PRINCE’S NEW AEROPLANE
DE HAVILLAND DRAGON LINER. (British Odicial Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 28. A De Havilland Dragon Rapide air liner with accommodation for four or five passengers is being constructed for the Prince of Wales to replace the aeroplane in which he usually makes his flights. The Rapide is a twin-engined biplane fitted with Gypsy 200 horsepower engines. It has a high performance, its cruising speed being about 145 miles an hour.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 5
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72PRINCE’S NEW AEROPLANE Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 5
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