D.H. 89 Rapide
AS ONE OF THE MOST distinctly elegant designs ever to roll off the De Havilland drawing boards, the Rapide has long held a special place in my memory. The appealing blend of design elements in the D.H. 89 configuration-dragonfly wings, curious nose, windscreen coupled to a long fuselage and ending with the famous De Havilland empennage-definitely makes the airplane a classic. It's curious that with all its cachet, apart from the realm of plastic kits little effort has been made to develop a model of this twin-engined biplane.
