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NWONT · Post by **NWONT** » Thu May 08, 2014 6:50 pm

I took this pic on St Maarten, DWI, 25 years ago. Care to guess what it once was?

Antique Pilot · Post by **Antique Pilot** » Thu May 08, 2014 7:16 pm

De Havilland DH 89 Rapide.

NWONT · Post by **NWONT** » Thu May 08, 2014 7:49 pm

Someone told me it was a DH90 Dragonfly Rapide, but I don't know. Sure a shame to see it decomposing like that.

Antique Pilot · Post by **Antique Pilot** » Thu May 08, 2014 8:04 pm

The DH 89 was the Dragon Rapide.

The DH 90 was the Dragonfly, a scaled down version of the Dragon Rapide.

Somewhere I have a photo showing the aircraft in better condition.

Yes too bad, I guess it is long gone to the dump.

AP

Big Pistons Forever · Post by **Big Pistons Forever** » Thu May 08, 2014 9:10 pm

The predecessor to the DH 89 Dragon Rapid was the DH 84 Dragon. It looks similar but has square wings and the under carriage is not contained in an integral fairing like the DH 98. The picture posted is undoubtedly the remains of a very sad looking DH 89.

Antique Pilot · Post by **Antique Pilot** » Thu May 08, 2014 9:58 pm

Big Pistons Forever wrote:The predecessor to the DH 89 Dragon Rapid was the DH 84 Dragon. It looks similar but has square wings and the under carriage is not contained in an integral fairing like the DH 98. The picture posted is undoubtedly the remains of a very sad looking DH 89.

BPF,

Thanks for the clarification.

AP

NWONT · Post by **NWONT** » Fri May 09, 2014 12:28 am

Wings do look like this alright

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