德哈维兰DH.60飞蛾 – 照片和视频

这 德哈维兰DH.60飞蛾 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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这 德哈维兰DH.60飞蛾 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.
飞蛾出口到许多国家，由各种民事和军事组织运营，包括皇家空军、加拿大皇家空军和美国陆军航空队。许多著名的飞行员也飞过这只飞蛾，例如艾米·约翰逊（Amy Johnson），他于1930年将吉普赛飞蛾独自从英国飞往澳大利亚，查尔斯·金斯福德·史密斯（Charles Kingsford Smith）在1928年的第一次跨塔斯曼飞行中使用了吉普赛飞蛾。飞蛾是一种多功能且耐用的飞机，可以在各种条件和环境中表现出色。它因其易于操作、稳定性和性能而受到称赞，并被许多飞行员认为是一种飞行乐趣。飞蛾在航空的发展中也产生了影响，因为它有助于普及飞行作为一种爱好和运动，并激发了许多其他轻型飞机的设计。飞蛾一直生产到1933年，当时它被德哈维兰DH.82虎蛾取代。然而，许多飞蛾在那之后的几十年里仍在服役，有些飞蛾今天仍然作为珍贵的老式飞机飞行。