No #3 Derived from the earlier de Havilland Gipsy Moth, the elegant DH-82 Tiger Moth biplane was developed in the 1930s and became the standard primary trainer for the Royal Air Force and the air forces of most other Commonwealth countries throughout the Second World War. Some 12,000 were produced, more than 7,000 of them in the UK and more than 4,600 in other countries throughout the world. These included 1,523 of the DH-82C model built by de Havilland Canada, a version that featured a slightly more powerful Gipsy Major engine and an enclosed glass cockpit for cold-weather operations. The U.S. Army Air Force bought 200 of these aircraft. After the war, many hundreds of Tiger Moths found their way on to the civil market and were used as agricultural and recreational aircraft throughout the world. More than 200 are still flying.
