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DH 61 GIANT MOTH
Another view of one of the Giant Moths, courtesy of the Canada Aviation Museum, Ottawa.
used in the construction, in 1932, of a 10th locally built ex· ample, #DHC.141 (CF·OAK), fitted with the Hornet, that came to grief in 1936. "Subsequently, CAPG was also re-engined with a Hornet, continuing until withdrawn from use in 1941./1 Mike Vaisey Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England "Three of these aircraft operated in Canada starting in the late 1920s. Two were operated on floats by the Ontario Provincial Air Service (OPAS) out of their main base at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, at the east end of Lake Superior. CF-OAK, Serial No. 141, was supplied with a P&W R1690 Hornet. It crashed in 1935. I know where the wreck is. I believe that the subject photo is of G-CAPG, Serial No. 329. It was operated by the OPAS from 1928 to 1941 and originally came with a Bristol Jupiter XI engine. It was later re-engined with the P&W Hornet in 1934. I am of the opinion that the photo shows the Bristol]upiter engine./I Gerry Norberg Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Other details came from Thomas Lymburn, including the fact that the Canadian Giant Moths were mounted on a pair of Fairchild floats . Thomas also wrote: "One of the [British] Jaguar-engined Giant Moths (G-AAEV) was used by Sir Alan Cobham as 'Youth of Britain' for giving school children air plane rides. According to A.J. Jackson's DeHavilland Aircraft since 1909, about 10,000 school kids were given rides. Sounds like an early version of the Young Eagles program!/I We'd also like to acknowledge the editorial contribu tion made by Renald Fortier, of the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa, for the use of the photo he forwarded on behalf of the museum. Other correct answers were received from the following: Jim Strothers, Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Wayne Van-
Lynn Sheren sent us this photo of the Canadian DH.S1 Giant Moth as it rested on a Canadian lake. Built in 1928 in the United Kingdom, it was brought to Canada , originally with a pair of Shorts brothers floats. Once here , and while serving with the Ontario Provincial Air Service, it was refitted with a Pratt & Whitney Hornet en gine and remounted on a pair of Fairchild floats. It was withdrawn from use in February 1941.
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