One of the most famous training aeroplanes, the Tiger Moth, remained in service with
the Royal Air Force for over 15 years. First introduced in February 1932, it was still
used as a standard elementary trainer as late as 1947 in Flying Training Command
and until 1951 with the RAF Volunteer Reserve in Southern Rhodesia. It was thus
the last biplane trainer in the RAF, being replaced by the Prentice and Chipmunk.
The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947
by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good
low-speed handling properties and short-field performance.
Both aircraft you will see at the Malta International Airshow has been fully restored to
flying condition by the Malta Aviation Museum. The Tiger Moth is finished in standard RAF
wartime training colours with serial DE730 but flies with the Malta civil registration
9H-RAF and the Piper Cub is finished in standard wartime
USAAF colours and markings and flies with the appropriate Malta civil registration
9H-CUB.
We have been informed that the Tunisian Air Force has cancelled the planned participation at our airshow, due to the covid-19 situation in the country and the forces being heavily involved in dealing with the pandemic.
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘈𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘈𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.