1980s DH.82 TIGER MOTHS A selection of my photos of Tiger Moths during the decade |
VH-AIJ at Mangalore Vic in April 1984. An early morning shot
before the crew's overnight tent had been stowed |
VH-AKE Wodonga Vic September 1984. At the last of the memorable
fly-in weekends at Joe Drage's farm, before airspace restrictions for the nearby Albury Airport forced an end to flying. Joe moved his Drage Historical Aircraft Museum collection from here to the new Air World at Wangaratta the following January. Joe makes a pass in his Beech Staggerwing |
VH-ALP at Wodonga Vic in September 1984 |
VH-APQ at Beverley WA in November 1980. Note the unusual anti-spin
strakes at the tailplane |
VH-ART at Aldinga SA in January 1984 |
VH-ARU at Beverley WA in November 1980. Atrio in RAAF trainer yellow,
VH-BAR and VH-FAS behind |
VH-ASB at Cairns Qld in March 1984 during an airshow held at the airport |
VH-ASB three years later at Surfers Paradise Gardens airfield Qld,
operating scenic flights with Bruce McGarvie Air Charter |
VH-ATJ Lilly Marlene at RAAF Laverton in February 1984 taking part in a vintage flypast |
VH-AZT flown by Kevin Bailey near Northam WA in January 1983 |
VH-BAR A17-666 and VH-FAS in late afternoon formation flying from
Beverley WA in November 1980 |
VH-BAS at Wangaratta Vic in March 1985 with The Tiger Club motif on the cowling |
VH-BCN at Mangalore Vic in March 1983 |
VH-BFW at Wodonga Vic in September 1984 |
VH-BGO arrives at Mangalore Vic in April 1986 |
VH-BIN at Tyabb Vic in December 1989 |
VH-BIT at Wodonga Vic in September 1984 retains the 1940s canopy
modification |
VH-BSD at Wodonga in September 1984. This canopy Tiger lived here with the Drage Historic Aircraft Collection |
VH-BVB at Tyabb Vic in December 1989 |
VH-CEJ at Essendon Airport, Melbourne in November 1984 was a commercial joyrider |
VH-CXY at Mangalore Vic in April 1983 |
VH-GVA at RAAF Laverton Vic in February 1984 |
VH-PCI at Beverley WA in November 1980 |
VH-SNR at Cairns Qld in March 1984 |
VH-SNT at Cairns Qld in March 1984 |
VH-SSB Helen at Laverton Vic in February 1984. This and the following two were once Super Spread Aviation cropsprayers |
VH-SSH at Beverley WA in November 1980 |
VH-SSI at Wodonga Vic in September 1984 |
VH-TIG at Wodonga Vic in September 1984 |
VH-TMK at Mangalore Vic in April 1986 |
VH-ULR at St Arnaud Vic in November 1983 |