Tiger Moth
The Tiger Moth would have to be the Airborne equivalent of the CMP truck, wouldn't it? Produced in their thousands, used by every Commonwealth nation, slow and "No Frills", yet loved and recognised instantly.
Through the Empire Air Training Scheme, the Tiger Moth was absolutely essential to the War Effort and gave trainee Pilots from throughout the Commonwealth a shared experience in the same way MT drivers from the Commonwealth armies shared driving the CMP.
The Tiger Moth is possibly the most widely flown "Warbird" today and as recently as last weekend (1-2 Nov) there was an air race by 40 Tiger Moths from Maitland in NSW to Sydney. The winner was the user of the least fuel, not the fastest time.
Now, 40 Tiger Moths flying together, is that another record for postwar de-mobbed aircraft?
Was Keefy secretly filming "Year of the Tiger Moth"?
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