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Re: Australian Trivia Only

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de Havilland DH60 Gipsy Moth is correct Mike, post a question please.
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Thanks Shirley. Here's three questions in one to ponder on that have an Aussie connection (sort of) .

There were other, probably even more famous, Gypsy Moths. What were they, how many were there and who owned them?
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I think Sir Francis Chichester flew one, maybe to Australia, and after he crashed it somewhere he took up sailing as a career. Don't know the other ones.
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supersparky wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:07 pm I think Sir Francis Chichester flew one, maybe to Australia, and after he crashed it somewhere he took up sailing as a career. Don't know the other ones.
You are on the right track, Sir Francis certainly flew a Gypsy Moth to Australia but what were the other Gypsy Moths?

A clue there were 5 in total.
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Mike are you referring to other moths eg., tiger moth, hornet moth?
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Bogong Moth??? :lol:
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Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:13 am Mike are you referring to other moths eg., tiger moth, hornet moth?
nope
Greynomad wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:55 pm Bogong Moth??? :lol:
nope

Is another clue needed?
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Was Nancy Bird Wlaton one?

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/R3 ... 13_nla.jpg
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jon_d wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:41 pm Was Nancy Bird Wlaton one?

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/R3 ... 13_nla.jpg
Nope
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Time for that clue.

The Gypsy Moths I am after were not aircraft or insects, only one of them came to Australia and still exists but not in Australia.
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