DE HAVILLAND DH.84 DRAGON
- Seven-seat light transport
designed in 1932 by A E Hagg with two 130 hp Gipsy Major Is and first
flown November 24, 1932. Total of 115 built by DH at Hatfield for civil
use, of which 25 served with NAC (National Air Communications) in civil
guise in 1939, 17 being later impressed and used principally by Anti-Aircraft
Co-operation Units for night flying. In Australia, the RAAF impressed
11 British-built civil DH.84s and then acquired 87 built by de Havilland
Aircraft Pry Ltd as radio/navigation trainers, the first of these fly-ing
on September 29, 1942.
