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4 unusual facts about De Havilland Puss Moth


De Havilland Puss Moth

Most famous of the record breaking Puss Moths was Jim Mollison's G-ABXY, "The Heart's Content" which completed the first solo east-west Atlantic crossing in August 1932 and the first east-west crossing of the South Atlantic from Lympne Aerodrome to Natal, Brazil in February 1933.

His wife Amy Johnson made record flights between England and Cape Town using G-ACAB, "Desert Cloud" in 1932.

S. Rangachari

Later, he bought a Puss Moth aeroplane for Rs. 60,000 to travel quickly and easily around the Presidency.

Silver Centenary

Captain Nesbitt died on 4 October 1930 while flying a Puss Moth to Beverley, where he had intended to demonstrate the Silver Centenary at the Beverley show grounds.



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