AviationBanter - View Single Post - Tiger moth loses power on t/o, augers into a tree, none hurt.

**Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]** · September 2nd 08, 01:06 AM posted to alt.usenet.kooks,rec.aviation.piloting

george wrote in news:e4aaa3ee-4fc4-48de-b34f-
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On Sep 2, 10:45*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
george wrote in news:17ac164a-6cb2-4ffc-ae83-
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On Sep 2, 8:53*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Really?

Name one, k00kie boi.

Seems to have been engine failure on takeoff.
We used to use DH82s in the topdressing industry.
Todays wreck at the end of the airstrip was back flying the next day
thanks to very good engineers and the toughness of the aeroplane

Hard to beat a steel tube fuse and wood wings for strenght!

Hey Bertie.
Keep up with the details and your little playmate from several
messages back might have to admit that you know something of the

Wouldn't matter if I was Geoffrey DeHavilland. He wouldn't admit it.

He seems to think he's doing me some damage, or something. It is fun
watching him try, though.

I haven't got a lot of Tiggy time. I would really like to try some of the
other Moths, though. I always thought the Hornet Moth was a beautiful
airplane, for instance. And the Gypsy Moth is th epretiest of the lot in my
book. Maybe someday..

Bertie