De Havilland Dragon Rapide - Notable Appearances in Media

Notable Appearances in Media

A de Havilland Dragon Rapide, the Sky Gypsy, appears in Out of Time, an episode of the BBC science fiction television series Torchwood, in which one is accidentally flown through a "transcendental portal" and travels from 1953 over 50 years into its passengers' future. Aircraft registered as G-ACZE appears in the 1990 BBC production Agatha Christie's Poirot, "Peril at End House". Dragon Rapides appear in several films including The Maggie, The Captain's Paradise, Fathom, and the 1995 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III. A Dragon Rapide was also seen in the 2004 movie, A Good Woman (film), starring Helen Hunt.

A 1986 Spanish film, Dragon rapide, covers its historical use by Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

British Airways shows Dragon Rapide in their 2011' advert To Fly. To Serve.

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