Sturdy and utilitarian

TECHNICAL DETAILS DE HAVILLAND DRAGON Wartime Australian Dragon manufacturing showing the fuselages being built up in the Mascot factory. THE COLLECTION VIA G. GOODALL AND R. JAHNE The DH84 Dragon had an all-wooden structure. The fuselage was built up as a plywood box, supported by spruce longerons and stringers. The biplane wings and tail were made of wooden spars (solid spruce routed to L-sections) and ribs, the wings and control surfaces were fabric-covered, and the fuselage and fixed empennage had