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


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,
(Bill Ison or Terry Kirkham),
The Airport, Newmarket Road,
Cambridge, CB5 8RX,
England
Tel: +44 1223 293 343 or +44 1763 229 004 (Terry Kirkham)
Email: info@cambridgeflyinggroup.co.uk
(Flying school and Club famous for still using Tiger Moths for primary training.  Tail wheel conversions available)

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)

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 Flight Centre,
465 Surf Coast Highway,
Mount Duneed,
3216 Victoria,
Australia.
Tel: +61 7 5264 1273
Fax: +61 7 5264 1006
Email: ChiefPilot@GeelongFlightCentre.com.au
(Full Tiger Moth endorsement training available, with the option to be checked out for solo flying or solo aerobatics flying)

The de Havilland School of Flying
(Richard Baker, Commercial Director)
(Matthew Byatt, Operations Director)
P.O.Box 469,
Cambridge,
CB1 2WR,
England
Tel: +44 1223 874 346
Fax: +44 871 326 4367
Email: info@dehavilland.uk.com
(The de Havilland School of Flying, since 2005 owned by Delta Aviation and now operationally based at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire, offers Flying the Tiger Moth courses for pilots with no previous open cockpit experience. All flying will be dual from the rear cockpit and can be logged as P.U/T. See the School’s site for details and prices)

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)

Plus6G,
(Clive Davidson),
Wylands Cottage, Wylye,
Warminster,
Wiltshire, BA12 0RW,
England
Tel:      +44 7828 593 002
Email: plus6g@aol.com
(Civilian Grading Instructor to the School of Army Aviation, aviation journalist and Classic Aviation Company Chief Pilot, Clive Davidson also operates Tiger Moth G-AOIL from Compton Abbas airfield (see Tiger Moth Flights Section). He is particularly interested in vintage flying, and can be available for checkouts and aerobatic training on owner’s 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)

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 Aviation – Hunter Valley,
(Michael Worthington)
21/2 Marshall Avenue, Warrawee,
NSW 2074,
Australia
Flying site: Hangar 3, Cessnock Aerodrome, De Havilland Drive, Pokolbin
Tel (bookings): +61 434 082 082
Tel: +61 411 380 330
Email: worthingtonm@bigpond.com
(Vintage Aviation aims to provide outstanding training in Tiger Moths and Chipmunks to pilots interested in vintage aeroplanes. Comprehensive courses include engineering briefings, extensive technical and handling notes and tailored, quality flying training)

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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