The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon was a small twin-engined biplane airliner of the 1930s, designed and built by the de Havilland company as a larger development of its single-engined Fox Moth. Hillman's Airways asked for the twin and received the first of five early aircraft, which began a London to Paris service in 1933 carrying six passengers on very modest fuel consumption. The design used a plywood box fuselage with the same type of engine and similar outer wing panels as the Fox Moth, and the outer wings could be folded for storage. From the 63rd aircraft the Dragon 2 added individually framed windows and faired undercarriage struts, which gave a little more speed, payload and range. British production ended at 115 aircraft, but the Royal Australian Air Force later ordered 87 more from a line at Bankstown for use as navigation trainers, bringing the total to 202.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) Enginede Havilland Gipsy Major I 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Source De Havilland DH.84 Dragon (Wikipedia)
Of Make
Source De Havilland DH.84 Dragon (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. De Havilland DH.84 Dragon (Wikipedia)
Design and construction, prototype
A prototype, which first flew at Stag Lane Aerodrome on 12 November 1932
Specifications, powerplant
Powerplant: 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Major I 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 2,300 lb (1,043 kg)
Specifications, gross weight
Gross weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
Specifications, maximum speed
Maximum speed: 128 mph (206 km/h, 111 kn)
Operational service, production total
making a total of 202 produced
Lead
designed and built by the de Havilland company
Lead, country of origin
British production of the DH.84 ended at the 115th aircraft
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