Tiger Moth Story - Hardcover

Bramson, Alan & Birch, Neville

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0902853007 ISBN 13: 9780902853003

Publisher: Air Review Ltd., 1970

Synopsis

The Tiger Moth is one of the major aviation success stories. Developed by Geoffrey de Havilland during the early 1930s and flown for the first time on October 26th, 1931, the biplane became the most important elementary trainer used by Commonwealth forces. More than 1,000 Tiger Moths were delivered before WWII, and subsequently around 4,000 were built in the UK with an extra 2,000 being manufactured in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Following the end of WWII, pilots could buy and modify a Tiger Moth for recreational use or agricultural crop spraying and use it relatively cheaply. This, combined with its popularity within the aero club movement, provided employment for the Tiger Moths until the late fifties when the more modern closed cockpit aircraft forced them into retirement. The Tiger Moth Story provides a comprehensive account of the aircraft origins and development as a trainer of Commonwealth pilots in times of peace and war, as a crop duster, glider tug, aerial advertiser, bomber, coastal patrol plane and aerial ambulance as well as in frontline service. Technical narrative and drawings, handling ability and performance as seen through the eyes of the pilots including a fully updated world survey of existing aircraft combine to make The Tiger Moth Story the most comprehensive book of the aircraft. A bestseller since 1964, this edition is fully revised, updated, indexed and includes many new black and white photographs, plus a new color section.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Bramson is an accomplished pilot and author of 22 aviation books, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. Alan has contributed to around 800 magazine articles.

Review:

Midwest Book Review

There were no proper drawings for the first Tiger Moth: it just evolved when the RAF requested alterations to an existing Gipsy Moth. Yet, the Tiger Moth proved a cheap, reliable and essential plane for fighting World War II, even though it wasn't easy to fly. The Tiger Moth Story is for avid aviation and military buffs who will here find everything needed to know about the plane's history and properties. It's been updated and expanded since the 1964 edition to include more Tiger Moth aircraft details, memories, and black and white photos.

--Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Air Review Ltd.
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0902853007
• ISBN 13: 9780902853003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 322