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[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Hi Doug:

It has been a while since I flew several of these types but do you remember if:

Tiger Moth...did it not have a front wooden spar?

Chipmunk ...I know it was first produced with a front
                   wooden spar and the rear half of the wing
                   was fabric.  Fuel guages in wing caps.

DHC-1 "Chipmunk"...metal spars and all metal wings

Fleet 80 "Canuck"...I am sure they had wooden spars
                    and were fabric covered...not sure if they
                     put a metal spar in or not later.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Hagar]

Hi Doug. If I remember correctly the Tiger Moth has all wooden wings, fabric covered of course. I helped recover a complete aircraft once. That was a lovely job in the Summer out in the fresh air.

You're correct about the Chipmunk. Not sure about the Fleet Canuck. Can't say I've ever seen one.

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Fleet 80 Canuck was a lovely aeroplane and good tail dragging trainer.  The seating was side by side with  two control sticks and not a yoke.

A perfect bugsmasher on skis, wheels or floats. You would love it.

It would be hard to compare anything with the old "Tiger" as she was in a class all her own.  ;)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Hagar]

Thanks Doug. I know most of the Fleet range of aircraft & very nice they look too. I've heard of the Canuck but ashamed to admit that I don't remember seeing even a picture of one before. I had no idea it was a high-wing aircraft. It looks very much like an Auster although they were of all-metal fabric-covered construction. A neat little aeroplane. http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/Fleet80Canuck.shtml

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Hi Doug:

Try "Canada Aviation Museum" as a site.
Click on "Image Bank" and go from there.
It has an alphabetical listing with a lot of actual aircraft.

There should be 5 or 6 pages of pictures of many aircraft like the Otter or Fleet 80 Canuck.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Hagar]

Hi Doug:

Try "Canada Aviation Museum" as a site.
Click on "Image Bank" and go from there.
It has an alphabetical listing with a lot of actual aircraft.

Hi Doug. If you check the link from my previous reply you will see that's exactly what I did. Well, to tell the truth I googled it.

I have a large library of reference books & aviation magazines but I've never thought to look up the Canuck before.

[Fitter]

The first aicraft seems to be very nice to fly

[Hagar]

The first aicraft seems to be very nice to fly

If you mean the Hornet Moth it's basically a cabin version of the Gipsy Moth. The original versions had tapered wings more like the DH Dragon & could apparently be a tad tricky to handle. The later versions like this one are supposed to be a great improvement.

I'm surprised that nobody's noticed the main leg fairings in my photo. These can be twisted at 90 degrees to the airflow to act as a form of airbrake. The Hornet Moth has no flaps.