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The starting point for the DH.82 Tiger Moth was the de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth. [4] De Havilland had developed successively more capable Gipsy engines, and the company had produced a new low-winged monoplane aircraft to test them. This aircraft became the first aircraft to be referred to as the Tiger Moth. [5]
de Havilland DH.60T Moth Trainer: Sk 9: trainer: 10: 1931–1936 - de Havilland DH.60X/M Cirrus/Gipsy Moth: Sk 7: trainer: 2: 1928–1936 - De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth: Sk 11: trainer: 36: 1932–1952: some built by ASJA Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz: Sk 12: trainer: 85: 1936–1946: some built by ASJA/CVV Friedrichshafen FF 33J: Sk 2: trainer ...
The DH.84 Dragon was the first aeroplane purchased by Aer Lingus in 1936; they later operated the DH.86B Dragon Express and the DH.89 Dragon Rapide. De Havilland continued to produce high-performance aircraft including the twin piston-engined DH.88 Comet racers, one of which became famous as the winner of the MacRobertson Air Race from England ...
The DH 82 was powered by a 120-hp Gipsy II engine, but the 1939 DH.82a received the 145-hp Gipsy Major. More than 1,000 Tiger Moths were delivered before the Second World War , and subsequently 4,005 were built in the UK and shipped all over the world; 1,747 were built in Canada (the majority being the DH.82c model with enclosed cockpits ...
Scaled-up version of DH.57 for 20 passengers and powered by three Napier Lion engines. [1] DH.59 Not built Design study for a transport biplane. [1] DH.60 Moth: 22 February 1925 Two-seat light biplane DH.60G Gipsy Moth: 1927 DH.60 Moth powered by de Havilland Gipsy engine DH.60GIII Moth Major: 1929 DH.60 Moth powered by new Gipsy III/Gipsy ...
Acquired by Spartan Air Services of Ottawa, Ontario in 1954. On 10 July 1956 made an emergency landing near Pelly Lake, Northwest Territories and was destroyed by fire. Wreckage recovered by Windsor group in 1996. Under restoration as KB161 by Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group. [16] TA719 Duxford, Cambridgeshire: Imperial War Museum Duxford: On display
The de Havilland Moths were a series of light aircraft, sports planes, and military trainers designed by Geoffrey de Havilland.In the late 1920s and 1930s, they were the most common civilian aircraft flying in Britain, and during that time every light aircraft flying in the UK was commonly referred to as a Moth, regardless if it was de Havilland-built or not.
DH-84 VH-UXG (Riama), 2003. 1 October 2012 – 2012 Riama crash. A privately owned 1934 de Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2 registration VH-UXG, named Riama (pictured) went missing in bad weather returning from an air show near Monto, Queensland, Australia to Caboolture. [22] Queensland Police found the wreckage near Borumba Dam.