De Havilland Dragon

E287320
airliner biplane short-haul airliner twin-engined aircraft

The De Havilland Dragon was a 1930s British twin-engined biplane airliner widely used for short-haul passenger and mail services.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
De Havilland Dragon canonical 1
De Havilland Dragon Rapide 1
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
biplane ⓘ
short-haul airliner ⓘ
twin-engined aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs DH.84 Dragon ⓘ
configuration twin-engine biplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed around 145 km/h ⓘ
designedBy Arthur Ernest Hagg ⓘ
designedFor low-cost airline operations ⓘ
developedFrom de Havilland Fox Moth ⓘ
emptyWeight 1,270 kg ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin piston engines ⓘ
engineType de Havilland Gipsy Major ⓘ
firstFlight 1932 ⓘ
fuselageMaterial wood ⓘ
grossWeight 2,270 kg ⓘ
height 3.12 m ⓘ
introduced 1933 ⓘ
landingGearType fixed tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
length 10.52 m ⓘ
manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland
maximumSpeed around 170 km/h ⓘ
militaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
notableFeature economical operation on short routes ⓘ
wooden construction for low cost and ease of repair ⓘ
numberBuilt 115 ⓘ
passengerCapacity 6 ⓘ
powerplantCount 2 ⓘ
primaryUser Aer Lingus ⓘ
Hillman’s Airways ⓘ
KLM ⓘ
Instone Air Line ⓘ
surface form: Railway Air Services
productionPeriod 1932–1936 ⓘ
range around 920 km ⓘ
retired 1950s ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 4,300 m ⓘ
successor De Havilland Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland Dragon Rapide
usedFor air mail services ⓘ
charter flights ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
usedIn civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane ⓘ
wingspan 14.63 m ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestine Airways → fleetType → De Havilland Dragon ⓘ
Palestine Airways → fleetType → De Havilland Dragon ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Havilland Dragon Rapide
de Havilland Aircraft Company → notableWork → De Havilland Dragon ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
De Havilland Dragon → successor → De Havilland Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Dragon Rapide