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DH.60X Cirrus II Moth (initially known as the Moth Type X or Experimental Moth) Introduced in 1927 this variant had a slightly larger wingspan by 1 foot, increased length by 2.5 inches and decreased distance between the upper and lower wings. Powered by an uprated 80 hp (60 kW) ADC Cirrus Mark II engine, 333 built. (many were later upgraded to ...
The original Cirrus engines were all designed by Halford and built by ADC. The 65 horsepower (48 kW) Cirrus I passed its 50-hour type rating in 1925. De Havilland launched his product as the Cirrus Moth and it proved a winning combination. The engine was soon adopted for other aircraft.
As ADC began to run out of the Renault engines in 1928, Cirrus Aero Engines Limited was formed at Croydon to manufacture the Cirrus models from scratch.. Although Halford was no longer associated with it (having gone off to develop the next-generation but otherwise similar de Havilland Gipsy series), the Cirrus company continued to develop new models, with the uprated Hermes appearing in 1929.
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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.
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The Blackburn Cirrus Major started life as a clean-sheet replacement for the original 1920s Cirrus and Hermes series of upright inline four-cylinder air cooled aircraft engines originally designed by Frank Halford for the early DH60 de Havilland Cirrus Moth and which had been in production by the Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC) and later Cirrus Aero Engine Limited, which itself evolved into ...