T-Shirt Tiger Moth

Article number:	L5373
Availability:	In stock

100% cotton

• A British biplane used primarily as a training aircraft by the RAF and RCAF, it became one of the best-known trainers of the Second World War
• More than 1,400 Tiger Moths were manufactured in Canada and many were sold for civilian use after the war (some were still being flown in 2010)
• Canadian-built models were specifically modified (e.g., with wheel-brakes and a tail wheel) for the Canadian landscape
• Almost identical to the Menasco Moth: the latter has a Canadian-built frame fitted with an American-built Menasco engine
• First flight was in October 1931