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de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Land	Uk
Klasse	Træner
Første flyvning	22. februar 1925
Bygget	Unknow

Den de Havilland DH.60 Møl is a 1920s British two-seat touring and training aircraft that was developed into a series of aircraft by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. The DH.60 was developed from the larger DH.51 biplane. The first flight of the Cirrus powered prototype DH.60 Moth (registration G-EBKT) was carried out by Geoffrey de Havilland at the works airfield at Stag Lane on 22 February 1925. The Moth was a two-seat biplane of wooden construction, it had a plywood covered fuselage and fabric covered surfaces, a standard tailplane with a single tailplane and fin. A useful feature of the design was its folding wings which allowed owners to hangar the aircraft in much smaller spaces. The then Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare became interested in the aircraft and the Air Ministry subsidised five flying clubs and equipped them with Moths.

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Den de Havilland DH.60 Møl is a two-seat biplane that was designed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer de Havilland in the 1920s. It was one of the most popular and successful light aircraft of its era, and was used for various purposes such as training, touring, sport flying, and military service. The Moth was based on the earlier de Havilland DH.51, but featured a smaller and lighter airframe, a more powerful engine, and a folding wing mechanism that allowed it to be stored in a standard garage. The Moth was also the first aircraft to use the de Havilland Gipsy engine, a reliable and economical inverted inline four-cylinder engine that became the standard powerplant for many de Havilland designs. The Moth was produced in several variants, such as the DH.60G Gipsy Moth, the DH.60M Metal Moth, the DH.60T Moth Trainer, and the DH.60X Moth Major.
Moth blev eksporteret til mange lande og opereret af forskellige civile og militære organisationer, herunder Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force og United States Army Air Corps. Moth blev også fløjet af mange berømte flyvere, såsom Amy Johnson, der fløj en Gipsy Moth solo fra England til Australien i 1930, og Charles Kingsford Smith, der brugte en Gipsy Moth til den første trans-tasmanske flyvning i 1928. Moth var et alsidigt og holdbart fly, der kunne fungere godt under forskellige forhold og miljøer. Den blev rost for sin lette håndtering, stabilitet og ydeevne og blev betragtet som en fornøjelse at flyve af mange piloter. Moth var også indflydelsesrig i udviklingen af luftfart, da den var med til at popularisere flyvning som en hobby og en sport og inspirerede mange andre lette flydesign. Moth var i produktion indtil 1933, hvor den blev erstattet af de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth. Mange Moths forblev dog i tjeneste i årtier efter det, og nogle flyver stadig i dag som elskede veteranfly.