1/3 SCALE De HAVILAND RAPIDE AIRLINER RC - TWIN DLE 55cc PETROLS AT DUXFORD IWM # 1 - 2022

PILOT / OWNER - DAVE JOHNSON THE LMA (LARGE MODEL ASSOCIATION) CHAIRMAN,

THIS BEAUTIFUL MODEL WAS DESIGNED AND SCRATCH BUILT AND PAINTED BY
TED ALLISON OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO !
SHE IS A COPY OF THE REAL DRAGON RAPIDE BASED AT OLD WARDEN HERE IN THE UK,

TED BUILT ANOTHER ONE TWO YEARS BEFORE THIS ONE BUT SHE HAD NO WASH OUT BUILT INTO THE WINGS AND UNFORTUNATELY SPUN INTO THE GROUND !

SO HE THEN BUILT THIS MODEL WITH WASH OUT IN THE WINGS - NOW THAT IS DEDICATION HEY PEEPS !

UNFORTUNATELY THE MODEL FRATERNITY SADLY LOST TED LAST YEAR WHEN HE PASSED AWAY - RIP,

1/3 - scale
Weights - 90lbs
Powered - by 2 x DLE 55cc petrols,
Twin JR radio systems with hiteck servos all around,
wingspan - 16ft
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The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide is a 1930s short-haul biplane airliner developed and produced by British aircraft company de Havilland. Capable of accommodating 6–8 passengers, it proved an economical and durable craft, despite its relatively primitive plywood construction.

Developed during the early 1930s, the Dragon Rapide was essentially a smaller, twin-engined version of the four-engined DH.86 Express, and shared a number of common features, such as its tapered wings, streamlined fairings and Gipsy Six engines. First named the "Dragon Six", the type was marketed as "Dragon Rapide" and later simply known as the "Rapide". Upon its introduction in summer 1934, it proved to be a popular aircraft with airlines and private civil operators alike, attaining considerable foreign sales in addition to its domestic use.

Role - Short-haul airliner
Manufacturer - de Havilland
First flight - 17 April 1934
Primary user Royal Air Force
Produced - 1934-1946
Number built - 727

Upon the outbreak of the World War II, many of the civil Rapides were impressed into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy. Referred to in military service by the name de Havilland Dominie, the type was employed for radio and navigation training, passenger transport and communications missions. British training aircraft had names with educational associations, and dominie is a Scots term for a school teacher.

Hundreds of additional Dominies were also constructed during the war. Other Rapides continued to be operated by British airlines throughout the war under the auspices of the Associated Airways Joint Committee (AAJC). Postwar, many military aircraft were returned to civilian service. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, de Havilland introduced a Dragon Rapide replacement, the de Havilland Dove.

Variants -

Dragon Rapide G-AIYR at Old Warden airfield

Dragon Rapide in flying condition, at Duxford aerodrome
D.H.89
Twin-engined light transport biplane. First production version.
D.H.89A
Improved version, fitted with a landing light in the nose, modified wing tips and cabin heating.
D.H.89A Series 4
D.H.89A aircraft converted to two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 2 piston engines, fitted with constant speed propellers.
D.H.89A Mk 5
One D.H.89A aircraft, powered by two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 3 piston engines, fitted with variable-pitch propellers.
D.H.89A Mk 6
One D.H.89A aircraft fitted with Fairey X5 fixed-pitch propellers.
D.H.89M
Military transport version. Exported to Lithuania and Spain.
D.H.89B Dominie Mk I
Radio and navigation training version.
D.H.89B Dominie Mk II
Communications and transport version.

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FILMED AT IWM DUXFORD, DUXFORD, ROYSTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB22 4QR
ON 8-5-2022

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