Our Tiger Moth in Shoreham flies out of this historic airport near Brighton and Hove the country’s oldest licensed public-serving airfield having first opened its runways to air traffic way back in 1910. You could say it’s harking back to halcyon days of flight!This Shoreham-based club offers you the choice of flying in a Tiger Moth or a Stampe. Both are classic vintage biplanes and the Belgian-built Stampe is actually based on de Havilland’s famous design. One difference is that the it has a tailwheel whereas the Tiger Moth has a tail slide. This means the Moth can only land on dry grass runways whilst the Stampe can use hard surfaces and grass meaning she can fly all year round. This particular post-war model was built in 1946 and served as a sporting trainer.The Tiger Moth is the oldest and longest serving plane here at Shoreham airport. She was delivered to the RAF in 1940 and was used as a trainer and communications aircraft under the serial number NM137. She headed to civvy…
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