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What do you need to know about DeHavilland DH89A Dragon Rapide?

What do you need to know about DeHavilland DH89A Dragon Rapide?

DeHavilland Dh89a Dragon Rapide. Features fully working VC with smooth gauges. Sixteen paint schemes included. Complete aircraft, no other files needed. Includes custom panel and FX. By Dave Garwood and CBFS design team. Screenshot of DeHavilland Dh89a Dragon Rapide in flight.

When did the first de Havilland Dragon six fly?

The prototype De Havilland Aircraft DH89 Dragon Six (E-4/CH-287) flew for the first time on 17th April 1934 and was essentially a twin engine, scaled down version of the 4 engine DH86 Express.

How to change GPS on DeHavilland Dragon Rapide?

Click the round knob above the ASI (VC panel) to hide or show the yoke in the VC view. Popup GPS. Click the switch to the left of the turn-and-slip gauge (VC panel) to replace the P8 compass with a GPS unit. Important! Do NOT alter the name in the title= section of the aircraft.cfg file.

When was Dave Garwood’s Dragon Rapide built?

Aircraft repaint for Dave Garwood’s de Havilland DH. 89A Dragon Rapide v4 only. Built in 1944 as NR693, G-AHKV (c/n 6792) served with British European Airways from 1946. By 1954 Sky Neon Aviation were flying the aircraft at night over London with underwing neon advertising signs.

Where to find the DH-89 Dragon in FSX?

Once installed, find the DH89 folder on your system, and place the texture.APT folder there. In FSX, it’s located in \\SimObjects\\Airplanes. Then, open the aircraft.cfg file and copy / paste the following chapter after the others similar sections at the top of the file – replace the XX with the next number in the sequence :

Who are the creators of the Dragon Rapide?

Screenshot of DeHavilland Dh89a Dragon Rapide in flight. Additional textures by Garry Russell, Mark Beaumont and Mike Wilson. Prop textures by Bob Rivera. 2D panel and gauges by Dave Booker and Saverio Maurri. Sounds by Mike Hambly. Flight dynamics by Brian Withers. Unzip to a temporary folder, then run the setup program.