21. De Havilland Tiger Moths were the first aircraft used. 22. The Tiger Moth falls from the sky in flames. 23. By 25 June, all of the school's Tiger Moths had been transferred to other locations. 24. On 9 March 1938 Braham flew solo for the first time in a Tiger Moth . 25. The brightly striped pattern of the wings has inspired the common name of tiger moth . 26. Tiger moths have a well-developed hearing organ, or tympanum, on each side of the thorax.27. Both the Fleet Finch and Tiger Moth were later replaced by the Fairchild PT-26 Cornell. 28. 132 Tiger Moths were completed in New Zealand by de Havilland Aircraft of New Zealand. 29. In late 1940, the first Australian-assembled Tiger Moth conducted ins first flight at Bankstown, Sydney. 30. On 29 February 1940, Johnson flew solo for the first time in Tiger Moth N6635.