Beautifully finished in period Iberia colours, the Fundación Infante de Orleans’ Dragon Rapide is flying again in tribute to the de Havilland biplane airliner’s significant Spanish service
SPANISH RAPIDE
Given what an important role the de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide played in Spanish civil and military aviation history, the addition of an airworthy example to the country’s main ‘flying museum’ fleet was extremely appropriate. It happened on 17 May 2008, when the Fundación Infante de Orleans (FIO) received Rapide G-AEML.