De Havilland Hawk Moth

The de Havilland DH.75 Hawk Moth was a four-seat high-wing cabin monoplane of the late 1920s, built at Stag Lane Aerodrome in London as a light transport or air taxi for export. It was the first of a family of high-wing monoplane Moths, with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings. It first flew on 7 December 1928 with a Ghost V8 engine made of two Gipsy engines on one crankcase, but the aircraft proved underpowered and most production machines received a 310 hp Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah and a larger wing, becoming the DH.75A. Canada ordered three for civil use and two went to Australia, where one was flown by Amy Johnson in 1930 and later used for joy flights and by Tasmanian Airways. The Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Air Force also flew it. Production stopped early, and the last survivor left service in 1949.