De Havilland Tiger Moth

what is it?

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. In addition to the type's principal use for ab initio training, the Second World War had RAF Tiger Moths operating in other capacities, including maritime surveillance and defensive anti-invasion preparations; some aircraft were outfitted to function as armed light bombers.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 175 km/htop speed
• size 828 kgmax take-off weight
• built 8,280made in total

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 95 years ago, in 1931.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1931-10-26

introduced

1932

retired

1959

status

still flying

number built

8,280

role

trainer

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

de Havilland Aircraft Company

engines

1× de Havilland Gipsy Major I

crew

2

length

7.3 m

wingspan

8.9 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

828 kg

top speed

175 km/h

cruise speed

108 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,145 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.