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De Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth
Trainer · Interwar (1919–1938)
The de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth is a single-engined cabin biplane designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1934 as a potential replacement for its highly successful de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer. Although its side-by-side two-seat cabin made it closer in configuration to the modern aircraft that military trainee pilots would later fly, there was no interest from the RAF and the aircraft was put into production for private buyers.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Trainer
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Interwar (1919–1938)
- Engine
- 1× 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine
- Thrust / Power
- 130 hp
- Length (ft)
- 24
- Wingspan (ft)
- 31
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 1241
- MTOW (lb)
- 1950
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 14800
- Range (mi)
- 620
- Max Speed (mph)
- 124