This wartime photograph, passed for publication on 1.3.40, shows a DH.60M at Blackpool being run up while in use for ground training. The wing-folding jury struts are still in position, suggesting that as the aircraft was not flown they were left in permanently. A mobile barrier is positioned in front of the engine to keep trainees clear of the propeller and chocks are in position under the wheels for engine runs. While the first lesson is being demonstrated on the Moth, the more advanced pupils are carrying out engine runs in the row behind on Hart type fuselages with cowlings removed. The airman with his hand on the Moth strut, behind the instructor, has a fire extinguisher behind him and a bucket of sand and spade.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928Hawker Hart - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The Armstrong Siddeley 75 hp five-cylinder Genet radial was completely unlike any other Moth engine. Compared with the 285 lb Cirrus II it provided equivalent power but weighed only 210 lb and to preserve the C of G position it had to be mounted further forward resulting in a 6 in. longer nose. Seen here is the first Genet Moth G-EBOU c/n 271.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Genet Moth - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABJJ c/n 1840 had a second ASI, a direct reading spring-tab type on a quadrant plate mounted on the port wing front interplane strut and operated by the airflow. This saved the pilot having to duck his head inside the cockpit on the approach to check the airspeed and was especially useful when landing into sun. An uncommon feature was the head-fairing going right back to the tail. This aircraft was flown by the writer in 1953 while awaiting sale. Nine years later it went to Canada to re-use the registration CF-AAA and is believed to be still flying. As many as fifty DH.60 Moth variants still survive, 11 of them airworthy at the time of writing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

DH.60G G-AAWO c/n 1235 with jury struts in position, wings folded, and tailskid on a dolly while being manhandled along a road prior to being hangared in a shed of the local coal merchant. The occasion was a survey visit to Kirkwall in the Orkneys by Flying Officer E.E.Fresson on 11.2.32, prior to setting up a postal and passenger air service between Inverness and Kirkwall. Here G-AAWO has the early large diameter standard wheels.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

J9924 c/n 1386 was a DH.60M to Spec 4/29, one of the first batch of eleven for the RAF who eventually had 124. Previously 22 Cirrus Moths had been used for trials starting with J8030 c/n 233, this Moth being the first to have the locker. The silver dope paint scheme shows up clearly the features of the Gipsy I and the airframe, the lines on the fuselage fabric indicating the positions of the stringers over the metal frame. The aircraft has been parked with some left rudder applied and the steerable tailskid can be seen turned in line.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

DH.60G SU-ABD (believed to be c/n 1256) in Misr Airwork's hangar at Cairo with the company's name painted on the rudder in Arabic and English. A headrest is fitted behind the rear cockpit and a quadrant-type direct reading ASI is fitted to the starboard front strut. It has slots, as has another DH.60G opposite bearing no registration, possibly suggesting the photo is of new arrivals.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

G-AAWO with race number 1 at the National Air Races in 1950 piloted by R.A.Mann. It has the front cockpit faired over, the long exhaust removed, and is here at full throttle with tail up at the start of the take-off run. The wheels are now the small diameter type with doughnut tyres. The strange symbols seen in Archive 3/82 on the RH cowling are here seen on the LH cowling as well.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Simple DH airspeed and stall indicator of 1928, usually fitted on the starboard front interplane strut.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The DH.60G III Moth and Moth Major were the last of the DH.60 series and followed the Tiger Moth in using an inverted in-line engine. The propeller boss at the top of the completely enclosed cowling made it unlike any of the upright in-line Moths in appearance, and the Moth Major looked more like a Tiger Moth than the first DH.60T from which the Tiger was developed. Inverting the engine meant that it had no sump to carry the oil supply and so a separate oil tank was necessary, this being under the bulge which can be seen behind the side flap of the cowling. OO-GUY c/n 5010 survived in Belgium until 1939.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Moth Major / D.H.60GIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932