The Moth Service Register
27B. FLYING MOTHS - PILOT TRAINING

For Joy Rides see Main Menu: Tiger Moth Flights. For Flying Services and Simulations see Section 27C


Adelaide Biplanes,
Aldinga Airfield, Colville Road,
Aldinga, South Australia 5173,
Australia
Tel: +61 8 8556 5404 (airfield)
Mobile: +61 4 1089 0595 or +61 4
Email: flythedream@adelaidebiplanes.com
(Adelaide Biplanes is a flying school whose fleet includes Tiger Moth VH-UEQ. Conversion training on the Tiger Moth is available for pilots who have reached a certain level of proficiency on the Super Cub)

Advanced Flying Training,
(Captain Dennis Neville),
1 Haydock Road,
Royston,
Hertfordshire, SG8 9TD,
England
Tel: +44 1763 230 373
Email: djneville@ntlworld.com
(Captain Dennis Neville of Flying Circus and “Taming the Tiger” fame offers type conversions, tail wheel conversions, aerobatics training and biennial checks on your own aircraft or on hos Chipmunk G-ALWB, based at Little Gransden.  Training is also offered in through Henlow Flying Club, on their aircraft (see entry below and in Section 27C))

Cambridge Flying Group,
(David Kynaston, Chairman, Steve Barratt CFI, Dave Kirkham Bookings),
Cambridge City Airport, Newmarket Road,
Cambridge, CB5 8RX,
England
Tel: +44 1763 229 004 (David Kirkham) +44 1223 293 343 (club house)
Email: info@cambridgeflyinggroup.co.uk
(Famous for still using Tiger Moths for ab initio, conversion, aerobatic and formation training.  New members welcome)

Classique Aviation
(Ken Cloete)
Rand Airport,
Rand Airport Road,
Germiston,
South Africa
Tel: +27 11 827 4155
Fax: +27 11 827 5281
Email: info@classav.co.za or classav@mweb.co.za
(Classique Aviation offers pilot training using two Tiger Moths, a Chipmunk and a Piper Cub, all based at Rand Airport south east of Johannesburg)

Clacton Aero Club,
The Aerodrome, West Road,
Clacton on Sea, Essex,
CO15 1AG,
England
Tel: +44 1255 424 671 or 435 236
Fax: +44 1255 475 364
Email: info@classic-wings.uk.com
(Flying school and club “the tail dragger specialists”  Tail wheel conversions and short courses for strip flying with tail wheel aircraft, but no Moth aircraft available for training purposes)

Conciair
(Barrie Prescott, CEO)
Goodwood Airfield,
Chichester,
West Sussex, PO18 0PH,
England
Tel: +44 7525 361 320
Email: info@conciair.co.uk
(Conciair is based on Goodwood Aerodrome and its main business is executive travel. It also owns Tiger Moth G-ADXT and a DH104 Dove G-DHDV, used mainly for battlefield tours across northern France. Both aircraft are available for conversion training for suitably qualified pilots)

Croydon Aircraft Company,
(Colin Smith),
Old Mandeville Airfield,
N°6 R.D.,
Gore,
New Zealand
Tel: +64 3 208 9755
Fax: +64 3 208 4288
Email: croydon.aircraft@esi.co.nz
(Extensive experience with DH aircraft.  Fleet includes Tiger Moth, Leopard Moth, Moth Minor, Dominie.  Offers training in vintage and classic aircraft, vintage type ratings and conversions)

Cubair Flight Training,
Redhill Aerodrome,
Hangar N°8,
Redhill,
Surrey, RH1 5JY,
England,
Tel/Fax: +44 1737 822 124
Email: ops@cubair.co.uk
(5 hour tail wheel conversion courses on Piper PA18)

Pat Evans’ 1930 Tiger Moth,
(Pat Evans),
Fisantekraal Airport,
Durbanville,
Nr. Cape Town,
South Africa.
Tel/Fax: +27 21 783 3760
Mobile : +27 82 570 0933
Email: patevans@global.co.za
(Pat Evans in conjunction with the Cape Town Flight Training Centre offers trial lessons and Tiger Moth conversion courses from Fisantekraal Airport, 15 miles north east of Cape Town)

Geelong Aviation and Flight Training,
465 Surfcoast Highway,
Mount  Duneed, Victoria 3216,
Australia
Tel: +61 3 5264 1273
Fax: +61 3 5264 1006
Email: chiefpilot@geelongaviation.com.au
(Full Tiger Moth endorsement training available, with the option to be checked out for solo flying or solo aerobatics flying)

Henlow Flying Club,
(Joe Wright),
c/o RAF Henlow,
Henlow Camp,
Bedfordshire SG16 6DN,
England
Tel: +44 1462 851 936
Email: hfc_ops@hotmail.com
(Henlow Flying Club offers Trial Flights and PPL training in various aircraft including the Chipmunk G-BCGC (the one that Prince Charles learned to fly on) and the Tiger Moth G-APAP)

New Zealand Sport and Vintage Aviation Society,
P.O.Box 669,
Hood Aerodrome,
Masterton,
New Zealand
Tel: +64 6 377 3466
Email: svas@wise.net.nz
(SVAS is a non profit organisation formed in 1976 for restoring and maintaining vintage aircraft.  It offers tail wheel (or skid) type conversions to PPL qualified pilots.  The fleet presently includes two Tiger Moths, a J3 and a Percival Proctor 5)

Ocean Aviation,
(Mark Blois-Brooke),
Linden Lodge,
Linden hill lane,
Kiln Green, Berkshire,
RG10 9XP,
England.
Tel: +44 1189 401 621
Mobile: +44 7771 570 745
Fax: +44 1189 401 010
Email: tigermothflight@aol.com
(CAA approved examiner and Tiger Moth operator Mark Blois-Brooke is available for instruction, skill reviews and licence proficiency tests using your aircraft)

Adrian Read, Flight Instructor,
(Adrian Read),
Tel: +44 1908 561 067
Mobile: 07712 588 825
Email: adrianread@tinyworld.co.uk
(Tail wheel training, farm strip checkouts, spin and unusual attitude training, formation schooling and aerobatics by a very experienced Instructor and Tiger Moth pilot)

Smith Trans Air,
(Stan Smith)
North Shore Airfield,
Postman Road,
RD4 Albany,
Auckland,
New Zealand.
Tel/Fax: +64 942 63735
Email: vintageaircraft@xtra.co.nz
(Smith Trans Air is a sister organisation of Smith Tech Air, specialist restorer of thirties and forties aircraft. Smith Trans Air offers dual instruction, type ratings and foreign pilot licence validations for NZ pilot licence issue with DH84 Dragon ZK-AXI and Moth Minor ZK-AKM as well as with Fox and Tiger Moths)

Fly with Smithy,
(Wayne Sandford-Smith),
4 Pathfinder Drive,
Caloundra Airport,
Queensland 4551
Tel/Fax: +61 7 5437 2037
Email: pilot@flywithsmithy.com
(Pilot training available from ab intio up. Always wanted to solo in a Tiger Moth?  Call Smithy)

South Coast Flying Club,
(Bob Pratt, Vice President),
(Mary Wagner)
Old Noarlunga Airfield,
Port Noalunga South,
Nr. Adelaide,
South Australia.
Tel: +61 8 8382 6295 (Mary Wagner)
Mobile: 0409 096 020 (Bob Pratt)
E-mail: bobapratt@bigpond.com
(The South Coast Flying Club operates several interesting aircraft, including two Tiger Moths and a Chipmunk.  Activities are based at Old Noarlunga Airfield, 35 km south of Adelaide)

Sport Aviation Inc.,
Van Sant Airport,
516 Cafferty Road, Erwinna,
PA 18920,
United States of America
Tel: +1 610 847 8320
(Founded 1995, Sport Aviation specialises in tail wheel aircraft and offers flight training with and rental of a Tiger Moth and other classic aircraft. Van Sant airport is 70 miles from New York City and 75 minutes drive from Philadelphia)

Thompson Aero
(Glenn Thompson)
796 Childers Road,
Gisborne 4010,
New Zealand
Tel (hangar): + 64 6 867 4100
Tel (residence) + 64 6 867 9815
Fax: + 64 6 867 4101
Email: av8or@ihug.co.nz
(Glenn Thompson is the owner of two Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth of his own, as well as aircraft maintenance business and an NZ “D” category Instructor’s rating. He is available to give tuition leading to type ratings to fly Moths and other real aeroplanes)

The Tiger 1990 Club Ltd;
(Jerry Knight)
Headcorn Aerodrome,
Headcorn, Ashford,
Kent, TN27 9HX,
England
Tel: +44 1622 891 017
Email: info@tigerclub.co.uk
(One of the most famous clubs specialising in tail wheel (or skid) aircraft.  Elementary training and tail wheel conversions (“difference training”) on D150A Mascaret, type conversions and proficiency training on Stampe and Tiger Moth)

Vintage Tiger Moth Flights
(Martiens Steyn)
13, Waterbessiesstreet,
Roodepoort (Johannesburg),
1734 South Africa,
Tel: +27 837 766 667
Email: mjd.steyn@absamail.co.za
(VTMF is based at Jack Taylor Airport, Krugersdorp, and offers Tiger Moth ZS-OSS and licensed instructors for type conversion courses for suitably qualified pilots)


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This page last updated on 5 December, 2011.

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