The original DH.60 Moth was a biplane trainer built by de Havilland from 1925. It was powered by an ADC Cirrus engine. Some of the the initial DH.60 Moth were fitted with a new undercarriage whose braces formed an X, which resulted in examples being known as the DH.60X. When the de Havilland Gipsy was installed in the DH.60 in 1927 it was redesignated the DH.60G Gipsy Moth and the original version became known as the Cirrus Moth. In 1934 the de Havilland Gypsy Major engine was fitted and this version became the DH.60 GIII Moth Major. A small number of Armstrong-Siddeley Genet powered Moths were built, and was known predictably enough as the Genet Moth. The best known Moth is the DH.82 Tiger Moth, produced from 1931 as a development of the Moth Major intended for easier access to the front cockpit, including staggering the wings (so that the cabane was in ahead of the front seat instead of around it) and swept wings to ensure the balance remained correct.
Moths
Geoffry De Havilland was an avid Lepidopterist and this interest led him to assign names to his aircraft of various flying insects including various moths. A number of de Havilland aircraft of the inter-war period used Moth in their name. Amongst these were:
- Moth, Gipsy Moth and Moth Major (DH.60)
- Giant Moth (DH.61)
- Tiger Moth (DH.71) (monoplane)
- Hawk Moth (DH.75)
- Puss Moth (DH.80A)
- Swallow Moth (DH.81)
- Tiger Moth (DH.82) (biplane)
- Fox Moth (DH.83)
- Leopard Moth (DH.85)
- Hornet Moth (DH.87)
- Moth Minor (DH.94)
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