Den de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Är ett biplan från 1930-talet designat av Geoffrey de Havilland och drevs av Royal Air Force (RAF) och andra som primär tränare. Tiger Moth förblev i tjänst med RAF tills den ersattes av de Havilland Chipmunk 1952, då många av överskottsflygplanen gick in i civil drift. Många andra nationer använde Tiger Moth i både militära och civila tillämpningar, och det är fortfarande i utbredd användning som ett fritidsflygplan i många länder. Det används fortfarande ibland som ett primärutbildningsflygplan, särskilt för de piloter som vill få erfarenhet innan de går vidare till andra bakhjulsflygplan. Många är nu anställda av olika företag som erbjuder provlektionsupplevelser. De Havilland Moth-klubben som grundades 1975 är nu en ägarförening som erbjuder en ömsesidig klubb och teknisk support.
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The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a biplane trainer aircraft that was widely used by the Royal Air Force and other air forces in the British Commonwealth during the 1930s and 1940s. It was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. The Tiger Moth has a distinctive appearance with its fabric-covered wooden airframe, open cockpit, fixed landing gear and inverted Gipsy Major engine. It is capable of aerobatics and can be fitted with floats or skis for operation on water or snow. The Tiger Moth was originally developed from the earlier de Havilland DH.60 Moth, which was a successful light aircraft in the 1920s.
The DH.82 was designed to meet the specifications of the Air Ministry for a new primary trainer for the RAF. It first flew in 1931 and entered service in 1932. More than 7,000 Tiger Moths were produced in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The Tiger Moth was used for basic flight training, navigation, instrument flying, wireless operation, gunnery and night flying. It also served as a liaison and observation aircraft during the Second World War. Many famous pilots learned to fly on the Tiger Moth, including Douglas Bader, Amy Johnson and Charles Lindbergh. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952, when it was replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk. Some Tiger Moths continued to fly as civilian aircraft until the 1970s. Today, many Tiger Moths are preserved and flown by enthusiasts around the world.