De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

The DHC-1 Chipmunk, also called the Chippie, is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer designed and built by de Havilland Canada shortly after the Second World War, as the company's first postwar aviation project. It first flew on 22 May 1946 and entered service the same year. During the late 1940s and 1950s the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and several other air services bought it in large numbers, usually as the replacement for the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane. Most Chipmunks were built under licence in the United Kingdom, with further production by OGMA in Portugal, for a total of 1,284 aircraft. Many military examples were later sold to private owners, and the Royal Air Force kept the type in elementary training until 1996, when the Scottish Aviation Bulldog replaced it.