A flight in a wartime De Haviland Dragon Rapide.

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-28-2009, 12:44 PM

Hi Guys, a few years ago during one of my many visits to IWM Duxford we decided to take a pleasure flight in the 1943 Dragon Rapide. It was a great experience and nice to say you had flown in a genuine wartime aircraft. The aircraft is restored in it's wartime livery of the RAF Transport Command.

You can still do this today, but the cost has increased since we took a flight:

http://www.goliathres.com/res_websit...=dragon_rapide

Cheers, Ade.

**Alan M** · 10-28-2009, 01:12 PM

Hi Ade , thanks for the pic`s , reminded me of when my i took my son for a flight in a rapide years ago when he was a young lad . Do you remember getting on the scales !! I`m a big lad and was made to sit at the rear as ballast to stop the front end tipping forward

the rear seat was next to the door and i remember laughing to myself because the door and latch reminded me of something found on a kitchen cabinet

really enjoyed the flight though , real back to basics stuff , you can see how present day airline pilots etc. really enjoy flying these older aircraft

cheers Al

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-28-2009, 01:16 PM

Hi Al, I had forgotten about the scales!

Yes, they did it to us too. I was near the back too...

Cheers, Ade.

**Gary Cain** · 10-28-2009, 11:58 PM

Gentlemen! What a cool thing to do! I have allways wanted to take a spin in a Rapide but sadly whenever I was over there they weren't flying! How was the ride? I would imagine it was pretty smooth.

Cheers
Gary

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-29-2009, 12:20 AM

Hi Gary, yes it was a smooth ride. Much more fun than an air liner.

Cheers, Ade.

**HJ-Collector** · 10-29-2009, 12:25 AM

you's are all brave men

**Walkwolf** · 10-29-2009, 02:46 AM

Ade !.........

All these beautiful aircraft !..............

You're not thinking of trading in the jeep, are you ? ? ?

**Steven M** · 12-12-2009, 06:22 AM

What an incredible sense of traveling back in time this must have invoked.

**Zeller** · 12-12-2009, 09:43 AM

Must have been fun. Best would have been if you had jumped from it

**Adrian Stevenson** · 12-12-2009, 10:47 AM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Trade the Jeep

Never!

I would love to Parachute from a wartime aircraft. I have only ever jumped from a "Islander" and this was the Parachute Regt display teams aircraft back in 1996.

Cheers, Ade.