De Havilland Dragonfly

what is it?

The de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly is a 1930s British twin-engined luxury touring biplane built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company at Hatfield Aerodrome.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 13.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 232 km/htop speed
• size 1,814 kgmax take-off weight
• built 67made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935-08-12

introduced

1936

number built

67

role

light transport

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

de Havilland Aircraft Company

engines

2× de Havilland Gipsy Major II / de Havilland Gipsy Major

crew

2

length

9.7 m

wingspan

13.1 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,814 kg

top speed

232 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,517 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.