DH Gipsy Moth
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De Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth (1934)
The DH Gipsy Moth is the only bi-plane ever to have been operated by SAA. Two of these aircraft were part of the assets taken over by SAA from Union Airways. The Gipsy Moth was only capable of carrying a single passenger and was used by SAA for non-scheduled work.
ZS-ABH, ABI
Modelling
The following kits have been produced over the years that will allow the modeller to build a model of this aircraft.
The only kit that I am aware of is a 1/72nd scale kit that was released by FROG. It is now very much a collector’s item so be prepared to pay largish sums of cash for this small model in the original Frog boxing Also released under the Novo label following the demise of Frog in the late 1980’s.
Colours
It is most likely they remained in the colours that they were finished in whilst operating with Union Airways. From photographic evidence this shows the aircraft fuselages were painted in a two tone scheme which could possibly of been in the in the corporate colours of red and yellow.
Decals
At the time of writing no dedicated decals have been produced to allow the modeller to build an SAA operated aircraft. Although being registration codes that appear to be outlined it should not be too difficult to reproduce them