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The Moth no. 147

For sale. Canadian DH82C Tiger Moth. Recent complete rebuild. Detailed to RCAF circa 1942. C of A. Current Annual. VHF. US$95000. E-mail: nostal@incentre.net

Three new books in the Stockbox: The History of the Jodhpur Flying Club (and the Royal Air Force in Princely India) by Peter Vacher. Well illustrated. Lots on Moths various. £12.00 per copy plus postage at cost (please ask). Panshanger Aerodrome by Michael Packham. The story of the country airfield owned and operated by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Well illustrated. £16.99 per copy plus postage at cost (please ask). Fly Navy, a series of outrageous stories concerning the Fleet Air Arm collated by John Beattie. £10.99 plus postage at cost (please ask). Note that all three books have been authored by members of the de Havilland Moth Club and are in stock for immediate delivery. deHMC HQ.

Instrument services for Moths. Airtron Instruments is back in business for instrument overhaul testing and repair. We have relocated to 40B St Paul’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2BH. Tel. +44 (0)1780 482557. FAO Bruce Irvine. E-mail: bruceirvine@tiscali.co.uk

For sale. DH87B Hornet Moth VH-UXY. Gipsy Major 1F. Stainless steel wires. Leather interior. New Perspex. Radio and intercom. A$145,000. Tel +61 3 5255 4673 or +61 0427 554673. (Australia.)

For sale. A collection of 52 1/48 constant scale models of aircraft from Bleriot XI to English Electric P1B. Most personally made, some professionally, all museum quality. Details on request. Also set of 12 volumes of ‘Aircraft Profiles’ to be sold complete. Proceeds of sale to be shared: 10% to deHMC and 90% to a fund to train aircraft ground engineers. Desmond Penrose. Tel. +44 (0)1582 833190. (GB.)

For sale. Gipsy Major 10-2 stripped for inspection. No logbook. Located in the West of Ireland. Contact Philip Jones. E-mail: castlehacket@hotmail.com

Wanted. Cabin light fixtures for DH89A Dragon Rapide. Brian Cunsolo, USA. Tel. +1 561 953 0700 Extn. 2211. (USA.). E-mail: bcunsolo@partsbase.com

For sale. Tiger Moth. Gipsy Major 1C, 12 hours smoh. Airframe 360 hours since rebuild. 24V electric starter. Poly fibre covering on wings. Stainless steel wires. Steerable tailwheel and brakes. Some spares and specialised tools, manuals and TNS. ICOM intercom. $92,000. Randy Phillips, Tel. +1 651 324 7454 or +1 651 306 0345. (USA.). E-mail: rbpdh82a@comcast.net

Tiger Moth share for sale. £12,500 for quarter share, £100 per month, £60 per hour. New C of A. Based in the South Midlands. Contact Ken Broomfield. Tel. +44 (0)1827 874572. (GB.)

For sale. Items for DH82A Tiger Moth: strakes, condition fair; compass, fair; rev counter, fair; ASI 40-140knots, good; propeller 6.84D x 3.53P; wooden box to transport petrol tank, no lid.
Please call Ian. Tel. +44 (0)117 9682827. (GB.)

For sale. 1940 DH82A Tiger Moth. Restoration completed November 2001. Gipsy Major 1C. Tailwheel, radio, electric starter with charger, new tyres. $90,000. Harry E. Clark. Tel. +1 317 501 0131. (USA.) E-mail: cubmoth@aol.com

Wanted. Seeking to buy originals of the following de Havilland manuals: DH "Manual of Instructions" for DH60 Cirrus/Gipsy Moth; DH83 Fox Moth; DH84 Dragon; DH Gipsy I and/or II engines and ADC Cirrus. Mark Pilkington, 23 Ponds Drive, Lara, Victoria 3212, Australia. Tel. + 61 0418 174 957. Fax. +61 3 9683 4178. (Australia.) E-mail: mpilkington@powercor.com.au

Wanted. DH89A Dragon Rapide. Offers please to Pierre Gerard, France. E-mail: pgrdaero@aol.com

For sale. New manufacture fuel shut off valves for DH82A Tiger Moth. These valves are made in our workshop to original specification and cost £98 plus shipping. Contact Tony Smallwood. E-mail: fly@nokaviation.com

Wanted. Jackaroo airframe parts. Seeking top cowl, slat locking lever,trim control lever and fairing strip between turtledeck and rear fairing structure. All required for restoration of G-AOIO in Australia. Contact John Fisher. Fax. +61 3 5439 6206. (Australia.). E-mail: jfisher007@bigpond.com

Wanted for Tiger Moth restoration: an original ASI, altimeter and Turn and Slip. Robert Wotton, GB. E-mail: robertwotton@aol.com

Wanted. Contacts for anyone who can re-work a wind driven generator for installation on a DH89A Dragon Rapide. Any advice would be much appreciated. Richard Thomasson. (GB.). E-mail: rthomasson@tronosjet.com

For sale. Throttle friction washers Part No H18949. New Manufacture red fibre washers to original specifications. £1 each or £6 for a full set of 8. Postage £1 per order. Also available, a supply of NOS ball joints for the altitude control rod end, AGS385, £5 each with standard length ball shaft. Postage £2 per item. Kevin Carder, 16 Sackville Street, Ingleburn, NSW 2565, Australia.

Tiger Moth group seeks new member. Tailwheel time preferred. Aeroplane in superb condition, based in the Abingdon area of Oxfordshire, GB. Further details from Digby Mackworth. E-mail: mackworth@btinternet.com

For sale in New Zealand, DH89A Dragon Rapide/Dominie ZK-SWR. The aeroplane is 60 hours off a complete 12 year rebuild. Gipsy Queen III engines, zero-timed, Fairey Reed X-9 propellers, interior including seat frames and leather upholstery all new. Original instruments plus two Garmin GPS/COM units and digital transponder. Covered in Ceconite, painted using Butyrate paint. Finished in attractive Swissair colours of the ‘thirties. NZ$700,000, plus GST if sold within NZ (approx. £270,000). All export papers to hand. Further information and photos on www.tissi.co.nz/rapide.html. Contact Benno Tissi in New Zealand. E-mail: benno@tissi.co.nz or tissi@ihug.co.nz

For sale. New old stock 2BA all metal stiff nut AGS2001C1-66. 55p each, quantity available, New MoD surplus. Dave Goddard, 31 Morton Road, Aylsham, NR11 6BA, GB. Tel. +44 (0)1263 731705. E-mail: mail@dsgaviation.co.uk

For sale. Original Tiger Moth fuel tank, serviceable, new fuel gauge, (glass fitting cap, glass and seals) pressure tested, requires painting to complete. Located and available for inspection at Langham Airfield, Norfolk. £750. Contact John Farquhar in the first instance. Tel. +44 (0)1343 543882 or +44 (0)7990 535162. (GB.) E-mail: johnmfarquhar@aol.com

For sale. Set of stainless steel wires for DH82A Tiger Moth complete with all end fittings. Immediate delivery from stock. Details from deHMC HQ.

For sale. Tiger Moth propeller for Gipsy Major. Black with yellow tips. Drawing LA604/RX, BA 7571, D 6.5 P 4.58. £650 ono. Tiger Moth cowling covers, 1 used, 1 unused. UV resistant silver. Both genuine RAF issues 1948. Used £200, new £300. Photos available. E-mail:  ulla@base26.freeserve.co.uk

For sale. DH82A Tiger Moth Serial No DHNZ80, built by de Havilland at Rongotai in 1942. 281 hours since total rebuild completed in Oct 1991 at the Croydon Aircraft Company. Always hangared. All logbooks since the aircraft left military service with the RNZAF. VHF radio, Transponder Mode C, long range fuel tank, 406 ELT installed. Priced at NZ$155,000. Call Bill on +64 21 728 644 (New Zealand.). E-mail: kiwill@lambfamily.co.nz

For sale. Bücker Jungmann 1.131E reconstructed to classical appearance. Engine: Tigre G-IV A2 only 16 hours since overhaul. Total hours 1,253. Current Noise-Certificate. All paperwork. Complete file. All logbooks since year of construction in 1954 as No 2120/417 at Construcciones Aeronautiecs Anonima, Spain. Filser ATR 720 radio, Allied Signal RT 76a transponder with altitude encoder ACK A-30. Electric starter. Instrument panels all new. Ready to collect from Wilhelmshaven/Sande Aerodrome in Germany. For further details contact Rob Wirth. Tel. +49 4434 508 or +49 01609 7030675. (Germany.). E-mail: rob.wirth@web.de

Wanted. Oil temperature gauge (with conductor and sensor probe) for Gipsy Major engine. Greg Herrick, 121 5th Avenue NW #300, New Brighton, MN 55112, USA. Tel. +1 651 638 8400. (USA.). E-mail: gherrick@historicaviation.com

Wanted. Dismantled Tiger Moth suitable for restoration to airworthy condition. Mark Dolan. Tel +44 (0)1908 507848. (GB.). E-mail: mark@theaircraftguide.co.uk

Wanted. Back issues of The Moth magazine Nos 57, 64 and 65. John Fisher, Australia. E-mail: jfisher007@bigpond.com

Manufacturing project. Map holding springs on the instrument panel of a Hornet Moth ‘Notebook spring instrument board Pt No H31931’. Small batch manufacture to original drawings is being organised but using polished stainless steel material. Price expected to be about £25 per pair. Contact Dave Reid, Norfolk, England. Tel +44 (0)1692 538342 or +44 (0)7789 557258. (GB.). E-mail: dave.reid@helipilotservices.co.uk

For sale. BTH magneto CSE4-4U. Overhauled. Realistic offers. Gerry Kershaw. E-mail: manxengines@btopenworld.com

Tiger Moth for sale. G-ANMO. C of A to August 2009. £49,500. Jon Stafford. Tel. +44 (0)7527 053576. (GB.)

Is there anyone in the world of Moths who would be willing to loan me a Gipsy Major engine propeller hub extractor (our hub does not have the splined front plate) and the tool used to set the correct gap for the oil slinger? Dale Grubbs. USA. Tel. +1 865 558 2358. (USA.). E-mail: dale.grubbs@kub.org

Available free. A rollaway engine stand for a Gipsy Major engine supplied by Rollason Aircraft in England. This stand is free to any member who might care to come to collect in person. Please contact Jan Scott, Lovettsville, Virginia, USA. E-mail: flycow@flycow.com

For sale. DHC.1 Chipmunk wheels and brake parts. Available due to Cleveland brake conversion. Two pre-owned Dunlop caliper sets (Pt No AH 9220) and two brake friction discs (Pt No AHM 1082). Offers around £50. Three wheels (Pt No 9389) two fitted with Firestone and one with Dunlop pre-owned tyres and two axle spacers. Offers around £300. Four non-flyable cylinder heads and pistons for Gipsy Major 10-2 engine. Offers around £10. Contact Paul Doyle Tel. +44 (0)7749 279457 or Janice Doyle Tel. +44 (0)7962 611833 or +44 (0)1223 839646. (GB.)

Licence revalidation. Moth Club member and Tiger Moth owning instructor available for your one hour training flight. (This is one of the requirements for revalidating the rating F1.4 LASORS.) No fee, just a modest donation to an approved charity is all that will be necessary. Based west of London. Call Pete Benest. Tel. + 44 (0)1635 253627. (GB.). E-mail: peterbenest@newburyweb.net

Group being formed to operate Tiger Moth G-ANTK at Sywell. Minimum 5 shares, maximum 10. Minimum investment £2,500. Further details on request. E-mail: mgcollins@btconnect.com

Gipsy Major engine for sale. Details on request. Marcelo Delmonte, Argentina. E-mail: marcedelmonte@yahoo.com.ar

For sale. Gipsy Major crankcase, immaculate, complete with bearings and one set of either long or short cylinder head studs. Fully inspected and supplied with Release Note. £2,500. Tim Williams. Tel. +44 (0)1488 682987.(GB.). E-mail: denfordman@btinternet.com

For sale. Flying wire acorns (spacers) for DH60 Moth. One set of rubber compression bumpers for DH60 Moth landing gear. Dave Wayda, 700 Bridge Creek Drive, Sanramon, California 94582, USA. Tel. +1 925 829 5935. (USA.). E-mail: davepoorboy@sbcglobal.net

For sale. Plastic bins for small parts storage (Dexion Maxibins) 3in wide x 6in long x 3in high. £10 box of 12. Similar 3in x 4in x 2in, £8 box of 12. Shipping extra. Vintage Engine Technology Tel/Fax. +44 (0)1767 651794. (GB.). E-mail:
sales@vintech.aero

Tiger Moth steel tubing with rounded corners exactly the same size and shape as used in the construction of Tiger Moth fuselage frames. Available in all gauges and in either T45 or 4130. Also, as originally specified for the Tiger Moth, boxed and unused, Venturis 6A/370 £75; new-old-stock compass corrector cardholders (6A/387) at £25 each plus original (1936 dated) unused compass deviation cards (Air Ministry Form 316) £5 each. Order two sets of cards and holders, for just £50 postage free. Tiger Moth (boxed) control column rigging jigs – use also for control locks, £25. Mk. IVA ASI pressure heads (used on the Gipsy Moth) £150, new, boxed. Aero Vintage Ltd., New House, Northiam, Near Rye, East Sussex TN31 6JL. Tel. +44 (0)1580 830215. (GB.)

Tiger Moth owner for 45 years offers complete major and top overhauls for all series Gipsy Major engines. This can include new valve seats, valve guides, oil control ring mod, Nu Chrome cylinders to original bore dimensions, BTH magnetos, Claudel Hobson carburettors, AC fuel pumps, Rotax starters, generators. Fuel tanks repaired, rust removed, float replaced without patching, pressure tested. Bill Orbeck, 7325 Meadow Mist Lane, Ferndale, Washington 98248, USA. Tel. +1 360 384 6203. (USA.). E-mail: bill_orbeck@comcast.net

If you are a member of the de Havilland Moth Club and require any airframe parts to be run through an approved NDT organization, providing you cover shipping and insurance we will check your parts on a cost-only basis. Please quote your membership number. David Firth; Aerospace NDT Ltd., Building 6, Fourth Avenue, Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN9 3GE, England. Tel. +44 (0)1302 770771. Fax. +44 (0)1302 770956. (GB.). E-mail: david@aerospacendt.com

For sale. Tail trolley suitable for tailskid aircraft. Triangular arrangement with castors at each corner. Painted bright yellow. £60. Delivery by arrangement. From the deHMC Stockbox.

For sale. White 100% silk aviation scarves, ideal for open cockpit flying. Cool in summer, warm in winter. Size 6ft x 18in £9.95 including worldwide postage. Large size 7ft x 18in also available. Other sizes on request. Ideal gift. An absolute must for open cockpit flying. Contact Ineke Voeten, Zijdeateljeeke, Watermolenstraat 30, Roosendaal 4708 AN, The Netherlands. Tel/Fax. +31 165 561104. (The Netherlands.). E-mail: zijdeatelier@home.nl or view at www.zijdeatelier.com

For sale. Quarter share in Old Sarum based DH82A Tiger Moth G-EMSY restored by Cliff Lovell in 2000 with zero timed Vintech engine (since run 325 hours). Further details from Tel. +44 (0)1794 390332. (GB.). E-mail: gemsy@nomansland.free-online.co.uk

Wanted. Aluminium cylinder heads for Gipsy II engine scheduled for flight in a restored DH60 Moth. Who can help? Nick Challinor, Mothcair Aviation Services, Hangar 1, The Airfield, Murwillumbah, NSW 2484, Australia. Tel. (business hours only) +61 2 6672 1592. (Australia.). E-mail: nchallinor@dodo.com.au

A new item in the Stockbox. ‘Majors and Minors’, Janic Geelan's first of a multi volume series on the history of the de Havilland Aircraft Company and its products is now available from the Stockbox. The first publication (Volume 2 please note) covers DH60, DH80, DH82, DH83, DH84, DH88, DH89, DH91 and DH94, engines, propellers and the DH Technical School. £33.00 per copy post paid GB. Please add £8 per copy for worldwide postage. deHMC HQ.

For sale. British Hardware. 1/4 BSF all metal stiffnuts. AGS 2001-E1-66. Cad plated, as new old stock. Normal retail price £1.50 each plus VAT. Limited quantity available at £200 per thousand. Ben Cox. Tel. +44 (0)7760 366570. (GB.). E-mail: bcox@airatlantique.co.uk

Wanted. S.G.Brown Ltd. Aero Turn Indicator for my DH60 Moth. It looks very similar to the Reid & Sigrist instrument fitted to the Tiger Moth. Willing to purchase or exchange for a Tiger Moth instrument. Ed Field. Australia. E-mail: efield2@bigpond.com

Solo to England, Barry Markham’s new book covering his epic Tiger Moth flight from Perth, Western Australia, to Cambridge, England, in 1998. Available from the Stockbox. Cover price £14.99. Club offer price £12.50 plus £2.50 postage (GB) and £5 postage worldwide.

For sale. DH82A Tiger Moth. Total airframe reconstruction 1999 to 2003. 80 flying hours only. Engine has approx 450 hours since Ed Clark overhaul with some updates. US$85,000. For complete details, information and photographs see my website.
www.buytigermoth.com

For sale. DH60 Moth centre section rigging wires, new manufacture in stainless steel, complete with end fittings: H36781 (rear centre section) and H18868 (front centre section). Surplus to the current order book. Immediate delivery. Contact the Stockbox, deHMC HQ.

Wanted. Tiger Moth pitot tube guide H35646 (holds the pitot and static tubes in the horizontal position) and associated interplane strut clips 6A/46 for positioning the tubing. Steve Betzler. Tel. +1 262 368 2003 daytime. Cell +1 414 520 2537. (USA.). E-mail: sbetzler@empirelevel.com

For sale. One pair of EDO 1-1835 floats complete with all rigging to suit DH82A Tiger Moth. British CAA and Transport Canada approved. Modification drawings and British AAN included. Crates for shipment also available. May be viewed under operational conditions in Florida. Contact Willie Gerdes. (GB.). E-mail: wgerdes@tiger82.fsnet.co.uk

For sale. Tiger Moth port lower wing. Overhauled with new rear spar and all ribs, leading and trailing edges, tip bow, cables etc. Complete with aileron and walkway. Covered in Ceconite silver. Quality build. All paperwork. Ready to fit and fly. Needs no work whatsoever. £9,250 plus VAT if applicable. Tel. +44 (0) 1767 627375. (GB.). E-mail: skysporteng@aol.com

For sale. Tiger Moth G-BJZF. LAA Permit aircraft. For sale as a whole at £75,000 or with potential to form a new group with ten shares available at £7,500 each. Aircraft to be based at Old Warden, Bedfordshire. G-BJZF is in excellent condition following extensive works by professionals, too much to list. For further information and photographs call Marcus Lodge. Tel. +44 (0)7900 244442. (GB.). E-mail: marcus@innfrastructure.com

Tiger Moth fuel tanks manufactured from stainless steel in the aircraft workshops of Nok Aviation, Nok Airfield, Thailand. Made to order from £950 each. E-mail: fly@nokaviation.com

For sale. Original oil tank, main wheels and tyres for DH82A Tiger Moth. Joe Spencer, 621 Spencer Meadow Road, Asheboro, North Carolina 27205, USA. Tel. +1 336 629 0097. (USA.). E-mail: joespencer246@yahoo.com

For sale. DH82A Tiger Moth F-PMDS (c/n 83741). de Havilland built 1940, Morris Motors assembled 1941, RAF service 1941–1953. Sold to France 1954. Complete rebuild of engine and airframe between 1999 and 2001. Currently flown on CNRA (Permit) conditions, 80 hrs TT since restoration. Based Lunéville, Lorraine. Logs available since 1954. Offers sought. Further information available from Peter Gould. Tel. +33 160 43 24 48. (France.). E-mail: prmj.gould@wanadoo.fr

Wanted. Two useable seat-parachutes, hopefully not to use when flying my Gipsy-engined Stampe. Also wanted, issues 1 to 40 of Enterprise and The Moth to complete my collection. Stefaan Vancauteren, Rue Blaes 108-112, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Tel. +32 2 511 24 46. (Belgium.). E-mail: svancauteren@skynet.be

For sale. DH82 propeller and wheel rims. Wooden propeller, manufactured by Falcon Props of Zellwood, Florida, approx. 6 years old, low hours (photos, paperwork, serial number and specifications to be provided). Wheel rims with brakes and attachments, all serviceable, removed for Cleveland conversion. Best offers. Contact Peter Harrison, 23285 Orange Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL. 34945, USA. Tel. +1 772 216 4270. (USA.). E-mail: PeterH@adamsranch.com

For sale. Door frame latch-plates H36487LH and H36488RH for Hornet/Leopard/Puss Moth application. New manufacture. Peter Lovegrove. Tel +44 (0)1202 874271 or +44 (0)7967 135376. (GB.)

Wanted. Leopard Moth restoration project. Details please to Peter Vacher. GB. E-mail: pvacher@aol.com
 
Wanted. Details of any approved installation to re-locate Tiger Moth harness lap-strap attachment points. Nigel Lemon. Tel. +44 (0)7725 241204. (GB.). E-mail: nigel.lemon2@btinternet.com

Chipmunk for sale. Based at Seething Airfield, Norfolk. Offers around £32,000. Tel. +44 (0)1502 678125. (GB.). E-mail: paulaukland@hotmail.com

Tiger Moth for sale. Well known aircraft G-AGYU with extensively documented history. 450hr since zero time rebuild engine. Airframe 36hr since C of A. 1942 RAF camouflage scheme, displaying DE208. Very original and extremely nice to fly. £40,000 firm price. Further details from Philip Jones. Tel. + 0035 393 55650. (Ireland.)
 


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