- De Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth
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name=DH.71 Tiger Moth
caption=The first prototype D.H.71 Tiger Moth "G-EBQU"
type=high-speed research monoplane
manufacturer=De Havilland Aircraft Company
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first flight=August 1927
introduced=1927
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number built=2
variants with their own articles=The de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth was a single-seat
monoplane , designed to research high-speed flight and test replacement engines for theCirrus Engine . The plane was designed around its test pilot, Hubert Broad, to make it as streamlined as possible.In August 1927 Broad flew a 100 km closed circuit record of 300.09 km/h. Five days later he flew to 5849 m (19191 ft) without oxygen in an attempt to break the category record.
In 1930 the first DH.71 crashed in an air race in
Australia . The second airframe was destroyed in an air raid in October 1940.pecifications
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length m=5.66
length ft=18
length in=7
span m=6.86
span ft=22
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height m=2.13
height ft=7
height in=0
wing area sqm=7.11
wing area sqft=76.5
empty weight kg=280
empty weight lb=618
gross weight kg=411
gross weight lb=905eng1 number=1
eng1 type=A.D.C. Cirrus II inline piston
eng1 kw=63
eng1 hp=85max speed kmh=267
max speed mph=166
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