DH 84 Dragon G-ADDI history

Under DDI

Does anyone have an underside photo of Dragon G-ADDI in its red/white Chrisair scheme? I am trying to determine whether the underside of the fuselage is red or white for a modelling project.

Thanks

If you look at my video near the end it shows the underside of DDI in Chrisair colours as she flies over the airstrip. The URL is: https://vimeo.com/97013675 on Vimeo.

Hope this helps you with your model.

Sorry to be so late. I just found your note.

John C

It looks like white on the film (4.18min’s)

I would agree with that, but when it was in the UK, pics appear to show the immediate underside of the front fuselage as red and the rest white, but possibly the extreme rear fuselage returning to red? I wonder if Mike Kimbrell has extended the white beneath the nose since he bought it?

It is definitely Red.

It looks like white on the film (4.18min’s)

It is definitely Red.

I think you will find that the underside of the fuse is White.

Civil Aero

Adrian:

I just made a short Video Doc on G-ADDI and other flying Dragons. The URL, if you want to see it on You Tube/Google is: http://youtu.be/48BsHNb23qE

Thanks John, I have already watched that and brought back fond memories. Still can’t determine whether the underside of the fuselage is red or white though? Any idea?

Adrian:

I just made a short Video Doc on G-ADDI and other flying Dragons. The URL, if you want to see it on You Tube/Google is: http://youtu.be/48BsHNb23qE

Does anyone have an underside photo of Dragon G-ADDI in its red/white Chrisair scheme? I am trying to determine whether the underside of the fuselage is red or white for a modelling project.

Thanks

Robert:
Based on a flight I took with Mike last summer, you might be interested in a short documentary video I just finished yesterday . The URL is: http://youtu.be/48BsHNb23qE
if you want to paste it into Google or You Tube.

John C

There was a Chrisair DH twin hangered at Panshanger in the late 1960’s , in the red and white scheme , I do not remember the registration or if it was Rapide or a Dragon

Will have been G-ADDI, deH 84 Dragon. See post No 36……

Planemike

There was a Chrisair DH twin hangered at Panshanger in the late 1960’s , in the red and white scheme , I do not remember the registration or if it was Rapide or a Dragon

Be my guest John 🙂

G-ORDY
Thanks for including the great picture of G-ADDI. I am doing a short 5 minute non-profit documentary on this Dragon, and was wondering if I could use this photo still in a quick montage of the aircraft’s history in the video. I shows up in my draft for about 2 seconds, and I would credit you at the end if you can give me appropriate names etc.

J Crook
Chelsea, Quebec

G-ADDI well and flying

Came across this shot in my archive. Got it years ago and can’t recall where from but it was taken at the old York aerodrome sometime in the late 1940’s to mid-1950’s.

Gordon:

I see you were raised on Dan Dare as well. Sign of a future thinking mind.

I am preparing a short 5 minute video- documentary on G-ADDI. I was hoping that you might let me use your still image of G-ADDI as part of a montage of pictures that outline some of her history in the video. I like this picture particularly since it is from a different angle than most and it shows a child enjoying the ride.

This project is an expansion of the earlier video I did and which was noted in the Moth Magazine last month. It is not for commercial purposes. If I can use it, I would give you credit in the video as one of the contributors.

Mike K told me that DDI flew in Egypt in the 50s, probably out of the Nile Delta. If anyone has pictures of this it would be fantastic. I have an Egyptian friend who remembers seeing the Dragons when he was a boy, but he has no photographs.

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Thanks for your interest.
John C.
Chelsea Quebec.

Painted the line and registrations on Dragon G-ACET today.

Came across this shot in my archive. Got it years ago and can’t recall where from but it was taken at the old York aerodrome sometime in the late 1940’s to mid-1950’s.

The Evergreen Museum was created by the owner of the Evergreen air freight company in memory of his son, killed in an F-15 crash, and is located at McMinnville, OR.
Robert

Minor correction…just to keep the facts straight.
He was an Oregon Air national guard F-15 pilot who was killed (along with another pilot) in a automobile accident.

Who else was on the flight John?

I flew on ADDI this summer. The URL for the film of the flight is:

http://youtu.be/vSnVcxU-fTE

John C
Chelsea, Quebec

G-ADDI Flight Aug. 2013

My first flight was in DDI at Fairoaks around 1964. By a happy coincidence I ran into her at a fly-in at Evergreen, WA in 1980. I have the pleasure to have been friends with Mike Kimbrell ever since and fly into Kimbrell Farm from BC, Canada every few years to get reacquainted with the Dragon and to visit his family. The fuselage, now bearing G-ADDI again as permitted by FAA rules, is otherwise as it was when operated by Chrisair. The wings were recovered around 20 years ago. The grey leather seats are just as anyone who has flown in her would remember them.

I have to say there is no prouder or more knowledgable aeroplane owner than Mike. The Dragon is a working aeroplane, used to transport family and friends, often to aviation events. Mike is passionate about her care and history – that is why he only refinished the wings – and the thought that she could be more appreciated in the UK is simply not correct.

She was returned to airworthiness a few weeks ago and I hope to visit later this summer. She’s in good hands and I have no doubt Mike will make the best decision for her assured future at the appropriate time.

Robert

Robert:
I prepared a short 5 minute video on our flight on G-ADDI with Mike Kimbrel this summer of 2013. He and Mary were certainly gracious hosts. It was great to fly on an old bird that carried my grandparents to Speke Airport 78 years ago.

The URL is: http://youtu.be/vSnVcxU-fTE

Hope you enjoy it.

John Crook