The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brass venturi and mounting bracket for a de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth biplane. The Air Ministry stamp is impressed near the intake nozzle while the part number, 6A 370 also appears near this end. Remnants of silver paint are on the inside and outside of the venturi and mounting bracket.
This type of instrument was used on board slower flying aircraft such as biplanes to measure the relative airspeed of the aircraft in the air. It did this by having air pass through it, giving a differential pressure airspeed indication. Pitot tubes replaced this type of aerial instrumentation in faster aircraft.
This particular venturi is from a de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth, a significant aircraft type operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from the 1930's to the 1950's in the training of thousands of aircrew. These aircraft were both manufactured in the United Kingdom and Australia during the war.
Pre-Second World War DH82 TIger Moth aircraft in RAAF service were painted in an overall silver scheme. This object has remnants of this type of paint on both the inside and outside of the venturi. The War Memorial has a DH82 Tiger Moth in its collection, finished in an overall "Trainer Yellow" paint scheme.
A de Havilland DH94 Moth Minor with a flying instructor and student pilot. This type of aircraft was built in Australia at Bankstown, NSW to satisfy a RAAF need for an elementary trainer and were in b
A de Havilland DH94 Moth Minor with a flying instructor and student pilot. This type of aircraft was built in Australia at Bankstown, NSW to satisfy a RAAF need for an elementary trainer and were in b
DH-82A Tiger Moth single engined, two seat biplane basic training aircraft. It is complete and largely original. Type information: Powerplant: 130hp de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder in-line air-coo
Tubular machine gun mounting with a bracket welded to the base; Nuts and bolts attach to this mounting. The upper tubular section can be swivelled and folded horizontal. Finished in an olive drab pain
The fuselages of DH82 Tiger Moth aircraft in the dope shop of De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW. The women are painting the metal surface and preparing the framework before it is covered with
Mr Val Malmberg of the Royal Aero Club of NSW holding an altimeter and explaining the workings to Dorothy Stebbings and Diane McIntyre, members of the Women's Air Training Corps (WATC). A model aircra
