An ex-RAF Chipmunk, operated by the National Test Pilot School as a spin trainer at the Mojave Airport. The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a two-seat, single-engine aircraft that has been heavily used as a primary trainer aircraft.

Learn more about the role and history of the Chipmunk. The two Chipmunks held on charge by the RAF Memorial Flight are the last in RAF service and are probably the least-seen aircraft of the Memorial Flight fleet.

May 22, 2021 · The de Havilland Chipmunk first flew on 22 May 1946 and from the late 1940s, becoming the RAF’s primary trainer aircraft. Although still used, the RAF now also have the Prefect.

The De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a 2-seat, single engine primary trainer aircraft, designed to replace the DH Tiger Moth biplane around the world. It was the first true indigenous design of the newly formed De Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada and …

de Havilland produced another classic with the replacement for their world famous Tiger Moth. The Chipmunk was designed and produced in Canada before being adopted as the Royal Air Force’s primary trainer.

Jun 5, 2003 · Designed as a military trainer, the "Chippie" has a tapered wing and a narrow, sleek fuselage that give it the appearance of a petite World War II fighter. It also has that distinctively shaped vertical fin, the signature of many de Havilland designs …

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft which was the standard primary trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force and several other air forces through much of the post-Second World War years.

As evidenced by the BBMF’s Chipmunk T.10 WG486’s own history, Chipmunks also had operational roles, with 114 Squadron in Cyprus during the EOKA crisis in 1958-59, and flying secret and covert photo-reconnaissance missions over the Soviet sector of Berlin from RAF Gatow between 1956 and 1990.

Over seven-hundred Chipmunks were built for the RAF, some of which also served with the Army and the Royal Navy. A substantial number of civilian Chipmunks are still flying in countries around the world.

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, WD304, 1 AEF (Air Experience Flight), RAF: Crashed and destroyed 16/11/1963. The pilot carried out unauthorised aerobatics and mock attacks on two other aircraft. He lost control and the aircraft dived into the Thames Estuary, off Margate, five miles north-west of Manston, Kent.