The Moth Service Register
6. CofA RENEWALS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES

Note: Not all of the organisations listed below are formally qualified to provide the complete range of maintenance services required by the aeronautical authority regulating the aircraft they service. Some rely wholly or partly on certification by outside personnel or organisations. Operators are advised to verify with each organisation concerned that arrangements satisfactory to the appropriate aeronautical authority have been made for their aircraft.


Aircraft Restoration Company,
(Propshop Ltd.),
(John Romain),
Building 66,
Duxford Airfield, Duxford,
Cambridgeshire, CB2QR,
England.
Tel: +44 1223 835 313
Fax: +44 1223 837 290
Email: ange@arc-duxford.co.uk
(Well known for the restoration of several WW2 aircraft, has also restored Tiger Moth G-APAP and have Gipsy Major and Queen spares and maintenance capability.  Maintains a variety of period aircraft)

Apollo Aviation Advisory Ltd.,
(Paul Villa),
Concorde House,
24, Cecil Pashley Way,
Shoreham Airport,
Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex, BN43 5FF,
England
Tel: +44 1273 440 737
Fax: +44 1273 440 160
Email: petervilla@apollo-aviation.co.uk
(An M3 Maintenance Organisation, with staff experienced with the Tiger Moth)

Aviatec Avionik und Flugtechnik GmbH,
(Wolfgang Hubel),
Flughafen,
Halle G,
23560 Lübeck,
Germany.
Tel: +49 451 583 730
Fax: +49 451 583 7390
Email: aviatec@t-online.de
(Have some Tiger Moth maintenance experience)

B.B.A.E.S,
(Ben Borsberry)
24 Woodlands Road,
Sonning Common,
Nr. Reading,
Berkshire RG4 9TE.
Telephone/Fax: 0118 9 723583

Roger Burrows Aviation,
(Roger Burrows)
2 Linmore Court,
Thexton Road Industrial estate,
Watton,
Norfolk, IP25 6NG,
England
Tel: +44 1953 880 900
Portable: 0780 1736 675
Email: Roger.burrows@btinternet.com
(Roger Burrows Aviation specialises in wood and fabric aircraft repair and reconstruction.  Roger Burrows himself is also a PFA inspector. Has Tiger Moth repair experience)

Cirrus Aviation Services Ltd.,
(Hugh Jones),
4 The Street,
Swanton Abbott, Norwich,
NR10 5DU,
England
Tel/Fax: +44 1692 538 160
Email: hugh@swantonabott.com
(Well known in Auster circles, Cirrus Aviation also has Moth experience)

Crofton Aero Services,
(Paul Groves),
31 Russell Road,
Lee-on-Solent,
Hampshire PO13 9HR.
England
Tel : 44 2392 551 870
Mobile : 07958 240 890
Email : grovesmoth@aol.com
(Crofton Aero Services specialises in restoration and repair, overhaul and product support of vintage aircraft and has extensive experience of Moths and the Gipsy Major engine)

Cubair Engineering Services,
(Brett Paris or Daryl Taplin)
Hangar N°8, Redhill Aerodrome,
Kings Mill lane,
Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5JY,
England
Tel: +44 1737 822 212
Email: daryl@cubair.co.uk
(Cubair (formerly Acebell Engineering) has longstanding DH maintenance experience. Aircraft currently regularly maintained include 2 Tiger Moths, a Moth Minor and a Hornet Moth (2005))

Delta Aviation Engineering,
(Ian Castle)
Sywell Aerodrome,
Sywell,
Northampton, NN6 0BN,
England
Mobile: 079 7652 2646
Email: iancastle@sportaviation.co.uk
(DAE is part of Delta Aviation, the « flying-experience » specialists. Ian Castle has more than twenty years of experience restoring and maintaining Moth type aircraft)

Eastern Sailplanes Ltd.,
(Peter Johnson),
Office address:
Longacre, Bradfield St. Clare,
Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk, IP30 0EF
Workshop address:
The Blister Hangar,
Lavenham Lodge Farm,
Alpheton, Suffolk, CO10 9BT,
England
Tel/Fax: +44 1284 827 300
(Out of hours tel: +44 1284 827 399)
Email: peterrjohnson@btinternet.com
(After 22 years in the defence industry Peter Johnson founded Eastern Sailplanes in 2001 to focus on the repair of high performance sailplanes and glider tugs. The company began repairing Tiger Moths two years later, and is now completely reoriented towards the provision of vintage aircraft services, so far concentrating on the repair and maintenance of Tiger Moths. The company has new premises on a 650 metre strip at Lavenham)

Eyre & Baxter (Stampcraft) Ltd.,
(John Baxter),
229 Derbyshire Lane,
Sheffield, S8 8SD,
England
Tel: +44 114 250 0153
Fax: +44 114 258 0856
Email: john.baxter@eyreandbaxter.co.uk or enquiries@eyreandbaxter.co.uk
(C of A done and ready to stamp those logbooks? Tiger Moth co-owner John Baxter has the stamp for you. Also available are reproduction vintage stencils in zinc or plastic, for those finishing touches, not to mention steel aircraft inspector stamps for those metal parts……)

Golden Age Aviation
(Bob Pratt (Manager) & Ivor Paech (Chief Engineer)
46 Pembroke Drive,
Reynella,
South Australia 5161,
Australia
Tel/Fax: +61 8 8381 2492
Mobile: 0409 096 020
E-mail: bobapratt@bigpond.com
(Golden Age Aviation repairs vintage light aircraft, particularly the Tiger Moth and Chipmunk.  Maintenance activities currently include several Chipmunks and Tiger Moths.  Activities are based at Old Noarlunga Airfield, 35 km south of Adelaide)

Graham Fox Aircraft Engineering,
Hangar N° 3, Bagby Airfield,
Thirsk, N. Yorkshire, YO7 2PH,
England
Tel/Fax:+44 (0) 1845 597 707

Hants Light Plane Services Ltd.,
(Graham Keel)
Unit 11, Stonefield Park,
Martins Lane, Chilbolton,
Nr. Stockbridge,
Hampshire, SO20 6BL,
England
Tel/fax: +44 1264 860 056
Email: None
(Since 2006 HLPS has been part of Ted Rogers’ Airline Maintenance Training. It is run by Graham Keel, who has 30 years experience with those icons of British light aircraft restoration Cliff Lovell and Ben Cooper. HLPS is now a maintenance specialist and has many DH aircraft on its books – Gipsy and Tiger Moths, and the Rapide – and the company has huge experience of many other  other 30s aeroplanes (Percival Gull, Caudron Luciole…). Major airframe component repair is effected through the Newbury Aeroplane Company)

Historic Flying Ltd.,
Duxford Airfield,
Cambridge,
CB2 4QR,
England
Tel:
Fax:
Email: Historic.flying@dial.pipex.com & spitfires@historic.flying.com

Henry Labouchere,
Bluetile Farm House,
Field Dalling,
Holt,
Norfolk NR25 7AS.
England
Tel: +44 1328 830 003 or ‘431
Fax: +44 1328 830 232
Email: henrylab@lineone.net
(We specialise in all DH aircraft up to Rapide (no jets); Cessna 180/185 and bush aircraft (Maule, Piper Cub, etc.))

Luskintyre Aircraft Restorations
(Ray Windred, Matt Webber)
Luskintyre Airfield,
252 Pywells Road, Luskintyre,
Lochinvar, NSW 2321
Australia
Postal address:
P.O. Box 50, Lochinvar,
NSW 2321, Australia
Tel: +61 2 4930 6221
Fax: +61 2 4930 6231
Email: mattywebber@yahoo.com
Site: (under construction)
(Luskintyre Aircraft Restorations was well known as Windair and is a major restorer and repairer of de Havilland aircraft. Based on the private airfield of Luskintyre, LAR continues a 30 year tradition of Tiger Moth maintenance and repair)

Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Ltd.,
(Bill Maltby)
Light Aircraft Section,
The Airport, Newmarket Road,
Cambridge, CB5 8RX, England
Tel: +44 1223 373 737
DL: +44 1223 373 121
Fax: +44 1223 373 373
Email: bill.maltby@marshallaerospace.com
(Look on the Marshall’s site and you will see only Very Big Aeroplanes. But Marshall Aerospace has been maintaining Moth Club types since they first flew, and still welcomes the classic de Havilland aeroplanes)

New Garden Aviation,
(Alexis I. du Pont)
P.O.Box 481,
Toughkenamon,
PA 19374-0481,
United States of America
Tel: +1 610 268 2048
Fax: +1 610 268 0342
Email: AlexisIduPont@cs.com

Old Sarum Engineering,
(John Pothecary)
Hangar 3,
Old Sarum Aerodrome,
Salisbury,
Wiltshire SP4 6BJ
Tel: 01722 410711
Fax: 01722 323702

Personal Plane Services (PPS)
(Tom Woodhouse)
Wycombe Air Park,
Booker, Marlow, Bucks.,
SL7 3DS,
England
Tel: +44 1494 529 432
Fax: +44 1494 461 236
Email: pps_engineering@hotmail.com
(PPS salvaged many a DH from France in the 60s; more recently it has undertaken major repairs on a DH Dove and Tiger Moths G-AHVV & G-ANNG. PPS is known for war bird restoration, but has Bückers and Stampes to its credit too)

Pitet Air Service
(Philippe Pitet)
Aérodrome de Epinal-Dogneville,
Route Aviation,
88000 Dogneville, France
Tel : +33 3 29 34 89 57
Fax : +33 3 29 34 89 58
Email : pitet.air.service@wanadoo.fr
(GSAC certified for repairs and maintenance.  Restoration experience includes Stampe SV4 and Tiger Moth. (Agrée GSAC pour la réparation et l’entretien. Expérience dans la restauration de Stampe SV4, Tiger Moth, etc.))

Raymond’s Aircraft Restoration,
(Raymond Cuypers),
Antwerp Airport,
B-2100 Deurne,
Belgium
Tel: +32 3 322 7522
Mobile: +32 495 548 850
Fax: +32 3 322 3358
Email: raymond.cuypers@rar.be
(Raymond Cuypers has been restoring classic and antique aircraft – and winning prizes - for 20 years, and set up his business at Antwerp in 2003 (Belgian CAA licence n° VA03-12). Wooden aircraft are a speciality, and Raymond’s experience includes Fokker, Auster, Stampe, Aeronca and Piper Cub aircraft as well as the Chipmunk and Tiger Moth. G and N registered aircraft are maintained in association with appropriately registered engineers)

Sandora Aviation Pty. Ltd.,
(Ed Field, Alastair Hall, Chief Engineer)
Hangar 102, McNaught Road,
Caboolture, Queensland 4510
Australia
Tel: +61 7 5498 9221
Fax: +61 7 5498 9559
Email: sandora@sandoraaviation.com
(A maintenance and restoration business, Sandora has a P.51, a Winjeel and other metal aeroplanes to its credit as well as a DH60.  Sandora has recently completed the total restoration of DH94 Moth Minor VH-CZB)

Sky 4 Aviation,
(Mike King)
Branscombe Airfield,
Seaton, EX12 3BL
England
Tel: +44 1297 680 360
Email: mike@sky4aviation.co.uk
(Sky 4 Aviation has four years experience of Tiger Moth maintenance and repair and some Dragon Rapide experience (G-AHAG). The business has a certified engineer and operates under the wing of Southern Sailplanes for certification processes)

Smith Tech Air,
(Stan Smith)
North Shore Airfield,
Postman Road,
RD4 Albany,
Auckland,
New Zealand.
Tel/Fax: +64 942 63735
Email: vintageaircraft@xtra.co.nz
(Stan Smith is associated with many thirties and forties aircraft projects, including de Havilland types DH82, DH83, DH84 (ZK-AXI) and DH94 (ZK-AKM). Smith Tech Air offers a maintenance service for Club type aircraft)

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 has two Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth of his own, and Thompson Aero maintains other people’s aeroplanes, including Chipmunks and Tiger Moths)

Mat Voight
(Mat Voight)
1225 Jackson Court,
Beaumont, CA 92223,
United States of America
Tel: +1 909 499 4686
Email: algualvi@hotmail.com
(Based at Palm Springs Airport, California, qualified engineer Matt Voight is responsible for the maintenance of the Palm Springs Air Museum’s collection of airworthy WW2 aircraft. He is also known for looking after Chipmunks and Tiger Moths)

Wanganui Aerowork (2004) Ltd,
Wanganui Aerowork (2004) Ltd.,
(Chris Smith, Chief Engineer),
Wanganui Airport,
Wanganui, North Island,
New Zealand
Tel: +64 6 345 3994
Fax: +64 6 345 3992
Email: chris.smith@ravensdown.nz
(Wanganui Aerowork began as a crop spraying business, using Tiger Moths. The Wanganui workshops are currently (2009) maintaining Tiger Moth ZK-AUZ and provide this service to private owners)
 


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