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The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft.
The de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth was a British single-seat monoplane, designed to research high-speed flight and to test replacement engines for the Cirrus. Only two were built. Only two were built. [ 1 ]
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.
The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911 A de Havilland Airco DH.9 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 2008 A de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth at Kemble Airport in 2003 1936 de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth taking off at Kemble Air Day, Wiltshire, in 2008 A DH.89 Dragon Rapide of the Army Parachute Association at RAF ...
Stag Lane Aerodrome was sold for housing development in 1933, though a small 15-acre (61,000 m 2) site was retained as a factory and offices for the de Havilland Engine Company Limited. The last flight from the airfield was by a de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth , G -ACTA in July 1934, by which time the company factory had been relocated to ...
De Havilland put forward plans for converting the Tiger Moth into a bomber by equipping it with eight 20 lb (9 kg) bomb racks beneath the rear cockpit. As an alternative, the bomb-racks could be installed four on each side under the lower planes, which would avoid trimming difficulties. [2]
A final Moth Major was built by the de Havilland Technical School, giving total production of the DH.60G III of 154. [3] DH.60T (Tiger Moth Prototypes) Eight prototypes with swept wings for a proposed RAF trainer. Because of the substantial changes, the aircraft entered production as the DH.82 Tiger Moth. Note: Variant information taken from ...
de Havilland Tiger Moth, an aerobatic and trainer tailwheel biplane; de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth, an earlier monoplane produced by de Havilland; Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth, a homebuilt aircraft; RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth, a homebuilt aircraft