The "De Havilland" DH-84 Dragon was developed as a transport/passenger aircraft in the nineteen thirties by the famous Geoffrey De Havilland. It flew first March 1932. It had a simple, light design with a plywood box fuselage using the same type of engine and similar outer wing sections of the earlier single-engined aircraft. Capable of carrying 6 passengers it saw worldwide use in many roles. About 200 aircraft were produced in both Great Britain as during the war in Australia.
The DH-89 Dragon Rapide was an airliner for 6-8 passengers and faster than the Dragon. It used many common components of the Dragon and first flew in 1934. Over 700 Daron Rapides were built. The military version was called the Dominie and was used for passenger transport and communication duties.
Aircraft of this family are still flown by enthusiasts.
DH-84 "Dragon"
This De Havilland D.H.84 Dragon II has registration (EI-ABI c/n 6076) in the scheme of Aer Lingus "Iolar". The aircraft was photographed at Texel Airfield during the Texel Air Show, The Netherlands.
Photographed August 2012, by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
DH-84 "Dragon Rapide"
This is a Dragon Rapide with 2 Gipsy Queen III engines of 205 hp giving it a speed of 250 km/hr. It has registration F-BHCD and was used by a paradrop training company. This aircraft is on display at the Le Bourget museum "Musee Air et Espace" at Paris.
Photographed 2016, Meindert de Vreeze (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
DH-84 "Dominie"
This is a Dominie with registration G-AKNV with title "Lancashire Aircraft Corporation". This aircraft is on display at the Brussels air museum in Brussel.
Photographed 2016, Meindert de Vreeze (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
DH-84 "Dragon Rapide"
This Dragon Rapide DH-84A with registration TF-ISM is being restored. It was seen in Iceland at the aviation museum at Akureyri.
Photographed 2022, Henk de Jong (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
In 1/72 scale, RugRat Resin had a kit. Of the Dragon Rapide and Dominie models in scale 1/144 Aeroclub and in 1/72 by Airfix, Rareplanes, Tasman and Veeday. In 1/48 kist are from Isracast, Armory and Aeroclub. In the large 1/32 scale LukGraph has resin kits.
This first version of this page was created 11-01-2012