We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The twin engine airplane departed Leopoldville in the morning on a flight to Angola, carrying one passenger, an aerial photographer, and three crew members, one pilot, one navigator and one mechanic. En route, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and because the airplane was not equipped with radio communication system or radiocompas, the pilot decided to land at Thysville Airfield (now Mbanza-Ngungu). After the airplane was refueled, the pilot started the takeoff procedure from a gr
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide