Tthe 드 하빌랜드 DH.82 호랑이 나방 는 Geoffrey de Havilland가 설계 한 1930 년대 복엽기이며 왕립 공군 (RAF) 및 기타 주요 트레이너로 운영되었습니다. 타이거 나방은 1952년 드 하빌랜드 치펑크(de Havilland Chipmunk)로 대체될 때까지 RAF와 함께 복무 중이었으며, 잉여 항공기의 다수가 민간 작전에 들어갔다. 다른 많은 국가들은 호랑이 나방을 군사 및 민간 응용 분야에서 사용했으며 많은 국가에서 레크리에이션 항공기로 널리 사용되고 있습니다. 그것은 여전히 때때로 기본 훈련 항공기로 사용되며, 특히 다른 테일 휠 항공기로 이동하기 전에 경험을 쌓기를 원하는 조종사를 위해 사용됩니다. 많은 사람들이 현재 시험 수업 경험을 제공하는 다양한 회사에 고용되어 있습니다. 1975 년에 설립 된 de Havilland Moth 클럽은 현재 상호 클럽 및 기술 지원을 제공하는 소유자 협회입니다.
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.