De Havilland Moth Minor

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DH.94 Moth Minor
Type Tourer/Trainer
Manufacturer De Havilland Aircraft Company
Maiden flight 1937

The de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor was a 1930s British two-seat tourer/trainer aircraft built by De Havilland Aircraft Company at Hatfield Aerodrome, England and Bankstown, Australia.

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[edit] History

Designed as a low-wing monoplane to replace the biplane Moth series the wooden prototype Moth Minor was first flown by Geoffrey de Havilland on 22 June 1937 at Hatfield Aerodrome. Production started and nearly 100 examples had been built by the outbreak of the Second World War. The selling price of only £575 the Moth Minor was popular with flying clubs keen to acquire modern monoplanes. Nine aircraft were specially built with hinged coupe tops instead of the normally open cockpit.

As the factory at Hatfield was needed for the war effort the drawings, jigs, components and unfinished aircraft were delivered to the de Havilland factory at Bankstown, Sydney. More than 40 aircraft were produced in Australia.

Civil aircraft operated in the United Kingdom were impressed into wartime service with the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm, one example was used by the United States Army Air Corps.


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[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

  • Length: 24 ft 5 in (7.44 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
  • Wing area: 162 ft² (15.05 m²)
  • Empty weight: 983 lb (446 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,550 lb (703 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1× De Havilland Gipsy Minor inline piston engine, 90 hp (67 kw)

Performance

[edit] Reference

    • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
    • Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10107 X. 

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