Airworthy Dragon Rapides- How many?

Eric Presten · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2010 1:55 am

Still at the restoration shop as far as I know. Might go to Yolo County sooner or later.

hairy · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2010 2:29 am

In NZ we have quite a nice collection of deHavilland passenger twins, they include..................

Airworthy;
ZK-AXI - DH-84 Dragon - North Shore
ZK-SWR - DH-89A Dragon Rapide (For Sale) - Napier
ZK-AKU - DH-89B Dominie - Tauranga
ZK-AKY - DH-89B Dominie - Mandeville
ZK-AYR - DH-90 Dragonfly (gorgeous) - Mandeville

Under restoration;
VH-BGP - DH-89B Dominie - Mandeville
ZK-AKS - DH-89B Dominie - Mandeville

Static Display;
ZK-AHS - DH-89A Dragon Rapide - MOTAT, Auckland

For more info on downunder DH-89s see the latest issue of Classic Wings.

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

Thanks for the replys fellas. Once I write down everything you've listed I'll check back with you. Thanks again.

Chappie

CraigQ · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 7:49 pm

JDK wrote:

DaveM2 wrote:

Jerry's Rapide is already back in the US-it left after appearing at Wanaka. A 'Rapide' journey to say the least :lol:

Thanks Dave!

Here it is on it's way from the Fighter Factory to the Museum for the airshow last week.

JDK · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 8:47 pm

Chappie wrote:

Thanks for the replys fellas. Once I write down everything you've listed I'll check back with you. Thanks again.

drop me a PM with your e-mail and what you are after, or contact me via my website (below) and I'll send you a listing.

Regards,

JDK · **Posted:** Fri May 28, 2010 6:19 pm

Found a couple of related images while looking for something else...

Queensland Dragon (not a Rapide) in 2005.

Dragonfly (also not a Rapide!) at Woburn, UK.

flyride · **Posted:** Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:26 pm

Saw the Field/Reed aircraft fly this last weekend of out KDWA:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30830494&l=ec494c7b52&id=1242926825

JDK · **Posted:** Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:28 am

And a bump, courtesy of Air & Space magazine's Reader Scrapbook:

Quote:

Bob Huettmann of Pebble Beach, California writes, "In early 1954, the Korean war had ended and our C-119 squadrons from the 483rd Troop Carrier Wing at times flew to Clark AFB in the Philippines to pick up supplies for the French in Indo-China (Vietnam). After Dien Bien Phu fell and the French surrendered, we flew no more missions to Vietnam. "After one delivery of supplies to Haiphong I was short of fuel and had to fly to a French airfield south of Haiphong by the name of Tourane (later Da Nang). This aircraft was on the ramp and I took this photo while we were gassing up. I don't remember what the plane was but I suspect it was fairly common." Reader Mike Burkholder of Tucson, Arizona, identifies it as a DH.89 DeHavilland Dragon Rapide.

http://www.airspacemag.com/reader-scrap ... rt=181&c=y

Nitpicilly it's a de Havilland not DeHavilland, and more interestingly it's in Air France colours.

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