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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 Tiger Moth biplane is arguably the world's most famous training aircraft. Some were armed to fight in the Battle of Britain during WW2.
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The most famous of the Moths, however, for sheer numbers built (nearly 9,000), is the DH.82 Tiger Moth - a biplane trainer used during the Second World War in Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations, and the aircraft in which all Second World War RAF pilots learned to fly.
Probably the best known training aeroplane ever, the Tiger Moth open-cockpit tandem two-seat biplane was first flown in 1931 from Stag Lane. It is a single bay biplane, with normal forward stagger to aid pilot vision, reduce the aerodynamic interference between the two wings, and ease cockpit access. The wings were given slight sweepback to ...
The Tiger Moth was the main primary trainer used in Britain in the lead-up to WWII. It would provide many pilots their first taste of solo flight and send them on a path of preparation for combat flying.
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.
de Havilland DH 82C Tiger Moth. Flown for the first time on October 26, 1931, the Tiger Moth was derived from the DH 60 Moth. The Moth design, with the fuel tank directly above the front cockpit, restricted cockpit access for air force pilots wearing a parachute.
