De Havilland Hornet Moth

The de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth was a single-engined cabin biplane designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1934 as a potential replacement for its highly successful de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer. Although its side-by-side two-seat cabin made it closer in configuration to the modern aircraft that military trainee pilots would later fly there was no interest from the RAF and the aircraft was put into production for private buyers.

Blenheim and de Havilland Hornet Moth in the radar calibration role.1
De Havilland Hornet Moth Aircraft, G-ADMIT standing on aircraft at Woolsington (Pre war), port side view. 2118/221 No Date Contents: Negative Sheet Number 2/L14/91 Aircraft as 2118/221.2
de Havilland Hornet Moth AW118 of 78 Signals Wing detached to Harrowbeer, Devon force-landed through lack of fuel at Highway, Lanteglos-by-Fowey, 2 miles N.N.E of Polruan Police house.3

Made by De Havilland.

de Havilland Hornet Moth is used by the protagonists to fly from Denmark to the United Kingdom with information about a German radar system.4
his De Havilland Hornet Moth, Mills was drawn into the build-up of World War II.5
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
2.01 m
Length Alt
7.61 m
Power Alt
97.0
Range Main
620 mi
Loaded Weight Main
1950.0
Max Speed Alt
108
Type Of Prop
4
Loading Main
8
Power/mass Main
241.20000000000002
Power/mass Alt
Capacity
1
Max Speed Main
124 mph
Cruise Speed Main
105 mph
Ceiling Main
14800.0
Number Built
164
Crew
1
Loaded Weight Alt
886.0
Cruise Speed Alt
91
Area Main
244.5
Primary user
private owner pilots
Span Alt
9.73 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
De Havilland Gipsy Major
Manufacturer
De Havilland
Status
still in operation
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
9
Production End Year
1938
Climb Rate Main
690.0
Power Main
130 hp
Production Start Year
1935
Climb Rate Alt
3.51 m-s
Length Main
24
Span Main
972.82
Area Alt
22.7 m²
Range Alt
539
Empty Weight Main
1241.0
Ceiling Alt
4
500 m
Height Main
200.66
Category
Biplane aircraft
British civil utility aircraft 1930-1939
British military utility aircraft 1930-1939
De Havilland aircraft
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft
Produced
1935
Empty Weight Alt
564.0
Loading Alt
39

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