1944 De Havilland D.H.89A Dragon Rapide
Served with the RAF from 1945 until 1947
- Make
- De Havilland
- Model
- DH-89A Dragon Rapide
- Year
- 1944
- Seller
- AircraftSalesCompany
- Location
- Duxford, United Kingdom
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Seller type
- Broker
- Total Time
- 6397 h
- Engine Time
- #1: 234 #2: 295 h
- Undercarriage
- Other
- Seats
- 10
- Flight Rules
- VFR Day
- Serial Number
- 6838
- Registration
- G-AKIF
Highlights
- This aircraft, ‘G-AKIF’ was built in 1944 and served with the RAF from January 1945 until it’s military retirement in 1947. Today the aircraft is operated by a highly respected Vintage aircraft operator based at Duxford in the UK.
Exterior
- Presented in dark blue with silver stripes
Interior
- Presented in classic interior styling and configured for passenger transport
Specifications
- Seat Configuration
- 1+8
- Gross Weight
- 2495 Kg
- Empty Weight
- 1465 Kg
- Useful Load
- 1030 Kg
- Cruise Speed
- 115 Kt
- Range
- 483 Nm
- Fuel Capacity
- 346 l
Engines
Engine #1
- Manufacturer, Model
- de Havilland, Gipsy Six 1A
- Power
- 200
- Fuel Type
- Other
- TSOH
- 234
- Propeller
- Fairey Reed, FR61186A/X9
- Type
- Fixed Pitch
- Blades
- 2
Engine #2
- Manufacturer, Model
- de Havilland, Gipsy Six 1A
- Power
- 200
- Fuel Type
- Other
- TSOH
- 295
- Propeller
- Fairey Reed, FR61186A/X9
- Type
- Fixed Pitch
- Blades
- 2
Avionics
- COM
- Trig, TY96
- XPNDR
- Trig, TT21
Additional Remarks
- Built in late 1944, the aircraft was delivered in January 1945 to the Royal Air Force, Halton Station Flight as NR750 and was coded "THA-F".
- Following retirement from military service in 1947, the aircraft was sold to 'A Hamson & Son’. Not long after, it was sold to Manx Air Charters Ltd (which later changed to Manx Airlines), on the Isle of Mann. From there it changed hands several times with various domestic airlines and operators.
- The aircraft was operated in Norway between 1971 - 1973, before coming back to the UK where in 1974 it made a TV appearance in ‘South Riding’ (dressed in costume as G-ADAE)