De Havilland Tiger Moth
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The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force and other operator
A Tiger Moth in 1989
Royal New Zealand Air Force Tiger Moth aircraft with blind flying hoods for instrument training, early in the war
Canadian DH.82C Tiger Moth showing characteristic canopy
Winston Churchill, David Margesson, and others waiting to watch the launch of a DH.82 Queen Bee target drone, 6 June 1941
Target drone
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A target drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle, generally remote controlled, usually used in the training of anti-aircraft crews.
De Havilland Tiger Moth
…1935, the DH.82 Queen Bee, a pilotless, radio-controlled variant of the Tiger Moth, appeared for use in training antiaircraft gunners. Use of the word drone, as a generic term for pilotless aircraft, apparently originated from the name and role of the Queen Bee (i.e. the word drone is a reference to the…
Ryan BQM-34 Firebee jet-propelled drone, used as a target drone
QF-4E from the 82d Aerial Targets Squadron detachment at Holloman AFB, flying manned at a McGuire AFB air show in May 2007 with an A-10A in the background