Old Warden Gathering of Moths - 8th August
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:23 am
I travelled up to Old Warden on Thursday for the de Havillan Moth Club 'Gathering of Moths' event. Whilst planned as a two day event, with the Friday being at RAF Henlow, the incoming storm front forced the cancellation of the second day and may have resulted in some planned attendees not making the trip. Nonetheless, I believe that 43 de Havillands attended including 27 Tiger Moths, 4 Moths, 4 Hornet Moths, 4 Chipmunks and one each of the Leopard, Puss, Fox and Beaver variety. In addition the Shuttleworth Collection was open for viewing and included further Moth types.
The event was increadibly well attended for a Thursday and weather played ball with bright sunshine and only a light wind. It was great to meet up with CA's Andygolfer and have a couple of chats during the day.
Hopefully the photos below give the event the credit it deserves.
First of many Moth arrivals and in a standard RAF training scheme but with Polish Sqn emblem as a nice touch.
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANNK / T-7290 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOJJ / DF-128 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Hornet Moth
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADKL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOEI by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANFM by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKZ / T-6466 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Quite a rare DH-60G Moth Major
de Havilland DH-60G Moth Major G-ACGZ by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
and an earlier DH-60M Moth
de Havilland DH-60M Moth G-AAHY by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANFL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Fox Moth
de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth G-CIPJ / ZK-AGM by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Puss Moth
de Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth G-AAZP by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADKK by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-MOTH / K-2567 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ACDC by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Moth
de Havilland DH-60M Gipsy Moth G-AANL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOGR / XL714 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Former US Army U-6A Beaver
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver G-EVMK by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADUR by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Quite a rarety this side of the Atlantic, a de Havilland Canada built DH-82C Tiger Moth and without the enclosed canopy that many DH-82Cs had
de Havilland Canada DH-82C Tiger Moth G-FCTK / 5084 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Hornet Moth
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADNE by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Gipsy Moth
de Havilland DH-60G Gipsy Moth G-AAHI by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANEN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANRN & G-APLU by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANEN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN, G-APLU & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Star turn for me from the day was this beautiful Leopard Moth owned by Peter Vacher
de Havilland DH-85 Leopard Moth G-ACMA by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
I've probably overdone the number of photographs but still not given the day justice. If you want to see more I've created a Flickr album from the day at https://www.flickr.com/photos/25034864@ ... 8152/page1
Thanks for looking
Neil
The event was increadibly well attended for a Thursday and weather played ball with bright sunshine and only a light wind. It was great to meet up with CA's Andygolfer and have a couple of chats during the day.
Hopefully the photos below give the event the credit it deserves.
First of many Moth arrivals and in a standard RAF training scheme but with Polish Sqn emblem as a nice touch.
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANNK / T-7290 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOJJ / DF-128 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Hornet Moth
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADKL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOEI by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANFM by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKZ / T-6466 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Quite a rare DH-60G Moth Major
de Havilland DH-60G Moth Major G-ACGZ by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
and an earlier DH-60M Moth
de Havilland DH-60M Moth G-AAHY by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANFL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Fox Moth
de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth G-CIPJ / ZK-AGM by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Puss Moth
de Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth G-AAZP by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADKK by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-MOTH / K-2567 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ACDC by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Moth
de Havilland DH-60M Gipsy Moth G-AANL by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AOGR / XL714 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Former US Army U-6A Beaver
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver G-EVMK by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADUR by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Quite a rarety this side of the Atlantic, a de Havilland Canada built DH-82C Tiger Moth and without the enclosed canopy that many DH-82Cs had
de Havilland Canada DH-82C Tiger Moth G-FCTK / 5084 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Hornet Moth
de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth G-ADNE by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Gipsy Moth
de Havilland DH-60G Gipsy Moth G-AAHI by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANEN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Diamond Nine by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANRN & G-APLU by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANEN & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN, G-APLU & G-AOBX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
Star turn for me from the day was this beautiful Leopard Moth owned by Peter Vacher
de Havilland DH-85 Leopard Moth G-ACMA by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr
I've probably overdone the number of photographs but still not given the day justice. If you want to see more I've created a Flickr album from the day at https://www.flickr.com/photos/25034864@ ... 8152/page1
Thanks for looking
Neil