De Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor

The de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor was a British two-seat tourer and trainer of the late 1930s, built by de Havilland at Hatfield Aerodrome. It was designed as a low-wing monoplane to replace the biplane Moth series, with similar performance from less power and without the rigging of a biplane's tensioners and struts; its predecessor was the one-off DH.81 Swallow Moth monoplane of 1931. Geoffrey de Havilland first flew the wooden prototype at Hatfield on 22 June 1937, and production followed, with nearly 100 built by the outbreak of the Second World War. When the war began, production moved to de Havilland Australia at Bankstown Aerodrome, where components and unfinished aircraft were shipped and more than 40 were produced. An experimental variant with a tricycle landing gear and a canopy over the rear seat was first flown on 29 April 1940.