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Old 11th Apr 2019, 17:18
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Restored record-breaking DH-60M

Some spectacular pictures of a restored Moth were posted on a FB group I belong to - the de Havilland Chipmunk Appreciation Society.









This is not just any old Moth - it is the DH-60M flown by CWA Scott from England to Australia in 1931. Elapsed time to Darwin 9 days, 4 hours and 11 minutes.

In spite of the registration, the aircraft was restored in and is based in Australia!

The aircraft's markings are exactly those worn in 1931 - getting the Regulator to agree to an Australia-registered aircraft to wear a UK registration was quite an exercise!
Remarkably pragmatic decision by CASA - known as the Campaign Against Small Aeroplanes.
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