VH-BPU  de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth                        (c/n 85639)

                                    

                                        Here's a nice Geoff Goodall shot of a Tiger at Tailem Bend, South Australia, in 1967.  I don't see
                                        a glider hitch on this particular machine, despite the training sailplane in the background.  This air-
                                        craft was built for the RAF as DE709.  From 1952 until 1956 it was one of the Tigers based at the
                                        Army Air Corps Center at Middle Wallop, Hampshire where it was operated by the British Army's
                                        Elementary Flying Training School.  It was one of the last service operated Tiger Moths in the UK,
                                        and appears to have been exported directly to Australia in 1956 without having first been placed on
                                        the UK civil register.   It is still currently registered to an owner in Victoria.