TIGER MOTH
The De Havilland DH82
was the British equivalent to the
ubiquitous Piper Cub or Boeing Stearman, a cheap and
cheerful primary training aircraft.
Developed from the original
DH60 Moth, an aircraft which
first flew in 1925 and started the beginning of private flying
in Britain and the rest of many parts of the world.
The main difference
with the new DH82 was the new inverted
Gipsy engine, and the placement of the wings. With the
previous straight wings, access to the front cockpit was
constricted, so by increasing the sweep of the top wing this
was greatly improved.
The aircraft found favour
with the RAF, and by 1939 they had
1,000 in service. By wars end over 4,200 had been delivered
and the majority of RAF pilots trained in England had received
their primary training in a Tiger Moth.
Nearly 8,500 examples were produced in total, including 1747
in Canada, 1085 in Australia, 345 in New Zealand, 91 in Portugal,
37 in Norway and 23 in Sweden.
This CD contains civil and military manuals for the
DH82 from
England, Australia and Canada. The CD has been scanned from
the original flight manuals and retains any colour pages.
This CD contains:
1. Pilots Handling
Notes for the D.H. Tiger Moth, produced by
the Society of British Aero Clubs, undated with 11
pages.
2. Manufacturers
Manual of Instructions for Operation,
Maintenance and Rigging of the De Havilland Tiger
Moth
(D.H.82), publication TIM.1, (first Australian
Edition), undated
but from the late 1930's, approx 30 pages with 12 fold-out
drawings at the back.
3. Manufacturers Manual of Instructions
for Operation and
Maintenance of the De Havilland Tiger Moth D.H.82C,
publication TIM.C1, produced by De Havilland
Canada, undated
but from the late 1930's, approx 26 pages with 12
fold-out
drawings at the back.
(Although looking similar to the Australian edition,
this is
in fact quite different with a different arrangement
of the
text and different drawings. The drawings are more
like
illustrations rather than pure technical drawings.)
4. Manufacturers Care and Maintenance
Manual for the De
Havilland Tiger Moth. Undated but probably late
1940's with
approx 153 pages. (This is a complete manual
which includes
Pilot's Notes and the Repair Manual.)
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