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Australian Tiger Moth wing leading edges


Dave Fleming

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HI All,

 

I know Australian-built Tiger Moths had 'hard' leading edges made of plywood under the fabric covering. Was this both upper and lower wings, and how far back  did it go? Was it just the area covered by the riblets on the UK production? 

 

had a look at lots of photos, but the wing leading edge is the hardest part to see on any angle!

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Australian Archives series MP287/1 control 219 PART 2, Tiger Moth Airframes - Contract for supply of by De Havilland Aircraft, download the PDF or read online a page at a time.  Pages 122 and 123 are a list of subcontractors, Pages 165 onward talk about the plywood leading edges, including that the final 2 of the 1939 order plus some spare wings from that order had the modification (page 196), marking discussed pages 185 and 190.  Although more Gipsy Major engines were promised, only the 80 recorded as being shipped actually arrived, not sure how many sets of materials arrived.

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