Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Which is this insect resembling dragonfly?, 1 by Dinu

Dinu wrote:
This morning I saw something fly past in a manner I had not seen before. It was quick, quicker than a grasshopper, unlike a dragonfly. I missed it after it sat close enough to have a short glimpse of something with red eyes. I was lucky second time round after about half an hour. It sat on a brick when the morning sun shone on it and I was close within macro range to capture its image. I did not know what exactly it looked like as I was concentrating on capturing the images. On loading it to the PC, I found out it had indeed red eyes, but its body resembled that of a dragonfly. It has a hairy body... and on the face, a little beard! What this could be? A dragonfly youngster???

Dinu