2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Moth Minor A21-42 Benalla 2012-06-03: Pandar~enwiki at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DH 94 Moth Minor: L-Bit· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor was a 1930s British two-seat tourer/trainer aircraft built by de Havilland at Hatfield Aerodrome, England. With the start of the Second World War, production of the Moth Minor was moved to de Havilland Australia at Bankstown Aerodrome, Australia.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Wingspan of 11.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937
- number built
- 140
- role
- tourer/trainer
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy Minor
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 11.2 m
- height
- 1.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 703 kg
- top speed
- 190 km/h
- cruise speed
- 161 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,029 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1050644, Wikipedia: De Havilland Moth Minor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.