De Havilland Hornet Moth

DH.87 Hornet Moth
1936 de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth
General information
TypeTrainer and Tourer
Manufacturerde Havilland
StatusIn limited service
Primary userprivate owner pilots
Number built164
History
Manufactured1935–1938
First flight9 May 1934

The de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth is a single-engined cabin biplane designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1934 as a potential replacement for its highly successful de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer. Although its side-by-side two-seat cabin made it closer in configuration to the modern aircraft that military trainee pilots would later fly, there was no interest from the RAF and the aircraft was put into production for private buyers.