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The Moth no. 149

For sale. Canadian DH82C Tiger Moth. Recent complete rebuild. Detailed to RCAF circa 1942. C of A. Current Annual. VHF. Based in Canada. US$95,000. E-mail: nostal@incentre.net

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. Bruce Irvine. Tel. +44 (0)1780 482557 (GB.) E-mail: bruceirvine@tiscali.co.uk

A new line in the Stockbox. NGK D6HA 12mm unshielded spark plugs suitable for Gipsy Major engine. Boxes of 10 plugs at £17.00 plus VAT and carriage. Available from the Stockbox at deHMC HQ.

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

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. 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

Wanted for Tiger Moth restoration. Red fibre fairlead through the engine firewall for magneto leads; also bushes through the top tube of the engine bearer to accept securing bolts from the engine top cowling. Offers to Phil Shotbolt, Ingthorpe Farm, Great Gasterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 4XZ. Tel. +44 (0)7802 432310. (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. Based west of London. Call Pete Benest. Tel. + 44 (0)1635 253627. (GB.) E-mail: peterbenest@newburyweb.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.)

For sale. Two leather helmets, one large, one medium size, integrated earphones, boom mike, NATO plug. Contact Jan Voeten, Flying Wires, Watermolenstraat 30, Roosendaal, 4708AN, The Netherlands. Tel. +31 6 51549558. Fax. +31 165 561104. (The Netherlands.) Photographs and details available by e-mail.  E-mail: gajhs@home.nl

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. 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 Website: www.zijdeatelier.com

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

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. 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. 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 non-corrugated 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. Becker AR4201 VHF/Transceiver. Available around April 2010. Contact Flying Wires, Watermolenstraat 30, Roosendaal, 4708AN, The Netherlands. Tel.+31 6 51549558. Fax.+ 31 165 561104. (The Netherlands.)  E-mail: gajhs@home.nl

For sale. Gerald Coulson's 'Sunday Morning' original oil painting depicting Cambridge Flying Group's Tiger Moth G-AOEI. Large 40in x 30in canvas painted circa 1979. This picture had a very successful print-run with Solomen and Whitehead. £20,000. Marcus. Tel. +44 (0)7900 244442. GB. E-mail: marcus@innfrastructure.com

DHC.1 Chipmunk share for sale. Aircraft, based at Little Gransden (Beds/Cambs). Only £1,800 for a 1/14th share. Excellent condition. Well run group. £50/month, £84/hour wet. Contact Chris Burkett. Tel +44 (0)1525 718118. (GB). E-mail: cwbhome@googlemail.com

For sale. Tiger Moth port upper wing, uncovered, excellent condition, £2,000; numerous ailerons, £100 each. Gipsy Major 1 bottom ends x 2, as removed from aircraft, cranks are known to be u/s. £500 each. Marcus. Tel. +44 (0)7900 244442 (GB.) E-mail: marcus@innfrastructure.com

For sale. Unique DH82A Tiger Moth G-ACDA, works number 3175, the first 82A type Tiger Moth built. Totally overhauled to original specification in its de Havilland School of Flying colour scheme. A one-off historic aeroplane in its own class worldwide. £90,000. Further details from Bryn Hughes. Tel.+44 (0)1234 840467. (GB.) E-mail: bryndhughes@yahoo.co.uk

For sale. Gipsy Major 1 engines and spares. Complete engines, bottom ends, top covers, crank cases, back covers with gears, camshafts, con rods and pistons standard size, some rings, barrels, heads with rocker gear and valves, all-bronze without inserts, crankshafts, oil pumps with gears, pushrods, inlet manifolds, carburettor with flame trap and filter, fuel pump set, oil filter assembly with throttle linkage, rev counter drive assembly, engine mounts, various nuts, bolts, front crankshaft cover rings, small back cover plates, oil pipes. Simon O'Connell. Tel. +44 (0)774 294898. (GB.)

DH82A Tiger Moth rebuild project for sale due to illness: DHA 801, RAAF A17-651, N2981V. US$38,000. New stainless steel rigging wires. The fuselage is ready to cover. All new wood including new tail feathers, new engine cowlings, seats. I have invested over US$50,000 in her so far. The workmanship is of the highest level. Many new ‘original’ items will go with the aeroplane. The wings are the only things left to restore but condition looks very good. Gipsy Major 1C engine. Mike Aven, 21060 Felipa Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887, USA. Tel. office hours +1 714 307 3433. (USA.) E-mail: aven@earthlink.net

Wanted. Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine for installation in an RWD-6 replica, winner of the 1932 Challenge. Also wanted, Cirrus Hermes for an RWD-4 replica. Jacek Mainka, Poland. E-mail: jacekmainka@yahoo.com

Wanted. Cork floats for Claudel Hobson carburettor fitted to Gipsy Major Series1, Tiger Moth side cowling clips, port and starboard, H31945A and H31946A. Bill Balson, Luskintyre, Australia. E-mail: wpbalson@nelsonbay.com

For sale. DHC.1 Chipmunk parts. 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.)

Wanted for Tiger Moth: bolt assembly for rod H24215A to fix front and rear ends at forks. Also wanted one off the plate fixed at the lower end of the fin spar which limits the lateral movement of the rudder and tailskid and is fixed with two bolts. Dr Martin Knebel, Schulstrasse 21, Bad Berleburg 57319, Germany. E-mail: dr.martin.knebel@web.de

For sale. Brand new pitot head for DH82A Tiger Moth, complete, best offer in excess of £100. Also available, new strut-mounted windy ASI reading from stall to 120mph. Bill Ison, 24 Glebe Way, Haddenham, Cambridge CB6 3TG. Tel. +44 (0)1353 740182 (GB.)

Rebuilding your Tiger Moth? Too much to list but there is a good chance we have what you need. Telephone with the part number or accurate description and we will check through our stock. David and Mollie Wood, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Tel. +44 (0)1892 822359. (GB.)

Wanted. DH94 Moth Minor. Details please to Marcus Barton, Hampshire, GB. E-mail: marcuscsd@yahoo.co.uk

For sale. The Spitmoth, Tiger Moth with a Spitfire cockpit as seen at Oshkosh and featured in The Moth No 149. Full details from Harry Schoning, California, USA. E-mail: tmothbldr@aol.com

Wanted. Photographs of Kenyan registered aircraft, all types, bearing Kenya Colonial ‘VP’ markings issued between 1929 and 1965. Many different types are involved with a heavy de Havilland presence. Mike Blake, 31 Osprey Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire BL5 2SL, England. E-mail: mblake8403@aol.com

Wanted. Sparking  plugs for Gipsy Major engine, KLG V12/2. Offers please to Steve Harris, South Africa. E-mail: steve@chemline.co.za

Wanted. Information on approved brake modifications available for DH.82A Tiger Moth. Charles Camilleri, Australia. E-mail: joyflights@hotkey.net.au

For sale. Gipsy Major 10 Mk 1. Zero hours since major overhaul completed by Norvic in 1990. Inhibited in 1997 for long-term dry storage since. Located in GB. Offers in the region of £17,000. Steve Wilch, c/o Clifford Roberts, Pacioli House, 9 Brookfield, Duncan Close, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6WL, England. Tel. +44 (0)1604 642933. Fax +44 (0)1604 642943. (GB.) E-mail: hayleyculverhouse@cliffordroberts.com

Wanted. Wright engine for Gipsy Moth, or parts. I am in process of restoring a DH60GMW Gipsy Moth and would like it to carry an original Wright engine. James Brannan, 3409H Airport Drive, Torrance, USA. Tel. +1 310 891 1334 (USA). Fax. +1 310 891 1338 (USA). E-mail: bciomber@msn.com

For sale. Tiger Moth airframe and Gipsy Major engine parts: pistons and gudgeon pins, connecting rod with bearings and crankshaft main bearings, crankcase with some parts, camshaft (good condition), oil tank, wheel fairings, wheel, landing gear tubes. Daniel Dirkes. Tel. +49 160 47 36 169. (Germany.) E-mail: daniel@emsland-motte.de

Wanted for Armstrong Siddeley Genet engine to be fitted into a DH.60 Moth airframe: spare parts, literature, manuals, etc for any Mk of Genet except the seven cylinder Civet model. Please contact Croydon Parry. Tel. +44 (0)7876 402195. (GB.)

The de Havilland Educational Trust invites applications for the voluntary post of Treasurer effective from October 2010. South of England domicile would be most convenient for contact purposes. Offers please to the Chairman, DHET, c/o de Havilland Moth Club. E-mail: dhet@dhmothclub.co.uk

Wanted. Items of RAF pilot’s equipment, uniform, insignia, etc., appropriate to RAF personnel when the Tiger Moth was in service. I want to be correctly dressed when presenting N28661 at events in the USA. Dan Linkous. E-mail: dehavillanddan@aol.com

Wanted. 12v starter unit for my Tiger Moth’s Gipsy Major 1C engine. Offers please to Bill Lusk, Newport Beach, California, USA. Tel. +1 949 640 2767. Fax. +1 949 640 2884. (USA.) E-mail: williamdlusk@aol.com

For sale. Plug Adaptor,converts dual plug configuration to NATO plug, never used. £15 plus postage. Jan Voeten, Watermolenstraat 30, Roosendaal, 4708AN, The Netherlands. Tel. +31 6 51549558. Fax. +31 165 561104. (The Netherlands.) E-mail: gajhs@home.nl

Tiger Moth spares, including BTH AG4 and SG4 magnetos, windscreens and glass, aileron chains and sprockets, Gipsy Major 10 fuel pump and a few other parts, some new. John S Shaw, Ellenglaze Farm, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 5PU. Tel. +44 (0)163 7830692. (GB.) E-mail: johnsshaw@sky.com

Can anybody offer any assistance to a Hornet Moth crew contemplating a trip from England to Norway’s North Cape in June 2010? Offers please to Dick Felix. E-mail: rfelix@aol.com

Tiger Moth for sale. G-PWBE currently based in South Wales. Gipsy Major 1 engine, tailwheel and brakes. Aircraft operates on a Permit to Fly. £45,000. Further details from Peter. Tel. +44 (0)7802 445488 or Chris +44 (0)7733 368930. (GB.) E-mail: info@tigermothforsale.com

Contact wanted with any pilot who has flown a DH.98 Mosquito at any time, anywhere. Hoping to arrange a gathering at the DH Aircraft Museum at Salisbury Hall in 2010. Please contact Peter Robertson. Tel. +44 (0)1753 886497. (GB.) E-mail: robertsp40@o2.co.uk

Puss Moth rudder, appears to have been overhauled and recovered. Useful to a Puss Moth owner or restorer? Details from Ken Fern, Cambridgeshire, GB. Tel. +44 (0)1954 252399. E-mail: ken@fernendfarm.co.uk

Wanted. DH.60 Moth airframe parts, sale or swap, including wire wheels. Anything considered. Bruce Broady, New Zealand. E-mail: bkbroady@emirates.net.ae

Wanted. Serviceable crankcase for Gipsy Major 1 engine installed in a Tiger Moth. My engine has developed a crack only 50 hours after a complete rebuild. Offers please to Steve Harris, South Africa. E-mail: steve@chemline.co.za
 
 

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