MILITARY BIPLANES

Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1932, Page 6

MILITARY BIPLANES

A NORWEGIAN ORDER

TRIBUTE TO BRITISH DESIGN*

LONDON, February 4

The contract concluded by the de Havilland Company and the Norwegian Government lor the manufacturein Norway of Tiger Moth ■ military trainer biplanes is yet another tribute to the sterling quality of British aircraft design and construction.

Complete airframes will he constructed iu the State Aircraft Factory at Kjeller, but the 120 h.p. inverted Gipsy 111. motors to drive them will las imported from England. A first batch of motors has already linen ordered.

Designed last year with the idea of providing an economical aeroplane suitable for all phases of military training, the Tiger .Moth is a biplane developed 'from the world-renowned 'Moth light aeroplanes, lm| driven by an inverted motor, ami aide Lo carry a heavy load in equipment and fuel. A t need the Tiger Moth niilld lie used in actual warfare for lighting, day bombing, reconnaissance, and oilier duties; with a. Lop speed of 110 m.p.h. and equipment which includes lour 29pound bombs, it j.s more formiil.ihit* than many of Ihe machines w hich wore employed on the \Vos|orn Ironl during the 1914-18 War. The. Norwegian contract follows : closely on the tnilloitneellteli I id Ihe | Brazilian Government's order lor lit teen Moth -I miners, and has a .similar • background of fierce internal ional j competition, followed by lie triumphant emergence ol I lie Brili.-li pro j duel. |