Flying the Prince's DH-83 Fox Moth
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Cockpit video, and narration, of flying the rare 1932 de Havilland-83 Fox Moth, with Dave Hadfield. WWW.HADFIELD.CA It's the only flying Fox Moth in North America.
First owned by The Prince Of Wales, this aircraft flew to the Belgian Congo in 1934, then worked as a bush-plane in NZ for 20 years, and was restored back to it's original VIP configuration in the 1990s.
Join Dave during takeoffs and landings in the rare, beautiful, blind old aircraft as he narrates the tricks and tips he uses to keep it in one piece. Fly with him on grass and pavement, wandering across S. Ontario. Also see some rare historic newsreel footage.
Song "Waltz With A Tiger" (c)2018 Dave Hadfield, from the album "Climbin' Away" (c) 2018 Dave Hadfield
I was born in Romford, Essex, in 1929. As a child I rode the Hillman busses to Clacton, a nice resort in those days. In the mid thirties My Father took me to an air show at "Maylands". I remember the main guest was Gracie Fields, the renowned vocalist. I am now 91 years old but remember those events quite well.
I believe there is film of that video on UA-cam. Perhaps you're in it! Thanks for the connection.
谢谢您补充的历史记忆，祝愿您健康长寿！
I've always felt that de Havilland effectively melded art with functionality in creating some of the most elegant, graceful designs that ever flew.
They certainly proved that if it looks right it'll fly right. With one exception - the DH86 Express (a four engined overgrown Rapide). They seemed to have a penchant for crashing. Which could be the reason none exist today.
Pilot/AME/A&P of 30+ years here. WELL DONE ! She a beauty.
Just rewatched. Just as delightful as the first time. 🙂
In 1957 I flew, during my initial training period on Austers and Tiger Moths at the Karachi Flying Club, our only Fox Moth for 20 hours. The sorties were 30 minutes each. Initially it was hair raising as she ground looped on every landing because the brakes worked after you pulled the lever and pushed the rudder pedal in the desired direction. After a few interesting landings we learned to only use the brakes when the aircraft was almost at walking speed. All in all a pleasant aircraft to fly--although it nearly killed me on my first flight, when a large oil leak caused the engine to overheat on my second take off. There was a certain beauty on those biplanes that is never forgotten. Nice video!
Good story, thanks!
Just wonderful, sir. What a joy it is to hear "pilot" spoken.
Stuck in the hell hole of restrictions , staring at my cold garden for months, this is simply blissful to watch . I know a firm local to me is restoring a fox and I miss my regular visits. Thank you.
Get out and break the rules! They can't arrest us all!! Its all a scam anyways
What an elegant, and rare, old bird. A treat to fly along with you. Thanks!
Fascinating! My grandfather owned a DH60 Gypsy Moth during the inter war years, which he sold at the outbreak of war, joined the RAF VR as a Flying Instructor, and after hostilities ceased, and general aviation returned, he continued flying with a Miles M2 Hawk. He passed in 1986.....
I grew up and lived most of my life in Guelph. I took my ground school classes at Guelph Air Park. Always loved watching the Tiger Moths turning over my house when they departed out of 32.
This is a beautiful bird. I bet you had a blast flying her.
Absolutely brilliant content... perfect mix of technical info with screenshots, history, practical operation of the aircraft and just overall enjoyment. Hope you continue to make many more!
Unusual and very rare. Just 10 in existence.
A lovely video of a beautiful aircraft. Thank you. I've flown a Tiger Moth and have admired this aircraft for many years.
Gorgeous plane; interesting history and a most enjoyable commentary. Thank you - I very much enjoyed this video.
I subscribed. Great video here. Of special interest to me because my father was a Yank pilot assigned to Sculthorpe AFB and was also the instructor for a local flying club that bought a DH Tiger Moth around 1955. My dad took me up in it a couple times because his students wanted to get rid of me as I was a horrible horrible tease. I hereby apologize and apologize about that! Don't remember the location of the field that was used (it was only a field to me) but the Tiger Moth and the Vulcan were my favorite planes at the time. My father was killed in 1956 over Belgium on a return flight from Germany on a KB-50. It was the first one of five that ended up blowing up before they determined the cause. What is also cool to me is that I discovered that I am the descendant of 5 Welsh kings. While we were there, we thoroughly enjoyed the experience of living in England (Hindringham and Ringstead). I tried being a pilot like my dad but was not able to think fast enough. I am an analyzer like my mother. So I became a Fllght Simulator Engineer and that worked out pretty well. Cheers!
I can't decide if I enjoy the flying and interesting aircraft or the music more. Both are great, well done and thank you!
Can I just say, thank you for this. When I was a child growing up in New Zealand my grandad was a pilot and showed me Warbirds Over Wanaka videos, and there was a feature of the restoration of this airframe at the start of the video, showing rib building, wing construction etc in some detail. It's absolutely brilliant to have an in cockpit ride of the very same machine that I fell in love with at about 7 years old 😂
Hey Dave, Thank you.... Really lovely film done just exactly right, informative and entertaining and nicely shot with almost just the helmet cam and voice over narration with just enough B-roll and Historical archive film and nicely edited too. Good Job & much enjoyed & love the song too.... Thanks so much once again Chris :)
What a beautiful airplane. You are one lucky pilot to have access to historic aircraft. But then again I would suppose that you are lucky in life just to be a pilot. Excellent commentary. Can't tell yo how much I enjoyed this airplane, this video. Thank you.
A truly delightful video. Thank you for making it.
What a beautiful old aircraft, and some really interesting history. It’s so great that there rate people preserving this old planes, so that they are not forgotten. Thanks for sharing your video.
fantastic video, and beautiful aircraft. really enjoyed the historical background and footage you included!
The switches actually all work in the same sense - up for 'off', down for 'on', which is the standard in the UK (domestic house switches work like that here). I know the mag switches say 'off' in the 'down' position, but if you think about it, when the switch is down it's 'on', grounding out the mag. Flick it up, and it breaks the ground circuit, so the switch is actually 'off' when it's up. I have 35 years of Chipmunk flying as a part owner, so that lovely engine sound brought it all back for me. I think the Chippy wheel brakes are the best design yet, though I always had them fully off for take off and landing - if you need some brake as well, just ease back the brake lever with your left hand - you'll already have full relevant rudder on so you'll get relevant brake as required as you gently ease the brake lever back (just hook you little finger around it!).
What a gorgeous airplane. and a wonderful informative video, thank you!
Great video. Really enjoyed the detail.
It is so interesting to listen to the history and the description of the aircraft. You're a terrific narrator. This was a lot of fun to watch.. thank you!
Dave, love the flying videos. These are as addicting as Kermie Cams and as educational for us want to be pilots :-) We are so lucky to have this aircraft so close to home :-) Many thanks to you and the crew for not only keeping them flying, but for documenting what its like to fly in them and sharing that experience.
Wait - I want to see more about that DH-84 Dragon! But I'm still onboard for the rest of this video :)
The DH 84 Dragon
DH 88 Dragon Rapide
DH 91 Mosquito.
The latter could comfortably hold its own today.
What a wonderful introduction to this grand old design. I've always been on the alert for any articles or news about the Foxmoth because I am a long-term Nevil Shute devotee, and Shute used a fictional startup Foxmoth based charter service as the center point of one of his better novels, "Round the Bend". Now I have to go re-read the book again, your video brought back so many memories. Thanks!
Thanks! I'm a big fan of his books.
I love this. All my flying is in modern cockpits which are wonderful but they do lack a certain joi de vivre that this has in spades. Thanks for posting.
With such well-documented history this thing has to be priceless!
Another great video, very detailed 👍
What a beautifully kept machine. Thank you de Havilland for introducing beauty to aviation and making aircraft an art form.
Fantastic video! It will stay a dream for me but thanks for letting me be part of it.
I am thankful for how y’all put this lovely production together. What a great piece of saved history. Again thanks
Oliver
My very first flight as an 8 year old was in one of these off a beach..... Never will forget that day.... My Mum said "the look on your face when you got out of the plane" Happy Days :-)))))
cool. when and where was that? any pictures?
Might this have been G-AOJH that at one time operated from Southport/Birkdale Sands (England)? I remember seeing it at Barton, Manchester sometime in the late 1960's when it wore a red and cream livery.
Dave, I thoroughly enjoy your adventures in the wonderful tail wheel aircraft you have the privilege to fly. I recently have the good fortune to fly a Fairchild R-24 that had an interesting history as I checked out the new owner before he flew it from Columbia, SC back up to New Jersey. I wish I had been able to do that trip... I am one of the few tailwheel instructors here in SC and my ongoing bucket list activity, thanks to my last instructor getting me addicted to tailwheel airplanes, is to fly as many different ones as possible in the life I have left. I have to admit that I was truly envious of you being able to fly the Lysander. I am hooked on bush planes and that was one of the consummate bush planes of its era. Its history is amazing.
I had the good fortune to see one fly in the UK at the Shuttleworth Aerodrome some years back. That aircraft and the Fiesler Storch are two planes that I really want to experience.
There is a gentleman whose youtube channel is "The History Guy" and he did an episode on the Piper Cub in WWII which was quite interesting and that got me interesting in exploring the "liaison" aircraft of the period. Every aircraft manufacturer in the US made aircraft for that purpose (including Boeing) during that time and they are wide and varied... I would love to have an opportunity to come up and meet you and fly with you in some of the aircraft in your area. Are there any opportunities to avail myself of that?
Pleasa keep these videos coming. They are wonderful.
Regards,
Stoney Truett
Dave,
On Vancouver Island watching our second snow event in 2 days out the window. What a treat. Keep em coming, always informative and entertaining. Cheers! DC.
Great vid dave one of the best of its type ive seen and only 7k subs, flying fansdont know what there missing. Keep up the good work.
Wow, what an amazing history, and plane!
I love the historical info you provide in your videos - thank you!
Mr. Hadfield is a pro among pros.........Chris as no choice but really work to stand beside his brother ! Now, that's much better ! I tell you, humble pie is damn hard to swallow ! This is still a great video !
Father? I'm his brother.
@@davehadfield5906 That's just great ! Now, how do you think I feel ! ? ! Editing will be of the utmost importance ! Thanks again.🙄
Thank you for taking us along!
Had the pleasure of getting a close look at this plane when it was in Gatineaux and very fortunate at the time to have the guided tour with Paul Kissman and Rob Erdos?
Great video and commentary, lovely to see it flying. Cheers
Two of the best!
Dave fabulous thankyou. The footage of Brooklands with all the toffs there was wonderful. This is gentle aviation. Like most stuff
Produced in the thirties had a little risk but was of high quality (I can only own the motorcycles of the era) for my old age kicks.
I used to live not far from Brooklands now a superb museum and I believe I am right in saying being owned partly by Mercedes
Saved it against the greedy property developers. Perverse indeed that it was thier aircraft powered by DB and BMW engines were trying to bomb
The place off the map in 1940 !
What a fantastic airplane and video .Thank you.
Another great video with great visuals and commentary. Thanks heaps
Thanks for that fantastic video. Really good explanation of all that was going on. Almost as good as flying it myself! You stopped in front of what looked like a Slingsby T53 Glider. I flew one many years ago and being all metal, whenever I hit a thermal it sounded like someone was banging two dustbin lids together!
What a beautiful machine, and such a fascinating history too! Thanks for the virtual ride!
Mr. Hadfield, you are a man of great courage and even greater skill. I am so glad I found your channel.
What a beauty! Thanks for taking us along for a ride on so many awesome machines! I can't wait to see more.
What great fun it was to watch this. I learned so much. Those videos of the “golden age” of flying. My father-in-law flew C-47’s in WW2 across the Atlantic, and afterwards, the Boeing 307 and finally the Constellation. But he started by sneaking off against his mother’s wishes to take flying lessons. He finally confessed to her, and invited her to watch him as he participated in an air show at Akron Fulton Airport (home of the Goodyear blimps). As she watched his landing an airplane for the first time, he promptly flipped it upside down! Anyway, it was a true delight to watch you fly this beautiful airplane with its rich history. Thanks for sharing.
Ah, yes. Edward VIII. Once owned this brand spanking new Fox Moth.
Then curiously married a Dragon Fly. And one that was pre-owned, twice in fact.
Great clip. Loved the narrative of the King’s Cup Air Race. Jolly Good Show. I was waiting for Terry Thomas to make a cameo.
Thanks for posting.
Absolutely beautiful aircraft, thanks for keeping machines like this flying.
What a wonderful video. Thanks!
What a plane and how well described...
Loved the video...just how they should be made and presented...👍👍👍.
Simon in Spain...but a Brit..
They have done excellent job on that aircraft , it looks like as if it is new !
Wonderful VLOG - particularly with regard to the history being interspersed with the great flying during your journey.
Can we appreciate the fact that this man did this entire 30 minute video and commentary in real time like a powerpoint presentation. I only noticed when I heard him clicking through slides
Amazing content Dave, thanks for taking me fly for a little while.
Thank you very much for this video! Its actually quite rare for me to find new information about the RCAF stations during the war years. I grew up in Beeton and Know Tim Ronan. I also think I may of crossed paths at Edenville on at least one occasion as I remember a Fox moth on one of my many visits to Edenville!
As always, a fascinating video! Thanks!
Wow, what a beautiful plane. Thank you for sharing this flight experience!
Thank you, Dave Hadfield, for making yet another interesting and captivating video with a vintage aircraft.
Thanks for sharing. I have been in love with this very aircraft for some time now and it is nice to see it in detail.
I'm enchanted with this beauty. Of course, those windows beneath cowling are something hedious.
Great video, great narration! Looks like fun...
22:00 this is my dream life. Flying planes around, visiting aviation friends… perfect.
What a delightful film, so well put together. Thank you for sharing your great film.
Very interesting indeed...Nice to see S&S out of Grand Valley. Stan is undoubtedly one of the worlds greatest story tellers. And a very fine mechanic too!
Hi Dave really enjoyed the video , was glad to see you used a couple photo I took when you were at Stans , still have lots more
Thanks Dan!
What a nice video, not only the plane itself but the good tone of telling and showing. :)
Thank you for this video. I never appreciated exactly what this aeroplane was, until Mikey McBryan’s father mentioned his restoration project in one of Mikey’s UA-cam videos. My father flew down to Haast in the South Island of New Zealand, every fortnight during the late 1940s, to pay the (Ministry of Works) road man and also had one flight over the Southern Alps, in a Fox Moth. It was apparently an interesting experience in that light, low flying aeroplane because he kept mentioning it.
Good to see the plane fly. Every year I take my Decathlon to grand valley north to do the annual. While there I got a good tour of the fox moth. I even spied my plane in the hangar in one of the shots. Good to see Stan and Sheila as movie stars too.
Stan and Sheila should be movie-stars!
@@davehadfield5906 Always interesting whenever I fly in to Stan's and Sheila's. Besides the fox moth I have watched the re-build of your Stamp and met your parents there too. Maybe we will be at the same field at the same time during the next summer.
Great video! Love the talk-through of the flight
Great video. I enjoyed every minute.
What a lovely film, I used to fly Tiger Moth’s at the tiger club in England. So reminiscent.
Yes, this aeroplane is totally Stag Lane 1932. A Tiger Moth background is essential for flying it.
Did you fly ACDC?
@@davehadfield5906 I flew ACDC and ASKP, before we were allowed to solo the tiger, we had to spin the aircraft and recover, (over the airfield just in case the engine cut) which I remember being quite dramatic! for a private pilot like me it was a tremendous honour to solo such a valuable and historic aircraft. I remember reading that when the Tiger club was at Redhill, in the 50-60’s, they had a Foxmoth that wasn’t used very much. That was before my time as I would have relished the opportunity.
Super Man (actor Christopher Reeve) was a member of the Tiger club and when in England would come and fly the Tiger Moths.
That plane was in the concourse at the Ottawa International Airport about a decade ago. I saw it many times there. Beautiful machine.
Good show Dave,it is a beauty thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous video - loads of information delivered at a nice pace. Thank you for this
What an interesting airplane! Thank you for sharing your experience with this nugget!
Nicely done. Very informative.
Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
The whole checklist before takeoff is the most interesting in all your videos! I abandoned my plans to learn flying (not good for the environment), but I love this series!
Am really enjoying your videos and accompanying narration, hoping it is something you'll continue to do. Just wondering with the tail draggers including the warbirds and the obstructed front view, would it not possible to mount a camera on the aircraft and have a display in the cockpit to check whilst taxing, I'd be scared to hit something. Many thanks for posting.
It's not a bad idea. Airliners sometimes have it.
Dave, I was not aware of this aircraft. Thanks for bringing it to us with such an interesting commentary. The inclusion of historical footage is a great reference. I noticed the tendency of the aircraft to yaw when you were doing the visual inspection, and indeed you mentioned it's instability later in the video. Thanks again for this personal look at such a unique aircraft.
Seen this beauty at show and shine. Thanks for the flight
What a remarkable story, thank you.
Excellent airmanship, sir.
Your channel is great!! I`m learning a lot. thank you
A Fox moth was used for passenger joy flights in Liverpool 1960s . My very first flight !!!!!!
OUTSTANDING VIDEO SIR!!!
I'm glad I watched the video.I thoroughly enjoyed it.Very interesting.👍
The little window into the cabin was clearly inspired by the hansom cab, whose driver was in the same poition relative to the passengers. He had a similar window to communicate with his fares.
Super nice video. Thank you lucky man.
22:27 'That was the king's airplane at one time'. Yes, of course, he was king of Canada, too. Didn't think about that, not just a king, but the king.
Great insight! Thank you! Love that plane. And very well explained.
Great video, superb aeroplane.
This is so charming.
Hi Dave. This was excellent. Thank you!