Mass de Havilland fly in at Caboolture Aeroclub

Mass de Havilland Fly In at Caboolture

The sight and sound of a air force primary trainer like the 1930’s Tiger Moth, a post WWII RAF trainer like the Chipmunk, or the style of a Gypsy Moth or Gypsy Major always raise a smile at the airfield. The Caboolture Aeroclub was host to all these and its usual DH Caribou, Dove and Drover as a de Havilland fly in found over thirty aircraft converge to celebrate 99 years of the history started in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. De Havilland aircraft played a large role in early aviation in most Commonwealth nations, and the DH82 Tiger Moth was the standard primary pilot trainer all WWII pilots of Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand began the process of earning their wings before progressing to Harvards and then either bombers, fighters or other transports.

Benalla, Vic. C. 1944. A group of instructors and trainee pilots at No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School, RAAF Benalla. On the airfield behind them are the unit’s De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth training aircraft. [AWM VIC1049]

Please enjoy the below gallery of de Havilland aircraft from the 2019 fly in at Caboolture Airfield.

There were several formation flights and a gaggle of trailing aircraft flown from Caboolture over to Bribie Island, back to the Glasshouse Mountains and then returned to Caboolture. We were fortunate enough to be hosted for air to air shots in a the only airworthy (de Havilland powered) Genairco and had three Tiger Moths in as close a formation as the conditions allowed.