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December 1927. A total of 10 aircraft were built, including one in Canada built from components, with the rest coming
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Kingdom lasting 21 weeks and ending on 7 October 1929. Cobham flew 60,000 miles (97,000 km), visited 110 towns and took aloft 40,000 passengers, including 10,000 schoolchildren free of charge. Among those who experienced their first flight in
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291:(G-AUJC), in April and May 1929, respectively. They were the first QANTAS aircraft equipped with toilets. The airline took them out of service in 1935 because the Bristol Jupiter XI engines were unreliable.
262:. According to one newspaper article, Holden flew a total of 9000 miles (14,500 km) and was in the air for 100 hours, before spotting the missing aircraft on a mud flat near the Gleneig River. The crew of
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946:"The De Havilland DH61 Giant Moth in Western Australia."
848:"Canberra Returns. How Holden Discovered Southern Cross"
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905:"de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth 'Apollo' (Replica)."
743:Bridge, Carl. "Leslie Hubert Holden (1895–1932)".
727:. Ed Coates' Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection.
549:British civil aircraft since1919 : Volume Two
392:. After the tour, Cobham sold the Giant Moth to
311:floats at Rochester before one was delivered to
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887:"VH-UJC de Havilland D.H.61 Giant Moth."
871:"G-AUJB de Havilland D.H.61 Giant Moth."
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710:Moss, Peter W. " D.H. 61 Giant Moth."
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1148:Jackson, A. J. (1973).
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2599:Experimental
2417:DH.114 Heron
2412:DH.106 Comet
2407:DH.104 Devon
2357:DH.84 Dragon
2341:
2256:DH.11 Oxford
2251:DH.10 Amiens
2246:DH.9A Ninack
2195:DH.112 Venom
2067:Moth Trainer
2037:Menasco Moth
2027:Leopard Moth
2022:Humming Bird
1981:
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1253:Biplane No.2
1248:Biplane No.1
1236:de Havilland
1223:de Havilland
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105:was a 1920s
102:
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89:First flight
66:Number built
60:de Havilland
55:Manufacturer
15:
2590:DH.88 Comet
2402:DH.104 Dove
2266:DH.27 Derby
2261:DH.14 Okapi
2017:Hornet Moth
1997:Hermes Moth
1887:Comet (jet)
1882:Cirrus Moth
638:Performance
630:Propellers:
620:Powerplant:
388:during the
386:fighter ace
377:Alan Cobham
273:Giant Moth
237:Charles Ulm
180:Broken Hill
2677:Categories
2524:DH.60 Moth
2458:DH.60 Moth
2062:Moth Minor
2057:Moth Major
2042:Metal Moth
1987:Gipsy Moth
1972:Genet Moth
1068:0851778135
790:Daily News
676:References
591:Wing area:
345:Daily Mail
214:Les Holden
198:Les Holden
188:Giant Moth
151:Pathé News
2549:DH.93 Don
2285:Passenger
2107:Sea Venom
2102:Sea Vixen
2097:Queen Bee
2092:Puss Moth
2007:Highclere
1992:Hawk Moth
1942:Dragonfly
1922:Doncaster
1867:Albatross
1238:numerical
1134:0143-5450
579:Wingspan:
567:Capacity:
547:Data from
418:Australia
404:Operators
382:Eric Lock
340:Geraldine
172:Melbourne
92:December
2683:Biplanes
2512:Trainers
2148:Fighters
2047:Mosquito
1962:Fox Moth
1957:Flamingo
1952:Hercules
1877:Canberra
1240:sequence
1229:aircraft
1177:Archived
472:Colombia
331:engine.
260:Canberra
226:Canberra
222:Canberra
202:Canberra
184:Canberra
176:Adelaide
2219:Bombers
2141:By role
2127:Vampire
2122:Trident
1967:Gazelle
1947:Express
1912:Dominie
1907:Dolphin
1860:By name
598:Airfoil
585:Height:
573:Length:
476:Avianca
325:Ontario
321:Alberta
317:Calgary
119:Edgware
107:British
74:History
2615:Drones
2568:Racers
2436:Sports
2427:DH.125
2210:DH.116
2087:Oxford
2077:Ninack
2072:M'pala
2032:Mantis
2012:Hornet
1932:Dragon
1872:Amiens
1851:DH.126
1846:DH.125
1841:DH.123
1836:DH.122
1831:DH.121
1826:DH.120
1821:DH.119
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1811:DH.116
1806:DH.115
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1796:DH.113
1791:DH.112
1786:DH.110
1781:DH.108
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1756:DH.102
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1746:DH.100
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657:Range:
603:RAF 15
511:
490:Canada
487:
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452:Brazil
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434:Qantas
415:
303:Canada
293:Apollo
285:Apollo
281:QANTAS
275:Apollo
251:Sydney
125:Design
2662:T.K.5
2657:T.K.4
2652:T.K.3
2647:T.K.2
2642:T.K.1
2580:DH.9R
2575:DH.4R
2443:DH.51
2397:DH.96
2327:DH.34
2322:DH.32
2312:DH.18
2307:DH.16
2302:DH.9C
2297:DH.9B
2292:DH.4A
2170:DH.77
2132:Venom
2082:Okapi
2002:Heron
1902:Devon
1897:Derby
1892:Comet
1741:DH.99
1736:DH.98
1731:DH.97
1726:DH.96
1721:DH.95
1716:DH.94
1711:DH.93
1706:DH.92
1701:DH.91
1696:DH.90
1691:DH.89
1686:DH.88
1681:DH.87
1676:DH.86
1671:DH.85
1666:DH.84
1661:DH.83
1656:DH.82
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1646:DH.80
1641:DH.79
1636:DH.78
1631:DH.77
1626:DH.76
1621:DH.75
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1611:DH.73
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1601:DH.71
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1581:DH.67
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1526:DH.56
1521:DH.55
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1491:DH.49
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1471:DH.45
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1431:DH.37
1426:DH.36
1421:DH.35
1416:DH.34
1411:DH.33
1406:DH.32
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1396:DH.30
1391:DH.29
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1381:DH.27
1376:DH.26
1371:DH.25
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1361:DH.23
1356:DH.22
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1346:DH.20
1341:DH.19
1336:DH.18
1331:DH.17
1326:DH.16
1321:DH.15
1316:DH.14
1311:DH.12
1306:DH.11
1301:DH.10
1296:DH.9C
1292:DH.9A
1227:Airco
681:Notes
561:Crew:
457:Varig
355:Leone
289:Diana
249:from
2519:DH.6
2236:DH.4
2231:DH.3
2226:DH.1
2165:DH.5
2160:DH.2
2155:DH.1
2052:Moth
1927:Dove
1288:DH.9
1283:DH.6
1278:DH.5
1273:DH.4
1268:DH.3
1263:DH.2
1258:DH.1
1225:and
1154:ISBN
1130:ISSN
1112:ISBN
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1063:ISBN
1038:ISBN
622:1 Ă—
297:Mubo
235:and
178:and
101:The
94:1927
83:1928
46:Type
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