigh with one of the club’s D.H.87 Hornet Moths, G-ADLY, in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Hornet Moth / D.H.87 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Мировая Авиация 141
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
"Air Atlantique" из Ковентри - крупнейшая британская компания, предлагающая развлекательные полеты. Ее "Исторический авиаотряд" сегодня располагает парой de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-04 / 1994 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Caernarfon’s Rapide G-AIDL is used for pleasure flights.
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / R.Stitt - Midland Memories (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIUL
The DH Rapide was a popular regional transport with UK operators, the Air Schools' group owning six examples between 1948 and 1957. Captured at Bumaston in 1955, G-AIUL was the last to be acquired and the last sold. To the left is Harvard IIB FX395 of Nottingham University Air Squadron.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935
Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIYR /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
<...> colour plate was taken on <...> the vicinity of Shoreham. The pilot <...> Robin Smith.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
De Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AIYR has recently had a lot of photographic coverage elsewhere in its old colours, but here it is in its new Hillman’s Airways-style livery. Owned by the Clacton Aero Club, ’YR is currently pleasure-flying at Duxford.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / J.Maynard - On classic wings
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Recently repainted and named Classic Lady, G-AIYR is the Rapide which David and Cherry Cyster flew to South Africa in 1979, retracing Alan Cobham’s 1925 survey flight. The aircraft was the subject of Preservation profile in our January 1992 issue, when it appeared in the silver-and-blue colours of Hillman’s Airways.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-09
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / J.Maynard - On classic wings
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / J.Maynard - On classic wings
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Rapide G-AIYR shows off its elegant lines during a trip over Cambridge - King’s College Chapel and the Backs are prominent features in this view.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Wearing the red, yellow and black colour scheme used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club, G-AIYR (c/n 6676) was acquired by Bellamy in July 1971 and used for pleasure flying and parachute-dropping with the legend “Land’s End Aero Club” applied beneath the cockpit. It later operated with Classic Wings at Duxford as HG691.
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKRP
"Дрэгон Рапид", восстановленный английским авиалюбителем.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

Два восстановленных в Великобритании DH.89, июль 2002г.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / B.Ogden - Turkish delights
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TC-ERK
This de Havilland Dragon Rapide carries the D.H.86 registration TC-ERK, and inspection of the cockpit and cabin reveals traces of RAF use. The most likely identities are c/n 6687/HG702/TC-HAD or c/n 6688/HG703/TC-PER. Both aircraft were withdrawn from use in 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-07 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VH-BGP /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BGP [2]
Aeroplane Monthly 1978-09
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7], NF875 [2]
AIR PORTRAIT'S picture, taken during a sortie from Old Warden on June 25, 1978, depicts a pair of fine vintage aeroplanes jointly owned by Tom Storey and Martin Barraclough. Nearest the camera is Duxford-based DH89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie G-AGTM/NF875, flown by Marlin Barraclough, whilst the newly-restored Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF, piloted by Brian Smith, is seen behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Percival Mew Gull - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Мировая Авиация 105

Одной из причин популярности Dragon Rapide был его элегантный внешний вид. На снимке самолет из Южной Африки, но в мире имеется еще несколько экземпляров в летном состоянии.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / M.Oakey - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7]
D.H. Rapide G-AGTM, remembered by many enthusiasts as Russavia’s all-silver Royal Navy-marked pleasure-flying NF875 at Duxford in the Eighties, is nearing completion of a long rebuild by Steve Evans at Farnborough for current owner Dave Geddes. Its new blue civilian paint scheme, gleaming from the shadows in a hangar at the back of the vintage static park at the Farnborough SBAC show in September 1996, attracted much interest.

Flight 1934-04 / Flight

SPEEDY AND ROOMY: View of the "Dragon Six" taken recently at Stag Lane.
Мировая Авиация 18

17 апреля 1934г.: первый полет выполнил один из самых удачных самолетов фирмы "de Havilland" - Hatfield; самолет достиг скорости 253 км/ч.
Flight 1934-04 / Flight

HEAD ON: The manner in which low profile drag has been achieved to a great extent is shown in this photograph.
Flight 1934-04 / Flight
Flight 1934-07 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACPM
LARGEST OF THE LOT: Capt. Hubert Broad finishing a heat on the "Dragon Six"
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-10 / P.Moss - British Airways (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACPO [2]
Hillman's D.H.89 Rapide G-ACPO, one of eight operated by the company.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACPO [2]
SMART AND SPEEDY: A new D.H.89 just delivered to Hillman's Airways, Ltd.
The fourth Dragon Rapide, G-ACPO, was initially sold to Hillman's Airways Ltd in the summer of 1934. In March 1936 it passed to British Airways Ltd before being sold in Australia as VH-UBN in the same year.
Flight 1936-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
The smaller type of commercial aeroplane is represented by the D.H. Rapide
Flight 1935-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
Flight 1935-01 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
Flight 1935-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
ICH DIEN: It is fitting that the new De Havilland "Dragon Rapide" for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales should have been completed at this time - Their Majesties' Silver Jubilee, which, incidentally, marks a period of twenty-five years that has seen British aviation grow from a very small beginning. The machine was photographed by a Flight photographer in the bright sunlight above the heavy clouds which covered the Home Counties last week-end. Mr. Waite, one of the makers' test pilots, was delivering the machine to the Prince's hangar at Hendon.
Flight 1936-09 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
Flight 1935-05 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
Flight 1935-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-11 / A.Bennett - Fit for a king (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACTT [8]
The Prince of Wales' first D.H.89 Rapide, G-ACTT.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / N.Ewart - When flying was still an adventure (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACYM
Visiting aircraft at Croydon in the late Thirties.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar / A.W.16 / A.W.35 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931 Cierva/Avro C.30A / Rota - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 Saunders-Roe Cloud / A.19 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930 Spartan Cruiser - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932
Air Enthusiast 1972-02 / Talkback
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACYR [4]
The de Havilland D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-ACYR, in which General Franco travelled at the start of the Spanish war, is now stored in Spain where this picture was taken recently.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-08 / C.Bebb - The flight that changed the course of history
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACYR [4]
Dragon Rapide G-ACYR is currently displayed in the Museo del Aire near Madrid.
Flight 1939-12 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACYR [4]
" ... simplest and sweetest ol twins - a D.H. Rapide ..."
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-08 / C.Bebb - The flight that changed the course of history
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACYR [4]
The Dragon Rapide in which the author flew General Franco to Tetuan from Las Palmas in July 1936.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-10 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6]
Brian Woodford's D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-ACZE made its public debut in Royal Flight colours at Woburn on August 17, 1986. The aircraft has been restored by Ron Souch at Southampton.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-11 / de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACZE /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6]
GORDON BAIN'S magnificent plate was taken during a sortie from Shoreham in August. Peter Harrison was the pilot.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-11 / de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACZE /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6]
Peter Harrison makes a masterly arrival at the de Havilland Moth Clubs rally at Woburn on August 17, less than a week after the Rapide’s first post-restoration flight.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-10 / C.Burkett - A slice of the action
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6]
The arrival of "Hornet Squadron" at “Le Touquet" (really Marshall's Airport at Cambridge). The Spitfires are ML417, MH434 and PL983, with NH238 and Brian Woodford's Dragon Rapide G-ACZE on the ground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942 Supermarine Spitfire PR / FR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZE [6], G-ACZF
In 1942-43 the Allied Airways fleet consisted of Rapides G-ACZE, G-ACZF and G-ADAH, Dragon G-ACNJ and Puss Moth G-ABLS. Rapide G-ACZE is currently under restoration at Hamble and the Puss Moth is currently owned

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACZU
Dragon Rapide G-ACZU was another of Viscount Furness's aircraft and it is seen at Doncaster in September 1935, flown in by Tom Campbell Black, the black-and-silver Rapide was first registered in March 1935. It was sold later to Cinema Press Ltd and in July 1937 was sold abroad.
Flight 1935-04 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADAE
UNITED'S FIRST: The new Dragon "Rapide," finished in silver with red struts, for United Airways' London-Blackpool service, which will be opened next month.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / 1986 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADAH
Dragon Rapide G-ADAH in the livery of Northern Scottish Airways Ltd.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADAI, G-ADIM
The Martin Navigation fleet consists of three D.H. Rapides and a Dragon
Flight 1935-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADAK
The first D.H. "Rapide" to be delivered to British and Continental Airways, a new company which is to operate a daily service to the Continent. Two others are at present on order. For the moment, the Continental destination of the first service cannot be revealed, but Messrs. J. K. Morton and A. P. K. Hathersley have joined the Company as pilots.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADAO
The Ethyl D.H. Rapide at Jodhpur.
Flight 1936-07 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDD [4]
THE ROYAL RAPIDE: A new private aerodrome is being prepared for the King at Smith's Lawn, Windsor. This is the D.H.89 at present owned by His Majesty, and the photograph shows it on the compass base at Hatfield. G-ACTT, the other D.H.89 used by His Majesty when Prince of Wales, was sold some time ago to Olley Air Service.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-11 / A.Bennett - Fit for a king (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDD [4]
The second Prince of Wales' Rapide was G-ADDD, acquired in June 1935 and sold to Western Airways Ltd in November 1938.
Flight 1936-07 / Flight

The scene at Mildenhall on the arrival of the King, with a background of Hinds and Heyfords.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page Heyford / H.P.38 / H.P.50 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930 Hawker Hind - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-10 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDD [4]
Dragon Rapide G-ADDD was initially registered to Flt Lt E. H. Fielden, CO of the King's Flight, and based at Hendon. In November 1938 DD was sold to Western Airways Ltd, but in June 1940 it was impressed as AW116. It was struck off RAF charge in May 1941.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-09 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADNI
D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ADNI, owned by the Iraq Petroleum Transport Company Ltd and based at Haifa. G-ADNI later passed to Anglo European Airways Ltd of Croydon before impressment into the RAF as W9365.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-03 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDE, G-ADWZ, G-AEMH [2], G-AEXP
A line-up of four D.H.Dragon Rapides in North Eastern Airways' livery at Doncaster in 1938. G-ADWZ was later impressed into the RAF as X9449, and during a night-time Army co-operation flight it crashed at Llanrhaiadr-ym-Mochnant, N. Wales, on August 2, 1940. G-ADDE survived impressment as X9386 but failed to obtain a post-war C of A. G-AEXP, a D.H.89A, was impressed as X8505, damaged by enemy action at St Omer on May 25, 1940 and subsequently destroyed. G-AEMH was impressed as X9387 and survived many scrapes with the RAF to last until 1961, when it was scrapped at Ipswich.
Flight 1939-08 / Flight
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album

When Anglo-Iranian aircraft were flying, oil drillings were set alight so that the dense black smoke acted as markers. In still air the smoke would sometimes rise to 10,000ft and was visible from 100 miles away.
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / R.Stitt - Midland Memories (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEAL
Air Schools acquired Rapide G-AEAL from Hunting Aerosurveys - in whose colours it appears - in April 1953. It was overhauled by primer, when the company amalgamated its two locations at the end of the year. It became F-OAVE in March 1956.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEML [2]
D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AEML snapped at Speke in August 1968. This Rapide is currently airworthy following a recent restoration.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEOV [2]
Flight 1938-02 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEOV [2]
The DRAGON RAPIDE 1938 Model
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AFEZ [2]
British European Airways’ D.H.89A G-AFEZ, RMA Lord Shaftesbury in Islander-class livery.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AFEZ [2]
BEA Islander Class Dragon Rapide G-AFEZ Lord Shaftesbury, used on the corporation's Scottish, Scilly and Channel Islands route.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AFFB
One of several D.H. Dragon Rapides operated by Island Air Services. G-AFFB was first owned by the Iraq Petroleum Transport Company, in 1938. It was finally withdrawn from use in 1962.
Flight 1938-06 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AFFF
Bromma’s terminal building which has already been found to be too small for requirements and is likely to be extended during the next year.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AFOI
The D.H.89A Dragon-Rapide Light Transport (two D.H. Gipsy-six engines).
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGLN
D.H. Dragon Rapide G-AGLN, ex NR696, was registered to Anglo-Iranian in December 1944. Exactly two years later, in December 1946, the aircraft was lost in a crash at Abadan.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Rapide G-AGSH awaits another inter-island flight at Jersey. This aircraft made its first flight in April 1945 and joined Channel Islands Airways three months later, before being absorbed into the BEA fleet in early 1947. The initial BEA colour scheme was somewhat austere, the Rapides being silver overall with the airline’s “Speedkey” logo within a red circle on the fin and “British European Airways” running discreetly beneath the cockpit and forward cabin windows.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Passengers disembark from G-AGSH and make their way to the single-storey building at Alderney Airport - "terminal" may be too grand a word! The airport has been gradually upgraded since John’s visit in 1947 and, although not as busy today as it was in the 1970s and 1980s, Alderney still services more than 9,700 aircraft movements each year.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
With a stiff breeze blowing over the landing field at La Grand Blaye on Alderney, Rapide G-AGSH is prepared for its return hop back to Guernsey, and then on to Jersey, during John Stroud’s visit to the Channel Islands at the end of April 1947. Although the smallest of the three islands by some margin, Alderney can boast the first licensed airport in the Channel Islands, having opened in October 1935.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGPH, G-AGSH [16], G-AHXZ [2]
Three of BEA’s Rapides beside the terminal at Guernsey on April 30, 1947. The nearest, G-AGSH (c/n 6884) and the furthest, G-AGPH (c/n 6889), were both operated by Channel Islands Airways before the latter became part of BEA in the nationalisation process in 1946; G-AHXZ (c/n 6825) had joined BEA from the Ministry of Supply in September 1946.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-10 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH/NR808 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Air Pictorial 1977-09 / F.Barnes - Rapide Restored
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
This photo, taken by the author in April 1977, show the restored Rapide, G-AGSH, outside the BIA hangar at Jersey
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-04
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
De Havilland Rapide G-AGSH photographed by TOM HAMILL of Flight International in June 1979 over Scotland.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-10 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH/NR808 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Air Pictorial 1977-09 / F.Barnes - Rapide Restored
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
This photo, taken by the author in April 1977, show the restored Rapide, G-AGSH, after arriving at Dinard
Air Pictorial 1977-09 / F.Barnes - Rapide Restored
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Rapide G-AGSH as BEA's "Lord Baden-Powell" in the early 1960s
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-10 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH/NR808 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-10 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH/NR808 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGPI [2], G-AGSK [2], G-AHXX
Five of BEA’s Islander-class Rapides on the hardstanding at Jersey. In November 1947 the last Croydon - Guernsey direct service was made, all London services to the Channel Islands originating from Northolt from 1948, using Dakotas. The Rapides continued to be used, however, on services to the islands from Southampton.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AGTM/NF875 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7]
G-AGTM in the livery of the Iraq Petroleum Transport Company.
Air Pictorial 1969-06
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7]
The Parachute Regiment Free Fall Club's newly restored Rapide G-AGTM at the Staverton display 13/4/69;
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AGTM/NF875 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7]
G-AGTM in the attractive livery of Rothmans of Pall Mall.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-11
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7]
Four young Flightriders, with caps and accompanying adults, shortly before embarking on a half-hour flight from Duxford in Russavia’s Dragon Rapide G-AGTM/NF875 on September 20, 1986. The Flightriders were Fran Birch, Miles Cohen, Dean Mahony and Nicola Bird.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGPI [2], G-AGSK [2], G-AGUF [6]
Three BEA Rapides, all former Channel Islands Airways aircraft, sit together on the hardstanding at Jersey, its distinctive diagonal paving completed by the German forces after their invasion of the Channel Islands in June 1940.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGUF [6]
The same Rapide pictured at Heathrow on October 7, 1953 - a BEA Ambassador is taking off in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Ambassador / AS.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-11 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGUF [6]
Island Air Services' Dragon Rapide G-AGUF in front of Ramsgate's tower and terminal building in 1957. On June 29 that year 'UF crashed on takeoff from Ramsgate, and Island Air Services ceased operating pleasure flights at the end of the season.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGUF [6]
Schoolchildren about to savour the delights of flying, boarding Rapide G-AGUF at Heathrow.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGUF [6]
Monique Agazarian about to take off in the same aircraft.
Air Pictorial 1976-10
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6]
De Havilland fly-by during the Shuttleworth display at Old Warden on 27th June, 1976. Formation consists of D.H.80 Puss Moth G-AEOA, D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AHGD, with D.H.83 Fox Moth G-ACEJ behind it, and D.H.82 Tiger Moth G-ANOH

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Fox Moth / D.H.83 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 De Havilland Puss Moth / D.H.80 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929 De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGF [2]
Rapide G-AHGF (c/n 6903) was the first to undergo Viv Bellamy’s Mk 4 conversion, and is seen here in the Eastleigh hangar following the modification. Note the larger propeller spinners and air intakes on the cowlings of the new Gipsy Queen II engines. This Rapide went to New Zealand in 1954 and later to Australia where it became VH-AWG and VH-BIF.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGF [2]
D.H.89B Dragon Rapide G-AHGF photographed at Portsmouth in 1950. Formerly RAF Dominie NR839, 'GF was given its first C of A in November 1945. Following a rebuild by Hants and Sussex Aviation in 1950 the Rapide was flown to New Zealand in July 1954 as ZK-BFK, with a Lancaster fuel tank installed to give extra range.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / B.Elliott - Above, the law (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
The AA’s Dragon Rapide, G-AHKV, at Elstree circa 1959. The pilot, moustachioed D. H. Whitehead, was a well-known, welcome face up and down the country.
Air Pictorial 1988-01 / G.Roberts - The A.A. - Courtesy and Care
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AHKV (1957-63)
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / B.Elliott - Above, the law (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
The Automobile Association’s black-and-yellow Dragon Rapide, G-AHKV, patrolling the new and deserted M1 motorway near Newport Pagnell on October 20, 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / B.Elliott - The flying squad (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
The Automobile Associations Dragon Rapide G-AHKV patrolling the then-new M1 motorway in the late Fifties. This aircraft often carried police observers, as the traffic-orientated aims of the police and the A A often met.
Мировая Авиация 220
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
Когда лишние военные самолеты Dominie оказались на гражданском рынке, их в основном покупали небольшие компании и организации, например, такие как Автомобильная ассоциация (на снимке).
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / B.Elliott - The flying squad (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHKV [6]
The AA’s Dragon Rapide G-AHKV, being twin-engined, was permitted to make over-city flights and was often used by the Metropolitan Police.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-09 / B.Boddy - Days at the races
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHLU
North Sea Air Transport's D.H.89B G-AHLU was sold in Australia in November 1949 as VH-AHI. It is seen here at Croydon during the previous year.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-03 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHPT
Island Air Charters’ Dragon Rapide G-AHPT in from its Jersey base. Formerly R9550 in the RAF, 'PT received its first C of A in October 1946, the month that it was sold to IAC. This Rapide continued to fly with different operators until it was burnt following a crash landing on the unfinished M1 motorway at Leverstock, Hertfordshire on July 7, 1959. At the time it was being operated for Tarmac Ltd from nearby Elstree.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHPU
Rapide G-AHPU (c/n 6963) was acquired by Bellamy in January 1957 from Luton Flying Club, and was modified to Mk 4 standard in January 1958. It is seen here in the Hampshire Aeroplane Club’s Eastleigh hangar just after being repainted in the club’s new red, yellow and black scheme. Note D.H.86 G-ACZP in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-02 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHXZ [2]
D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AHXZ of Channel Island Airways on the Croydon apron on March 15, 1947. Previously NR737, this Rapide was burned out at Renfrew on August 28, 1951.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AIDL /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-10 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
A familiar visitor to many UK aerodromes during the late Fifties and early Sixties was the Fox's Glacier Mints Dragon Rapide G-AIDL, formerly Dominie TX310 with the RAF. Originally registered in September 1946, this grand old lady is still airworthy today and is possibly the sole UK-based Rapide still flying on a commercial C of A.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AIDL /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AIDL /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AIDL /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AIDL /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIDL [8]
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / R.Stitt - Midland Memories (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIUK
Originally built as X7523 for the RAF and loaned to the US 8th Air Force in December of 1942, G-AIUK was Derby Aviation's first DH Rapide. Acquired from Kenning Aviation in June 1948, it was sold in Kenya in March 1955 as VP-KND.
Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIYR /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
<...> 'YR in the colours of its first civilian <...> Sigrist Ltd.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-08 / ??? - The Famous Grouse DH Moth Air Rally
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Eddie Wild, at that time a pilot with Hunting Surveys, flying the company's Elstree-based Rapide G-AIYR on the misty morning of January 13, 1961. Both pilot and aged aircraft are still flying.
Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIYR /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
<...> Wild flying ’YR from Elstree on <...> 1961. Elstree was the aircraft’s base <...> by Hunting Surveys Ltd.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Rapide G-AIYR plying her trade.
Aviation Historian 29 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
The author at the controls of Dragon Rapide G-AIYR, photographed while up from Elstree by RICHARD T. RIDING. Note the Hunting Surveys Ltd logo on the nose.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Evocative picture of D. H. Dragon Rapide G-AIYR on finals to the easterly runway at Land’s End in 1977 - with the author at the controls. Land’s End Airport (St Just) was opened in September 1937, though Olley Air Service's D. H. Dragons used the site as early as 1935, Capt Olley having purchased land between Sennen and St Just at that time. The airfield lies five miles west of Penzance, Cornwall.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
Our Rapide just prior to the Cape flight.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-11 / de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACZE /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJGS
In 1947 G-ACZE was rebuilt by the de Havilland Repair Unit at Witney and emerged as G-AJGS. The photograph was taken at Elstree in the late Sixties.
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKIF [2]
D.H.89A Rapides are, alas, a disappearing breed. This one was photographed near Wycombe Air Park in December 1973 by Tom Hamill of Flight
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / News Spotlight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKOE
De Havilland Dragon Rapide 4 G-AKOE made its first flight for 13 1/2 years at Chirk on October 17, 1978. It was restored by North Western Aero Services of Chirk, Clwyd, and is to be leased by British Airways for publicity work.
Aviation Historian 22 / N.Stroud - Off to Butlin's /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKOG [2]
With Butlin’s bunting waving in the breeze in the background, G-AKOG comes in over Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHCG to land at Ingoldmells.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Taylorcraft Auster - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Aviation Historian 22 / N.Stroud - Off to Butlin's /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKOG [2], G-ALBC [3]
A line-up of the visiting aircraft at Skegness Airport Ltd’s Grand Air Display held at Ingoldmells on August 27, 1950. Leading the line is the company’s own de Havilland Rapide, G-AKOG, beyond which is Bond Air Services’ D.H.86B G-ADVJ and another Rapide, G-ALBC.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-08 / R.Day - Confessions of an airline pilot (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKPA
Dragon Rapide G-AKPA joined the all-Proctor Newman Airways fleet in June 1948 and flew charters with the company until sold in 1951. It is seen here at Elstree circa 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / R.Day - Confessions of an airline pilot (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKUB
Cambrian Rapide G-AKUB was named Glamorgan was delivered to the airline in April 1948. In January 1955 it was sold.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / R.Day - Confessions of an airline pilot (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKUC
Cambrian Rapide G-AKUC Monmouth was delivered in May 1948 and remained with the airline until January 1955.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / B.Robertson - What's in store? (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKYX
De Havilland Dominie I NR788 spent the last months of the war flying with the Air Transport Auxiliary. It was sold in May 1948 and became G-AKYX until it was sold in Argentina in November that year, becoming LV-AEN.
Air Pictorial 2000-05 / UK & Irish airlines since 1945 (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKZT
One of ANT’s Dragon Rapides, G-AKZT.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / R.Day - Confessions of an airline pilot (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALAT [3]
Cambrian's Dragon Rapide G-ALAT, named Anglesey, was delivered in May 1949 and sold in June 1954.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / R.Day - Confessions of an airline pilot (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALAT [3]
Another photograph of Cambrian Dragon Rapide G-ALAT Anglesey, awaiting customers.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-10 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALAT [3]
A common enough sight at Croydon in the Fifties - former RAF Tiger Moths awaiting civil conversion by Croydon-based Rollason Aircraft and Engines Ltd. During the mid-Fifties Croydon was deluged with Tigers; in one month alone more than 100 were ferried in from RAF airfields. Amongst the five Tigers seen here can be seen Proctor 3 G-AMGE, formerly LZ570 with the RAF. Given its first C of A in June 1951, GE was damaged beyond repair at Woolsington, Newcastle in May 1963. Dominating this photograph is Dragon Rapide G-ALAT, formerly RAF Dominie NR775 and soon to be sold in France as F-BHCE - in January 1955.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931 Percival Proctor - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALAX
The first Dragon Rapide (or simply Rapide) to see service with Viv Bellamy was G-ALAX (c/n 6930), hired from Autowork in late 1948. The aircraft retained its colour scheme of overall silver with blue trim throughout and is seen here at a Kidlington sales weekend some time after its acquisition by Saunders-Roe in June 1949.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALBB [2]
Island Air Services Rapide G-ALBB, Pickles III was destroyed during a landing accident at Heathrow on September 1, 1952.
Aviation Historian 22 / N.Stroud - Off to Butlin's /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALBC [3]
Bond Air Services’ D.H.86B G-ADVJ sits on the Ingoldmells grass in company with Rapide G-ALBC, owned by construction company McAlpine. Both of Bond’s D.H.86Bs went to Bahrein after leaving the company in 1951; sadly, G-ADUH was destroyed in a ground collision in 1952 and G-ADVJ was derelict by the end of that year.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aviation Historian 38 / G.Peerless - Hi-de-Hi Flyers!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALBC [3]
The concours d’elegance at Ingoldmells, which served the Butlin’s holiday camp at Skegness, in August 1950, including Miles Gemini 1A G-ALUG (c/n 6320), owned by the one-armed Dr James Daly, and Miles Messenger G-AKKK (c/n 6712), based nearby at Boston (Wyberton). In the background are McAlpine’s de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ALBC and Bond Air Services’ D.H.86B G-ADVJ.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Miles M.38 / M.48 Messenger - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942 Miles M.65 Gemini / M.75 Aries - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-11 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALWK [2]
Air Kruise Dragon Rapide G-ALWK in Trans Channel Airways colours at Ramsgate in 1957. Later that year the aircraft was sold in Algeria, becoming F-OBAL.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALWL
Originally RAF Dominie I serial NR769, G-ALWL (c/n 6845) was acquired by Bellamy’s Flightways Ltd at the end of January 1950. Bearing the company’s name on its fin, the Rapide served with Flightways until February 1952, when it was sold to a new owner in France. It crashed in Laos in late 1960.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALWN
Built by Brush Coachworks at Loughborough, Rapide G-ALWN (c/n 6729) was another former Dominie I, serving with the RAF as NF858 from 1944, before being acquired by Bellamy in January 1950. It is seen here in the Eastleigh hangar with the Flightways legend on the fin some time before it went to a new French owner as F-BGPG in early 1952.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide F-AZCA /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALZF
Dragon Rapide G-ALZF photographed circa 1950-51, when it was owned and flown by the East Riding Flying Club.
Aviation Historian 40 / P.Marson - Southern charm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANET
Another Brush Coachworks-built Dominie I, serial HR715 in RAF service, G-ANET (c/n 6700) was leased from Silver City Airways in the summer of 1954 and carried Flightways titles on the fin. After conversion to Mk 4 standard it went to Aden Airways in June 1955 and on to Ethiopia in September 1958, where it became ET-P-22.
Aviation Historian 5 / M.Garden - Oscar Garden the Sundowner of the Skies

In 1935 Garden joined the newly-formed United Airways Ltd, which provided services between London, Blackpool and the Isle of Man. Garden flew the airline’s Dragon Rapides, which were absorbed into the British Airways fleet on amalgamation with other airlines in late 1935.
Flight 1937-04 / Flight

After the landing in a field at King William's Town. The machine took off from the road in the foreground.
Flight 1937-04 / Flight

The passenger (Mr. F M. S. Tegner) and mechanic (Mr. G. J. Frisby) during a two-hour wait at Khartoum for "Customs."
Flight 1935-08 / Flight

The Lord Mayor, Aid. R. S. Dalgliesh, welcomes Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister as he steps from the Communications "Rapide."
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline

Monique Agazarian with IAS Rapide in the Fifties.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight

MAJOR D. CLOETE, M.C., A.F.C., Director of Aviation in the Government of Southern Rhodesia, with the D.H.89 which he is flying out to Africa. At a ceremony at Hatfield recently, Mrs. Lanigan-O’Keefe, wife of the South Rhodesian High Commissioner in London, named the machine Southern Rhodesia. Used on administrative duties, it will save officials many long and tedious journeys. Maj. Cloete, who was flying in 1914-1918, and was a C.F.S. pilot, will pilot the D.H.89 on many of these trips.
Flight 1938-02 / Flight

COMFORTABLY TO KENYA: Capt. G. de Havilland and Mr. F. T. Hearle (left) have delivered a Wilson Airways Dragon Rapide by easy stages to Kenya. Mr. Hearle has been a colleague of "D.H." since 1908, when he helped him build his first machine.
Flight 1939-04 / Flight

Unloading a R.A.N.A. Rapide at Beira, where the company's service links up with that of Imperial Airways; the golf clubs remove any false ideas about "darkest Africa."
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / D.Peters - Mau Mau (2)

"Field Marshal” Kaleba, a Mau Mau leader, manacled hand and foot, with escort, about to board a Rapide for Nairobi. Kaleba had been captured the previous night while sleeping in a cave with three accomplices.
Flight 1938-05 / Flight

DELIVERED: A pleasantly informal snap from Hatfield, showing Aero O/Y pilots taking delivery of their Company's second D.H. Rapide. Left to right : Mr. Peter de Havilland, Flt. Capt. Raunio, W/O Nylund, Mr. Geoffrey de Havilland and Mr. George Gibbons.
Flight 1935-01 / Flight

The party at Hatfield before leaving for East Africa. From left to right the group consists of Messrs. Beatty and Philips, Flt. Lt. Hawker, and Messrs. Wetherall, Williams and Davidson
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / Brrrr! de Havilland

Immediately after the flight. Capt Mike Russell with Messrs Howe, Pavitt, Rutterford, Cobb, Godman, Stafford, York and Mowforth with G-AGTM behind.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-04

A. Andrews recently found this glass plate negative of an Olley Air Service Dragon Rapide, and would like the characters and location identified.
Flight 1938-06 / Flight

The scene at the opening ceremony, with the first of Aero’s two Rapides in the foreground.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

D.W. Lucke in the machine which made the trip - the Ethyl Export Corporation's Rapide.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2012-10 / В.Котельников - ...а теперь в музей

DH-89 "Дрэгон Рэпид"
Flight 1935-09 / Flight

FOR THE NETHERLANDS INDIES: These three D.H. Rapides are to be used for aerial survey work by the Netherlands New Guinea Petroleum Company. One is to be fitted with a P.B. automatic pilot.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-10 / В.Морозов - Великая воздушная гонка

Трудно поверить, но именно "Дрэгон Рапид" послужил основой для DH-88 "Комета"
A STANDARD RACER: The New Zealand D.H. "Dragon Six," Tainui, flown by J. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay, which, after running sixth in the speed race, was held up with minor damage at Cloncurry.
Flight 1935-04 / Flight

ETHYLISED: The "Dragon Six" which the Ethyl Export Corporation has just taken over for work in Europe and the East. The "Gipsy Six" engines have special aluminium cylinder heads with steel valve seats and Stellited valves, to enable advantage to be taken of the widespread supplies of leaded fuels of high octane value. The cabin is luxurious and the machine is finished in black and yellow. Mr. D. W. Lucke is the pilot.
Flight 1938-04 / Flight

Type which have done an enormous amount of pioneer work on airlines in all parts of the world: the D.H.89, or Dragon Rapide
Flight 1937-04 / Flight

Pegging down for the night at Kano. The sacking is to protect the windscreen from the tropical sun - but the sun won.
Flight 1938-01 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AEMH [2]
Flight 1935-02 / Flight

Giffard Bay, on the beach at St. Helier, with three of the service "Dragons" in the background. This picture was taken immediately after landing and before the inevitably large crowd collected.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Flight 1935-05 / Flight

Lord Londonderry about to enter the Communications "Rapide" for an Empire Air Day tour.
Aviation Historian 5 / M.Garden - Oscar Garden the Sundowner of the Skies

Oscar helps a passenger disembark from a British Airways Dragon Rapide at Liverpool in 1936. Two years later he would join Imperial Airways and train to become a pilot on “hellish” flying-boats.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K5070 [2]
The D.H."Dragon-Rapide" (two 200 h.p. D.H. "Gipsy-Six" engines).
Flight 1935-03 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K5070 [2]
MILITARISED: The "Dragon Rapide" ordered for No. 24 (Communications) Squadron at Hendon.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05 / Personal album

De Havilland D.H.89A Dominie K4 of the Kenya Air Force over East Africa. A military variant of the 1934 Dragon Rapide, the RAF name "Dominie” was not bestowed until after the outbreak of war. The example here was probably a communications machine.
Мировая Авиация 220
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X7398
DH.89 поступил на вооружение ВВС под обозначением Dominie. На снимке 1943 года два "Домини" Mk.I, принадлежавших 2-й школе радистов британских ВВС. Учебные машины отличались большими кольцевыми антеннами над фюзеляжем
Two D.H. 89M Dominie Wireless and Navigational Training biplanes (two D.H. Gipsyqueen III engines).
Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIYR /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HG691
<...>wartime photograph of G-AIYR as <...> HG691 of No 2 Radio School, <...> Yatesbury, Wiltshire.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-08
Aeroplane Monthly 1978-08 / News Spotlight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGTM [7], NF875 [2]
Another performer at both Duxford and Old Warden was Martin Barraclough and Tom Storey's Duxford-based de Havilland Dragon Rapide/Dominie G-AGTM/NF875. Our picture was taken on a sortie from Old Warden on June 25, 1978, with Martin in charge.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AGTM/NF875 /Preservation Profile/
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-05 / K.Desmond - Arthur E. Hagg
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6], Z7258 [4]
AIR PORTRAITS' superb photograph of D.H.90 Dragonfly G-AEDU and D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AHGD, photographed near Old Warden on June 27, 1982. Both aircraft were designed by Arthur Hagg. The Dragonfly, currently the only airworthy example of its breed, is now flying in the USA.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragonfly / D.H.90 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6], Z7258 [4]
"Дрэгонфлай", ранее принадлежавший южноафриканской авиакомпании, и английский военно-санитарный "Дрэгон Рапид".

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragonfly / D.H.90 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-09
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6], Z7258 [4]
The de Havilland D.H.90 Dragonfly G-AEDU, jointly owned by Tony Haig-Thomas and Martin Barraclough, in formation with Michael Astor's D.H.89A Dragon Rapide G-AHGD, photographed near Old Warden on June 27, 1982 by AIR PORTRAITS.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragonfly / D.H.90 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / 1986 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6], Z7258 [4]
D.H. Dragon Rapide “Z7258”/G-AHGD
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

Транспортный "Домини" II, построенный заводом "Браш кочуоркс"
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide air ambulance.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / Brrrr! de Havilland

The Dragon Rapide taxies out with our winners aboard.
Aeroplane Monthly 1977-04 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NR677
Built by Brush Coachworks Ltd at Loughborough, and powered by two 200 h.p. Gipsy Queen IIIs, de Havilland D.H.89A Dominie I NR677 was built for the RAF as a radio or navigation trainer, being delivered to No 18 MU on July 15, 1944. It was passed into the Royal Navy's charge on August 20, 1945.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / R.Sturtivant - The Navy's spare time fliers (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HG714
D. H. Dominie HG714 was one of 65 Dominies supplied to the Royal Navy between 1940 and 1946. This particular aircraft was attached to RNAS Stretton.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / Round-Out

The official viewpoint is that General de Gaulle left France for the UK in a DH Flamingo on June 17,1940, but it seems much more likely it was a DH Dragon Rapide.
АвиаМастер 2000-02 / М.Никольский - Африканское эхо второй мировой /Неизвестная война/

Аэродром Диредава, 3 апреля 1941г. На заднем плане - "Савойя" S.79, на которой главнокомандующий итальянских войск в Эфиопии герцог Аоста прилетел для переговоров с англичанами о сдаче Аддис-Абебы.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Savoia-Marchetti / SIAI SM.79 Sparviero - ИталияItaly - 1934
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The de Havilland Factory and Aerodrome at Rongotai, New Zealand. The aircraft are D.H. Dominies, with a Fox Moth, a Puss Moth, a Moth Minor, and a Tiger Moth in the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Fox Moth / D.H.83 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 De Havilland Moth Minor / D.H.94 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937 De Havilland Puss Moth / D.H.80 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929 De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931
АвиаМастер 2001-01 / В.Котельников - Драконово семейство /Крылатые долгожители/

Израильский "Дрэгон Рапид" сразу по прибытии в Палестину получил военный камуфляж. Снимок сделан в момент перекраски.
Flight 1936-07 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-AVJ
UBIQUITOUS: A D.H. Dragon Rapide, used by Canadian Airways on the daily Seattle-Vancouver service, parked in front of the administration building, Boeing Field, Seattle, Wash. An interesting feature of this Rapide is the increased fin area necessary when floats are fitted. The other machines will be recognised as a Lockheed Electra 10A of Northwest Airlines and a Boeing 247D of United Air Lines.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing Model 247 - СШАUSA - 1933 Lockheed Electra 10 - СШАUSA - 1934
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 01 - The progress of the world in civil aviation during the year 1937-38

WEST. - A D.H. "Dragon-Rapide" on skis of a streamlined type. Canadian Airways Ltd. operates several De Havilland machines, on skis in the Winter and on floats in Summer.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-AYE [2]
Flight 1937-01 / Flight

A Rapide (two Gipsy Sixes) operating on skis.
Flight 1936-04 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-AYE [2]
STREAMLINE SKIS: The first D.H. Rapide to be fitted with skis in Canada. These are, it is believed, the first streamline skis to be fitted to a transport machine and have positive pitching movements about the axle.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-BND
Queen Charlotte Airlines' Dragon Rapide CF-BND Tsimpsean Queen with dorsal fin and Edo floats.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1939-07 / Flight

Central Scotland Airport’s building layout, with the terminal between the two large hangars - a picture taken shortly before the opening ceremony, while the guests and visitors were indoors.
Flight 1934-10 / Flight

Последние минуты перед стартом гонки на приз Мак-Робертсона
ON MACROBERTSON EVE: An impressive scene on the apron at Mildenhall. On the right stands Jones's and Waller's "Comet," with its undercarriage undergoing last-minute repairs; Baby Ruth is at the compass base; in the centre is the Mollisons' "Comet"; behind it are Hewett's and Kay's "Dragon Six" and a D.H. service "Dragon"; and in the background the "Gee-Bee" is being run up, while the ill-fated Fairey Fox can be discerned.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Comet / D.H.88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 Fairey Fox - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925 Gee Bee QED - СШАUSA - 1934 Monocoupe 90 / 110 / 145 - СШАUSA - 1930
Flight 1938-05 / Flight

A few of the visiting machines on the tarmac at Helsingfors Airport last Sunday. The machine on the left is the L.O.T. Lockheed 14, while in the foreground, just to be seen, is one of the Aero O/Y two Rapides.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Lockheed Super Electra 14 - СШАUSA - 1937
Flight 1938-10 / Flight

AN AFRICAN RALLY: More than seventy machines appeared at the Lourenco Marques aerodrome for the air rally early last month.In this aerial photograph most of them are seen parked in front of the D.E.T.A. hangar. On the tarmac are this concern's three recently acquired Ju.52s, while on the right there are the four Rapides, the Dragonfly and the Hornet which are also used by the company.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragonfly / D.H.90 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935 De Havilland Hornet Moth / D.H.87 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931
Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BAHY
During the final stage of the Dien Bien Phu battle, the USAF instituted an air bridge to deliver ammunition and spare parts to Indochina, leaving the French ‘Packets’ to fly only internal missions. This view - from the top hatch of an Invader - shows a C-54 and C-119 of the 315th Air Division of Misawa operating from Cat Bi. At centre is an ‘Aeronavale’ PB4Y Privateer of 28F and in front of the C-54 Dragon Rapide F-BAHY.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer - СШАUSA - 1943 Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - СШАUSA - 1947
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / D.Conway - Home on a wing, Sello tape and string
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4R-AAI [4]
Three quarter side view of 4R-AAI, shortly after its arrival at Biggin Hill with plenty of oil visible on the undercarriage legs.
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / D.Conway - Home on a wing, Sello tape and string
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4R-AAI [4]
Three quarter front view of 4R-AAI with the messages of goodwill collected during its flight, visible on the nose.
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-05 / News Spotlight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4R-AAI [4]
D.H. Rapide I, 4R-AAI, ex NF865, seen at Biggin Hill after its flight from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Air Pictorial 1977-05 / T.Norman - Strathallan Collection
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4R-AAI [4]
The Strathallan Collection includes a fair cross-section of de Havilland types: Dragon Rapide G-ALXT/NF865, seen here with previous Ceylon registration 4R-AAI.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide F-AZCA /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-AZCA [3]
The same aircraft in the attractive white, blue and gold Blue Way livery it sported for promoting the French cigarette brand, at Lausanne in August 1982.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / D.Calvert - Ferte flypast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-AZCA [3]
The Collection's de Havilland Dragon Rapide Blue Way in company with two of the numerous la Ferte Stampes.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Stampe et Vertongen SV-4 - БельгияBelgium - 1933
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide F-AZCA /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-AZCA [3]
The Rapide, in its current colour scheme, in sprightly form at the 1989 Salis display.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BEDX
Air France's Dragon Rapide F-BEDX was originally Dominie X7387. It was converted to Rapide G-AGDG and served Scottish Airways and BEA.
Air Pictorial 1990-02 / J.Morrison - Swissair

Flashback to the early days. This is the DH Dragon Rapide which was in service in 1939.
Air Pictorial 1956-06 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-APA [3]
Ageless! Celebrating 22nd birthday is the prototype (c/n. 6250) D.H.89 Dragon Six (Rapide), ex-"E-4" ; CH-287; HB-ARA and now HB-APA of Motorfluggruppe, Zurich.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-01 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-APE
Dragon Rapide HB-APE was operated by Swissair as HB-AME from 1939 until 1947 on the Altenrhein and Austria routes. After a short spell with Alpar, Berne, the Rapide returned to Swissair and was re-registered HB-APE. In 1968 HB-APE was sold in Germany and became D-IGUN; it is reported to be on display at Frankfurt airport. This photograph was taken at Zurich in 1960.
Flight 1935-03 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-ARA
SHROUDED: The D.H. "Dragon Rapide" now used by Aero St. Gallen on services between St. Gallen, Zurich and Berne. During 1934 this company, which also owns a "Puss Moth" and a "Leopard Moth" and which has been doing school and charter work since 1931, carried 3,393 passengers. The "Rapide" was recently flown by Capt. Rieser from St. Moritz to Zurich with a hospital case. There are no hangars at St. Moritz - hence the funereal appearance of their latest acquisition in this picture
Flight 1939-04 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-APA [3]
DRAGON RAPIDE. 2 1/2 tons, 6-8 passengers, economical cruising 132-135 m.p.h., 213-218 km./hr.
Flight 1938-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-APA [3]
A snap of Swissair’s Rapide taken while the two machines were flying in photographic formation over St. Moritz.
Air Pictorial 1958-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: JY-ACE
As the Rapide JY-ACE was formerly TJ-AAD, it may well be that Rapide JY-AAE will be moved to the adjoining marks JY-ACF.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-04 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-AGTM/NF875 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OD-ABP
G-AGTM in the Lebanese marks of the Contracting and Trading Company
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-BLA
Aero O/Y's Dragon Rapide OH-BLA Salama on skis.
Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / K.Stenman - From Britain to Finland
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-BLB
DH.86B G-AETM 'Silver Star' was acquired by fund raising and on February 15, 1940, arrived in Finland. It was registered as OH-IPA and is seen three weeks later at Luonetjarvi behind DH.89 OH-BLB. It would have been the first four-engined aircraft in the Finnish Air Force, and would have been serialled DH-1, but crashed on delivery, May 2, 1940.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Air Pictorial 1958-10
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AFG
Formerly in service with the Fairey Aviation Co. Lid., the Rapide OO-AFG (initials of Avions Fairey Gossalies) is now flying with oversize windows similar to a Dragon I and electrically operated flaps.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OY-DZY
A D.H. Dragon Rapide (two D.H. Gipsy Queen engines) delivered to "Zone Redningskorp," the Danish First Aod Organization.
Air Pictorial 1957-10
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-OTA
Dutch Rapide V-3 is now based at Schiphol and still in use by K.L.M. for photographic purposes as PH-OTA "Gelderland".
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-09 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SU-ABQ
Основа британской пассажирской авиации в африканских колониях - DH.89 «Драгон Рапид» (на переднем плане) и Армстронг-Уитворт AW.15 «Атланта» (за ним). Фото сделано в Палестине в 1937 г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta / A.W.15 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / Personal album. Civil

Misr Airlines D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide SU-??? photographed at Lydda in February 1945, at the time that it was used on the Cairo-Lydda-Beirut service. The Rapide was named Jerusalem (Al-Quds, in Arabic).
Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / N.Lees - Birds of Passage
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TJ-AAR
DH Dragon Rapide TJ-AAR from Transjordan.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-07 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VH-BGP /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BGP [2]
At Berwick in February 1975, shortly after taking up its Australian registration.
Flight 1935-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-UVS
TO AID EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT. The first D.H. "Dragon Rapide" to bear Australian registration letters, the machine illustrated will be used to inspect arrangements for the supply of Shell products in Australia and to collect data applying to their use.
Flight 1937-03 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-YAU
ABOVE A WONDER OF THE WORLD: A D.H.89 Rapide, which has recently been added to the Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways' fleet, flying over the Victoria Falls and the Zambesi Bridge.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-PAR [2]
D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VQ-PAR, belonging to Aviron Co, one of only two Jewish commercial aviation companies operating in Palestine at the time. The company later formed the core of Hel Avir, the Israeli Air Force. Photographed in March 1948, this Rapide was acquired in 1947 and entered service in November. With the acquisition of three more Rapides in May 1948 the aircraft were used as bombers by the newly-formed Israeli Air Force and carried up to four 250lb bombs.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 01 - The progress of the world in civil aviation during the year 1937-38
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YI-FYA, YI-HDA, YI-ZWA [2]
FOR 'IRAQ'S FIRST AIRLINE. - Three "Dragon-Rapides" were flown from Hatfield by pilots of the Royal 'Iraqi Air Force for the 'Iraq Aeroplane Company, the first air operating firm in that country to operate.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-04 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YI-ZWA [2]
In 1938 the Iraq Aeroplane Society purchased three D.H.89A Dragon Rapides. This one, YI-ZWA, was certificated on July 25, 1938 and rumours were rife at Heston concerning its purpose. It was generally thought that it was equipped for aerial photography.
Aviation Historian 39 / G.Endres - Baltic Triangles

One of the two de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapides acquired by Latvia’s Valsts Gaisa Satiksme (State Air Service) in May 1937 and used on Riga-Ventspils-Liepaja services. Given the civil registrations YL-ABC and 'ABD, both were later used by Aeroflot throughout 1940 until the Luftwaffe took them over from the spring of 1941.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AEW
Flight 1938-09 / Flight Advertisements

This photograph of the Southern Alps of New Zealand was taken from a Dragon Rapide liner operating on a regular route of Cook Straight Airways which crosses 90 miles of mountainous country.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AED
A Rapide flying in New Zealand.
Flight 1939-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AGT
IN NEW ZEALAND: One of Cook Strait Airways’ D.H. Rapides flying on the west coast route between Nelson and Greymouth. The company uses five of these machines and also runs a service between Nelson, Blenheim and Wellington. An additional service from Nelson to Takaka is to be opened in October.
Мировая Авиация 88
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AYF
Обнаружение косяков рыбы с воздуха. В 1919 году испытания, проведенные Управлением рыбной ловли США, показали, что косяки рыб, не замеченные с корабля, можно обнаружить с воздуха. С тех пор в некоторых областях мира для этой цели используется авиация. Эта практика продолжается и сегодня, особенно на Аляске. Идущие в прибрежные воды весной колоссальные стаи сельди - основная "мишень" для авиации наведения рыболовных судов. На восточном побережье авиация США также используется для наведения судов с гарпунами на косяки рыбы-меч и синеперого тунца. Для обнаружения рыбы главным образом используются легкие и маневренные машины сельскохозяйственной авиации, наводящие рыболовецкие суда по радио.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / M.Fife - The Great Air Race
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-ACO [2]
Airworld D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VH-BGP representing ZK-ACO, flown by J. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay. Named Tainui, ZK-ACO was the ninth aircraft to reach Melbourne.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-07 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VH-BGP /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BCP [2]
As ZK-BCP at Te Anau in December 1971.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-07 / D.H.89 Dragon Rapide VH-BGP /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BCP [2]
’CP at Christchurch in January 1975.
Flight 1938-03 / Flight Advertisements
Air International 1997-01 / D.Brackx - The Belgian Air Force at Fifty

Seven de Havilland DH.89A Dominies were acquired by the fledgling Belgian Air Force from the UK, along with much other ex-RAF equipment, following the end of World War Two. As with the other six, D-2, seen here at Wevelgem around 1952, was initially operated by 367 Transport Squadron of 169 Wing at Evere when delivered in September 1946 but the unit was then renumbered 21 Communications Squadron as part of 15 Wing on February 1,1948, moving to Brussels/Melsbroek in 1950.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 01 - The progress of the world in civil aviation during the year 1937-38

Three De Havilland 89s for the Turkish State Air Line.
Flight 1936-05 / Flight

TURKISH DELIGHT: The Turkish consul and representatives of Turkish State Airways examine with interest one of the three D.H. Rapides which the company has just acquired. By arrangement with the French, the machines will be used on the Istanbul-Aleppo section of the French Indo-Chin'a service.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight

The D.H. Rapide Salama used by Aero O/Y in their internal airline experiments. The picture was taken on Helsinski aerodrome.
Air Pictorial 1957-10

V-2, which became G-APBJ, still stands unconverted in the open at Croydon.
Air Pictorial 1977-04
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKIF [2]
Rapide G-AKIF at Booker 27/1/77 in U.S. marks for a Glen Miller film.
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-02 / Skywriters

I wonder if the photograph is of the same “Indian” Rapide with the non-standard cockpit glazing shown at Oshkosh in the November 1981 issue? The close-up was taken at Cawnpore, India in 1947 and shows one Perspex panel less than on the opposite side in the Oshkosh picture; also seen is the name “Geoffrey De Havilland” in small script lettering on the nose fairing - this was only the year after Geoffrey de Havilland had been killed flying the D.H.108 Swallow.
Flight 1938-04 / Flight

Pioneers in India: part of the Tata fleet at Bombay
Flight 1938-03 / Flight Advertisements

Fleet of De Havilland Twin Engined Air Transports (Air Dispatch Ltd.) finished with Berger Aircraft Finishes
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 02 - The progress of the world in military aviation during the year 1937-38

Three D.H. "Dragon-Rapides" of the Chinese Ambulance Service at Kai Tak Aerodrome, Hong Kong.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-08 / ??? - The Famous Grouse DH Moth Air Rally

The scene at Hatfield prior to the start of the rally. Fifty-odd aircraft are visible, all de Havilland, even the Chipmunk in front of the Rapides, although strictly speaking the Jackaroos should be excluded from the total.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk - КанадаCanada - 1946
Flight 1937-10 / Flight
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1939-04 / Flight

One of Western Airways D.H. Rapides over Weston-super-Mare; the company’s base aerodrome is half-covered by chud on the right of the picture.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-11 / H.Best-Devereux, I.Best-Devereux - Oshkosh '81
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N2290B
This D.H.89A Dragon Rapide, N2290B, has spent much of its time in India and has logged 5,000hr air time to date. Note the non-standard cockpit glazing.
Flight 1938-01 / Flight

Medium-sized type used in the efficiency comparisons - the D.H.89.
Flight 1938-04 / Flight

One of Cook Strait Airway’s D.H. Rapides flying over Wellington.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-08 / ??? - The Famous Grouse DH Moth Air Rally

Two Tigers escorted by a Rapide arrive overhead Strathallan.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / Skywriters

Some of Capt J. T. C. Long's photographs taken during his flip in an Island Air Services Rapide in 1955. The one in the center shows the Albert Hall and Hyde Park, and the other two show another IAS Rapide accompanying Long’s machine.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles

“The Scillies scattered in an oval pattern across our track... ”, taken from Rapide G-AIYR in 1977 while heading north-east, on the eastern side of the Eastern Isles.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album

Fairly typical terrain over which Anglo-Iranian Rapides plied their trade.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album

View of Abadan from a Rapide.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles

Summer evening from 'YR over Sennen and looking towards the Longships Light - the author was at the controls.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles

View from BEA scheduled Rapide, about to turn finals for Land's End, August 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat

Cobham described this view of the Victoria Falls as one of the greatest moments of his flight. We felt the same as we viewed it from the Rapide.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat
Flight 1937-04 / Flight

Victoria Falls seen over one of the Gipsy Sixes of the Rapide.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-11 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALWK [2]
This view of Margate pier was taken from Air Kruise’s de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ALWK in 1957.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat

The shadow of a Victoria Falls Airways Rapide overtakes a lone giraffe in the African bush in 1955. Rapides have since dwindled to a handful - will Africa's wild animals go the same way?
Flight 1938-03 / Flight Advertisements

The window frames and propeller boss of this De Havilland machine are made in BIRMABRIGHT, the light, corrosion resisting aluminium alloy with high mechanical properties and remarkable fatigue resistance.
Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Two Series I Sixes power the De Havilland Rapide. The cold intake, and inside warm air intake with flame trap, can be distinguished.
Flight 1938-11 / Flight

Flight testing was carried out on a D.H. 89. The “L” shaped fittings carrying the wheel arms were used to preserve the present location of wheel and vertical struts. Such fittings will not normally be required.
Air Enthusiast 1971-11 / Plane facts

One of three de Havilland D.H.89M Dragon Rapides used operationally by the Spanish Nationalists air arm, 40-2 "Captain Vela"
Air Enthusiast 1971-11 / Plane facts

One of three de Havilland D.H.89M Dragon Rapides used operationally by the Spanish Nationalists air arm, 40-1 "Captain Pouso"
Air Enthusiast 1996-07 / M.Axworthy - Flank Guard. Romania's Aerial Advance on Stalingrad (1)

One of at least three DH.89A Dragon Rapides acquired in 1936 by LARES, in wartime livery. At least four DH Dragonflies were also bought. As they were all powered by Gipsy engines, which were produced in Romania, they were easily kept in service as staff transports during the war.

Flight 1935-11 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4772 [2]
A MILITARY de HAVILLAND: The D.H. 89 (two 200 h.p. 'Gipsy Six" engines) Coastal Reconnaissance machine. It has a fixed machine gun on the starboard side of the nose, and bombs are carried inside the fuselage. Note the shield for the rear gunner.
This view shows to advantage the special D.H. gun mounting which may be completely concealed when not in use
Мировая Авиация 105
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4772 [2]
Прототип DH.89M, созданный по спецификации G.18/35 для прибрежной разведки. Этот самолет проходил испытания в Фарнборо в 1937-1938 годах.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 02 - The progress of the world in military aviation during the year 1937-38

A De Havilland "Dragon-Rapide" of the Lithuanian Air Force.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-02 / В.Морозов - Авиация Литвы: 1919-2018гг. (2)

Самолеты DH-89M «Драгон Рапид» ВВС Литвы в аэропорту Амстердама во время перегонки «Драгонов» из Англии в Литву, апрель 1937 г.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

Viscount Swinton chatting, on arrival in a D.H.89, with Sqn. Ldr. Reid and Mr. George Lowdell (left), the chief instructor.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

The D.H. 89 coastal reconnaissance machine have been developed from civil type. The engines are Gipsy Sixes.
Flight 1935-11 / Flight

Two 100 lb. bombs are carried inside the trap doors, here seen agape. The pilot's fixed Vickers gun, on the starboard side of the nose, is also shown.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

Twelve 27-lb. bombs are carried beneath the fuselage The opening seen in this view is for the bomb sight. The message hook is carried on the port side of the bomb racks.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

Risk of damage to the tail unit by the rear top gun is eliminated by this special guard. The two rear guns are of the Vickers drum-fed pattern.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-10 / J.Maynard - On classic wings

The sharp end: the greenhouse glazing of the Rapide’s single-seat cockpit gives the pilot a field of view unrivalled by that of most other airliners - and he has few instruments and controls to distract him.
Air Pictorial 1977-09 / F.Barnes - Rapide Restored

The picture illustrates the single-seat pilot's cockpit
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album

View of the cockpit of an Anglo-Iranian Rapide taken two hours out from Teheran en route for Abadan.
Aviation Historian 8 / ??? - David Lockspeiser: 1927-2014

The many faces of David Lockspeiser MRAeS CEng, one of Britain’s most highly-respected test pilots and engineers. Flying Hawker Siddeley’s Dragon Rapide G-AHGC in September 1955;
Flight 1938-09 / Flight
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AIYR [16]
The author on finals for Land's End in Rapide G-AIYR, autumn 1977. The “haunted runway" is the reciprocal of this one; down the far slope of moorland. It does not look very steep, but try it!
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-12 / I.Rendall - Following Cobham's Feat

Te pilot's view as the Rapide approached the coast.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-11 / R.Riding - Aggie's airline

Monique Agazarian at the controls of an IAS Dragon Rapide.
Flight 1935-05 / Flight

Inside the Prince of Wales's De Havilland "Rapide": A view looking forward towards the cockpit, showing the wireless equipment.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Renwick - The sky was his canvas

Charles Brown at work in a de Havilland Dragon Rapide with his Palmos camera.
Aviation Historian 25 / N.Stroud - Channell-hopping with BEA /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGSH [16]
Islanders make the most of the view from Rapide G-AGSH as it trundles between Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Personal album

View from Rapide cabin looking forwards.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight

The School machines are conventionally equipped in the matter of wireless, though one of them (shown) has its own D/F loop. At the rear of the cabin there is a tail drift sight and a bearing compass.
Flight 1938-02 / Flight

Two views of the interior of the survey Dragon. The first of them shows the cabin arrangements with the drift sight, linking unit and D/F receiver on the left; the two axis control unit and short-wave receiver in the centre; and the transmitter and the camera cradle stabiliser on the right. Through the door beyond the transmitter may be seen the automatic pilot control panel. The picture on the right shows the installation in the pilot’s cockpit, with the loop control, direction-finding receiver and charging switchboard. The lateral automatic unit is below the pilot’s seat.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / K.Delve - Women in Air Force Blue

WAAFs using the radio equipment in a D.H.89 Dominie during their training as aircraft signal officers. Having completed their training al radio school, they underwent a week's flying practical course.
Trainee WAAF aircraft signal officers gaining radio experience in a D.H.89 Dominie in 1944. The Women’s Royal Air Force/Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was established alongside the RAF in 1918, and has remained integrated with it ever since.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight

One of the pupils at work at the chart table while the machine is over the Channel on an instructional trip.
Flight 1938-12 / Flight

The compact two-way radio equipment which has been developed by the Canadian Marconi Company for medium-sized transport aeroplanes. This example is actually fitted in a Quebec Airways’ Rapide.
Flight 1935-05 / Flight

Inside the Prince of Wales's De Havilland "Rapide": The cocktail cabinet.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

LUXURY PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. View of the interior of the D.H. 89 which the De Havilland Company has just completed for H. H. the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. Here is seen the rear portion of the cabin, containing a cocktail and luncheon cabinet. Also noticeable is one of the attachments for carrying sun helmets and, on the back of a seat, the step-ladder for entering the cabin.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

LUXURY PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. View of the interior of the D.H. 89 which the De Havilland Company has just completed for H. H. the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. The view shows the "expanding" arm-rests which, while permitting gangway room, allow the occupants of the seats plenty of width when nobody is actually passing. The cabin is luxuriously upholstered - by Rumbolds - and all windows have blinds. The machine is finished in a biscuit shade.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

The top and bottom rear gun positions may be seen to advantage in this view. A special guard is provided for the top mounting to protect the tail unit from damage.

Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Angola - a last look?
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CR-LCK, CR-LKS
Tailless ex-Angolan Aero Club Rapide CR-LKS with CR-LCK behind
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-09 / News Spotlight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N8053 [2]
Dragon Rapide N8053, ex G-ALGE, stands exposed on the airport at St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, but its owner plans to put it back in the air.
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-04 / Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N8053 [2]
N8053Victim of neglect and hurricane Frederic - D.H. Dragon Rapide N8053, ex G-ALGE.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / H.Scanlan - Rapide to the Isles
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKZB
“There were moments of interest in fog at Land's End ...". Rapide G-AKZB Lord Baden Powell has a spot of bother. Nobody was hurt.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / K.Conboy, J.Morrison - Plausible Deniability

One of Veha Akhat’s two Dragon Rapides sits damaged at a runway north of the Lao capital, early 1961. Veha Akhat provided cover for the CIA’s northern star contract.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-08 / Skywriters
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALBB [2]
Rapide G-ALBB shortly after it crashed while approaching Runway 23L at Heathrow on August 1, 1952.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-08 / Skywriters
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGUF [6]
Rapide G-AGUF being removed from Ramsgate in 1957.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-04 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJHO
The smouldering wreck of Rapide G-AJHO in a wheatfield near Oxford on February 5, 1989. The pilot escaped an inflight fire unhurt.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-08 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHGD [6]
The remains of D.H. Dragon Rapide G-AHGD at Audley End on June 30, 1991

Flight 1935-03 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1935-03 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1937-03 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1939-09 / Flight Advertisements

"My next hop is 1,000 miles across the desert ... anybody here who can look over my wireless set?" "Marconi?" "Yes" "O.K. Their engineer will come along right away"
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ACPP
KEITH WOODCOCKS painting depicts the three de Havilland airliners described in this feature. Portrayed in the colours of Railway Air Services are D.H.86 G-ACVY Mercury, D.H.84 Dragon II G-ADDI City of Cardiff and D.H.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACPP City of Bristol. All three aircraft were actually in service at the same time, thus this formation would have been possible.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-04

First flight of the de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide: March 17, 1934
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

An amazing amount of military equipment, a great deal of which may be seen in this diagram, is ingeniously stowed away.
Flight 1935-12 / Flight

A cleverly arranged framework to take four stretchers has been devised for the military Rapides. When not in use the whole gear folds away neatly.
Flight 1936-01 / Flight Advertisements

Dragon Rapide 1936 type carrying 300 lbs. more pay load
Flight 1937-05 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1939-04 / Flight

Two of the four standard seating arrangements for the D.H. Rapide. That above is for short-distance work.
Flight 1938-08 / Flight Advertisements
Flight 1934-04 / Flight

CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS: Showing the starboard lower wing root which carries the engine mounting, undercarriage, fuel and oil tanks.
Flight 1934-04 / Flight

WING DETAILS: On the left is the arrangement of a spar joint, also showing the attachment of one of the steel tube drag struts. On the right are rib details and the leading edge of the wing.
Flight 1934-04 / Flight

WING ATTACHMENTS: Fittings and details of the bottom longeron showing the Elektron fairing which carries the fabric over the corner of the fuselage.
Flight 1934-10 / Flight

TANKAGE: There are three of these "semi-cyilndrical" tanks in the fuselage of Kay and Hewett's "Dragon Six"; together they hold approximately 230 gallons of fuel.
Flight 1934-10 / Flight

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Viceroy / AS.8 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing - СШАUSA - 1932 Bleriot Bleriot-111 - ФранцияFrance - 1929 British Klemm BK-1 Eagle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Caproni Bergamaschi PL-3 - ИталияItaly - 1934 Vance Flying Wing / Viking Cargo Plane - СШАUSA - 1932 Vultee V-1A - СШАUSA - 1933
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

De Havilland DH.89B
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The D.H. Dominie Navigational Trainer.
Flight 1934-04 / Flight

D.H. "Dragon Six" 2-200 hp. "Gipsy Six" Engines