CF-BPD de
Havilland D.H.90 Dragonfly
(c/n 7538)
Only a half dozen or so
Dragonflys were ever registered in Canada. By far the largest
user was
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who
seemed to like them. This example was, in fact, a
former RCMP
machine, being previously registered CF-MPD. They
were not a very robust
design and had a tendency to ground
loop, which is exactly what happened to this one at Winnipeg
in April of 1945, causing it to
be
withdrawn from use. Like other types operated in Canada, this
Dragonfly had an extended dorsal fin
to
handle the fitting of floats as required. Canadian contributor
Ross Herrington
indicates
that this machine was owned by Ginger Coote Airways for a while in
the
1940s. (It was probably on floats at that time).