View Full Version : Dragon Rapide Oops at Duxford
HowardB
19th Jun 2022, 20:51
Rapide nose into the runway : (https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/iwm-duxford-summer-air-show-24266554)
Just came across this on the Web. Hopefully nothing badly damaged and the beautiful old Rapide will soon be back in the air
Howard
N707ZS
20th Jun 2022, 14:52
One witness claimed the plane – a de Havilland Dragon Rapide – had either nose-dived or suffered a front wheel failure during landing on Sunday.
Experts are out again.
fenland787
20th Jun 2022, 15:59
Experts are out again.
...but it did suffer a 'front' wheel failure, a complete failure to have one designed in.....
DaveReidUK
20th Jun 2022, 21:20
Most, if not all, taildraggers have front wheels to keep the rest of the aircraft off the ground. :O
treadigraph
22nd Jun 2022, 05:25
https://youtu.be/osiwNBhcKLc
llondel
22nd Jun 2022, 23:06
This is the best one I've seen:
According to one witness, the plane, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide, ‘nose-dived or the front wheel failed on landing.’
After the incident, which occurred at a July airshow at Duxford Imperial War Museum in Cambridge, firefighters were spotted standing close to the jet.
https://tdpelmedia.com/1930s-bi-plane-crashes-into-ground-at-duxford-air-show-no-one-was-injured