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Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth
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Designed to carry
the maximum possible payload on a 120 hp DH Gipsy III engine, the Fox Moth
had a low cost due to its use of many Tiger Moth Components. The prototype
first flew in January 1932. Only the fuselage was new, reverting to wooden
construction. Four passengers were accomodated in the cabin, behind which
sat the pilot in an open cockpit. About ninety one DH 83s were produced by
the parent company, forty eight being registered in Britain and the
remainder sold overseas. In 1934, Bert Mercer's Air Travel NZ Ltd began
using Fox Moths on the West Coast of the South Island. These aircraft had
enclosed cockpits, as did the fifty subsequently built by de Havilland
Canada post 1945. |
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