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


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