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Den de Havilland DH.60 Møll 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 Møll 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 ble eksportert til mange land og operert av ulike sivile og militære organisasjoner, inkludert Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force og United States Army Air Corps. Moth ble også fløyet av mange kjente flygere, som Amy Johnson, som fløy en Gipsy Moth solo fra England til Australia i 1930, og Charles Kingsford Smith, som brukte en Gipsy Moth for den første trans-tasmanske flyvningen i 1928. Moth var et allsidig og holdbart fly som kunne fungere godt under ulike forhold og miljøer. Det ble rost for sin enkle håndtering, stabilitet og ytelse, og ble ansett som en glede å fly av mange piloter. Moth var også innflytelsesrik i utviklingen av luftfart, da det bidro til å popularisere flyging som en hobby og en sport, og inspirerte mange andre lette flydesign. Moth var i produksjon frem til 1933, da den ble erstattet av de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth. Imidlertid forble mange Moths i tjeneste i flere tiår etter det, og noen flyr fortsatt i dag som kjære veteranfly.