DH.87 Hornet Moth | |
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1936 de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth | |
Role | Trainer and Tourer |
Manufacturer | de Havilland |
First flight | 9 May 1934 |
Status | still in operation |
Primary user | private owner pilots |
Produced | 1935–1938 |
Number built | 164 |
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.