The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon is a successful small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the

de Havilland The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited () was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in H ...

company.

Design and construction

Following the commercial success of its single-engined

de Havilland Fox Moth The DH.83 Fox Moth was a successful small biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major I inline inverted engine, manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. The aircraft was designed late in 1 ...

that had first flown in March 1932, that aircraft's original commercial operator

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requested that a larger twin-engined version be built. It was 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. It was originally designated the DH.84 "Dragon Moth" but marketed as the "Dragon". The prototype first flew at Stag Lane Aerodrome on 12 November 1932, it and the next four aircraft were delivered to Hillman's which started a commercial service in April 1933. It could carry six passengers, each with 45 lb (20 kg) of luggage on the

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route on a fuel consumption of just 13 gal (49 L) per hour. The wing panels outboard of the engines could be folded for storage.

Operational service

DH84 Dragon G-ECAN at Woburn Tiger Moth Rally 2007

The Dragon proved very attractive as a short-haul low capacity airliner and was soon in service worldwide. From the 63rd aircraft late in 1933, the Dragon 2, with improvements including individually framed windows and faired undercarriage struts, was produced. Even though these changes were largely cosmetic the streamlining improved the aircraft's speed by about 5 mph (8 km/h), allowed 250 lb (113 kg) more payload to be carried and added 85 mi (137 km) of range. British production of the DH.84 ended at the 115th aircraft, when it was replaced on the assembly line by the more powerful and elegant DH.89

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. However, after production was discontinued, the drawings and surviving tools and jigs were sent out from GB and quantity production was ordered for the RAAF (a total of eighty-seven) during the

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, as a navigational trainer for the

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, being preferred to the Rapide because its smaller engines were then being manufactured locally for

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production, making a total of 202 produced. A new four-seat Dragon was delivered in 1933 to the Royal Flight for use by the

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. It was sold in 1935. It was later pressed into service by the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. A special aircraft named ''Seafarer'' was built for

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(a pioneering English aviator) and her husband

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(a famous Scottish pioneer aviator) to make an attempt at the world long distance record. It had a strengthened landing gear and the cabin had extra fuel tanks. It was intended to fly from

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, Iraq, but at their first attempt at a transatlantic flight from

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in South London to the United States on 8 June 1933 the landing gear collapsed. After repairs ''Seafarer'' left

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in South Wales and arrived at

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, in the United States 39 hours later. However, on landing the aircraft turned over and was damaged. Schaffen De Havilland DH-84 Dragon 2 01

The engines and fuel tanks were recovered from ''Seafarer'' and used in another Dragon named ''Seafarer II''. After three attempts to take off from

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, Canada, for

, Iraq, the attempt was abandoned and the aircraft was sold. On 8 August 1934, the new owners, James Ayling and Leonard Reid, took off in the Dragon, renamed ''Trail of the Caribou'', from Wasaga Beach in another attempt at the distance record. Although the intended target was Baghdad, throttle problems forced the attempt to be abandoned, and ''Trail of the Caribou'' landed at

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, an airfield west of London, in Middlesex, England, after 30 hours 55 minutes, making the first non-stop flight between the Canadian mainland and Britain. The inaugural service of the Irish Airline

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was provided by a DH.84 Dragon, registration EI-ABI and named ''Iolar'', which means "Eagle" in the

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. For the 50th anniversary of the airline in 1986, a replacement Dragon was acquired, restored, reregistered as EI-ABI and repainted as the ''Iolar''. Following the War, surviving DH.84s passed into commercial service, but only three are still flying today.

Accidents and incidents

*26 – September 1933 – ZS-AEF of the Aircraft Operating Company crashed at Baragwanath Airport, near

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, South Africa. The pilot was World War I flying ace,

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and the single passenger was

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, both were killed. *8 January 1935 – G-ACGK of

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crashed into the

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after takeoff from Longman Airport,

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, Scotland. The pilot and both passengers were killed. *21 February 1935 – two American sisters, Jane and Elizabeth Du Bois, jumped from G-ACEV of

, en route from

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, Essex, to Paris. They were the only passengers and the pilot was the only crew-member. The two women had bought all the seats on the aircraft, but claiming before take-off that their companions could not travel that day. Their bodies were found on waste ground in

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, but the pilot only became aware of what had happened some time later when over the English Channel. The women were the daughters of the American Consul in Naples, Court Du Bois; they had been well-known

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s and their deaths were widely reported. Press speculation linked their double suicide with the recent deaths of two R.A.F. pilots, with whom they had been romantically linked. The pilots had been both killed in the crash of a

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flying boat near

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, Italy, six days earlier. *On 1 July 1935, G-ADED of

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crashed on take-off from

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injuring all seven people on board. The aircraft, was operating a scheduled passenger flight from Ronaldsway to Ringway Airport,

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, Lancashire via

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and

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, Liverpool; it was destroyed in the subsequent fire. *On 22 July 1935, G-ACMP of Jersey Airways, operating a domestic flight from

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, with a pilot and two passengers on board, crashed while approaching

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. The aircraft spun and dived into the

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about two miles off the Welsh coast, near

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killing all three on board. *On 26 March 1936, G-ACAP of Commercial Air Hire crashed near

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, England killing all five on board. The aircraft had flown from

and was carrying out military co-operation work around Southampton. Commercial Air Hire had a contract to fly at night to give searchlight crews practice at locating aircraft. *On 7 May 1937, VH-UZG of

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crashed into trees near Cairns Airport, one passenger later dying from his injuries. The pilot and three other passengers were also seriously injured. *On 29 August 1938, VH-UXK ''Cairns'' of

, crashed at Innisfail, Queensland killing the pilot and four passengers. *21 September 1951 – Pilot First Officer Frederick George Barlogie of

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, was killed when his Qantas DH-84 Dragon crashed into mountainous country southeast of Arona in the central highlands of New Guinea. *On 13 December 1951 – The pilot and two passengers were killed when a Qantas Dragon crashed in mountainous country near

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in the central highlands of New Guinea, Qantas's third fatal crash in four months, and most recent fatal accident to date. DH84 Dragon

*1 October 2012 – 2012 Riama crash. A privately owned 1934 de Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2 registration VH-UXG, named Riama (pictured) went missing in bad weather returning from an air show near Monto, Queensland,

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found the wreckage near Borumba Dam. All six occupants were killed and the aircraft destroyed after impacting a ridge. The pilot and owner had flown into unexpected thick cloud and issued a

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call. The aircraft's only primary instruments were an airspeed indicator and altimeter.

Variants

* Dragon 1: Twin-engined medium transport biplane. * Dragon 2: Improved version. Fitted with framed cabin windows and two faired main undercarriage legs. * DH.84M Dragon: Military transport version. The DH.84M was armed with two machine guns, and it could carry up to sixteen 20 lb (9 kg) bombs. Exported to

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and

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Operators

♠ Original operators

Military operators

; *

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♠ ; *

Austrian Air Force (1927–1938) The Austrian Air Force (''Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte'') of the interwar period began as a paramilitary organisation (1927) and was secretly built up by the government before union with Germany (1938). History In 1919 the peace treaty ...

; *

Brazilian Naval Aviation Brazilian Naval Aviation ( pt, Aviação Naval Brasileira; AvN) is the air arm of the Brazilian Navy operating from ships and from shore installations. History The Brazilian Naval Aviation branch was organized in August 1916, after creation of ...

; *

Royal Danish Air Force The Royal Danish Air Force ( da, Flyvevåbnet, lit=The Flying weapon) (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of The Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Defence. Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was ...

♠ – Two DH.84 Dragons ; *

Ethiopian Air Force The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) () is the air service branch of the Ethiopian National Defence Force. The ETAF is tasked with protecting the national air space, providing support to ground forces, as well as assisting civil operations during nati ...

; *

Royal Iraqi Air Force The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية العراقية, Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah}) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well ...

♠ – Eight DH.84M Dragons ; *

Irish Air Corps "Watchful and Loyal" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = ''see list of wars'' , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , fl ...

; *

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...

No. 42 Squadron RNZAF No. 42 Squadron is an active transport squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). It was formed at Rongotai Airport (Wellington) in December 1943 to provide a communications service around New Zealand, initially using impressed civili ...

; *

Portuguese Air Force , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = 1 July , equipment = , equipment_label ...

♠ – Three DH.84 Dragons ; *

South African Air Force "Through hardships to the stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = , equipment ...

♠ – One aircraft operated during 1940. ; * Spanish Republican Air Force ; * General Command of Mapping (Turkey) *

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; *

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– Seventeen aircraft impressed. **

Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

s. **

No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AMOCU). Based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, 24 Squadron is responsible for aircrew training on C-130J Hercules, A400 ...

. **King's Flight ♠ ; *

Yugoslav Royal Air Force The Royal Yugoslav Air Force ( sh-Latn, Jugoslovensko kraljevsko ratno vazduhoplovstvo, JKRV; sh-Cyrl, Југословенско краљевско ратно ваздухопловство, ЈКРВ; ( sl, Jugoslovansko kraljevo vojno letalstv ...

– One aircraft was impressed into military service in April 1940.

Civil operators

; * Butler Air Transport *

MacRobertson Miller Airlines MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) was a Western Australian airline that operated between 1927 and 1993. After being purchased by Ansett Transport Industries in 1968, it was eventually rebranded Ansett WA. History In 1919, Horrie Miller p ...

* Muir Airlines of NT *

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded ...

Western Australian Airways West Australian Airways was an Australian airline based in Geraldton, Western Australia. Established on 5 December 1921 as Western Australian Airways by World War I pilot Norman Brearley, it was the first airline in Australia to establish a sche ...

♠ ; *

VASP Viação Aérea São Paulo S/A (São Paulo Airways), better known as VASP, was an airline with its head office in the VASP Building on the grounds of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. It had main bases at São Paulo's two ...

♠ ; *

Canadian Airways Canadian Airways Limited was a Canadian regional passenger and freight air service based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was founded by James Armstrong Richardson Sr. in 1926 as Western Canada Airways (WCA), was fully established in 1930 following ...

; *Misrair ; * Lignes Aériennes Nord-Africaines (L.A.N.A.) ; *

Indian National Airways Indian National Airways Ltd was an airline based in Delhi, India.Page 15 The founder of the airline was R. E. Grant Govan, a Delhi based British industrialist who also co-founded the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Cricket Club o ...

♠ ;

Aer Lingus De Havilland DH-84 Dragon 2 EI-ABI OTT 2013 03

; * Wilson Airways ♠ ; *

Air Travel (NZ) Ltd Air Travel (NZ) Limited, a small airline based in Hokitika, was the first airline in New Zealand to fly licensed scheduled air services. They took delivery of their first De Havilland biplane aircraft at the end of 1934 and made it their busines ...

* East Coast Airways ♠ *

Union Airways of New Zealand Union Airways of New Zealand Limited was New Zealand's first major airline. It was founded in 1935 by local shipping giant Union Company. Its services reached main centres from Auckland to Dunedin and extended to Gisborne and the West Coast of ...

; *

Transportes Aéreos de Timor Transportes Aéreos de Timor () or TAT was an airline of the then colony of Portuguese Timor, headquartered in Dili. It operated between 1939 and 1975. History TAT was founded as the colony's national airline in July 1939, several years befo ...

; *African Air Transport ♠ ; * Aberdeen Airways ♠ *Air Cruises ♠

*Air Navigation & Trading * Air Dispatch * Allied Airways *Blackpool and West Coast Air Services ♠ *

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British Continental Airways British Continental Airways was a British airline that operated between 1935 and 1936, when it merged into British Airways. History British Continental Airways Limited was formed on 15 April 1935 to operate airline services from Croydon Airpor ...

* Commercial Air Hire ♠ *Great Western & Southern Air Lines *

♠ *

♠ *Jersey Airways ♠ *

Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Midland & Scottish Air Ferries was Scotland's first airline, operating from 1933 to 1934. It is particularly noted for pioneering flights to the Inner Hebrides History Foundation John Cuthill Sword started Midland Bus Services in Airdrie, to ...

♠ * Northern and Scottish Airways *Olley Air Service ♠ *

Provincial Airways Provincial Airways was a 1930s British airline that was formed in 1933 to operate a service between Croydon and the South West of England, the routes were never a success and the company closed at the end of 1935. The airlines main operating base ...

♠ *

Scottish Airways Scottish Airways was an airline serving most of Scotland, especially the Highlands and Islands. It was active from 1937 until 1947, when it was merged into British European Airways. History Foundation The company was established on 12 August 1 ...

*Scottish Motor Traction ♠ *Spartan Airlines *

Western Airways Western Airways was an airline based in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England between 1932 and 1978. Before World War II, for a short period, it was the world's busiest airline. It survived WWII by using its aircraft engineering expertise. Hist ...

♠ ; * Valsts Gaisa Satiksme – One aircraft was used as a civilian transport.

Specifications (DH.84 Dragon 1)

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References

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Design and construction

Operational service

Accidents and incidents

Variants

Operators

Military operators

Civil operators

Specifications (DH.84 Dragon 1)

See also

References

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