LAKELAND -- The Tiger Moth airplane looks great, but it's the angry Woody Woodpecker painted on both sides of its nose that seems to amuse most of the people at Sun 'n Fun who stop by to check it out.

The painted tiger moth (Arachnis picta) is fairly common to this area, although I’ve never seen one. Their range includes the coast and arid parts of the state.

This year, the de Havilland Moth Club hosted their annual fly-in at Oaksey Park airfield, a charming grass strip. Despite the warm, sunny weather, a strong crosswind at some participants' home ...

The Tiger Moth is painted in the markings of the RAF’s top scoring fighter ace of WW2, Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, when he learned to fly at Cambridge in 1939.

A Tiger Moth has found a new home at an airfield where dozens of the aeroplanes were used to train pilots during World War Two. The biplane has been donated to the Bottisham Airfield Museum, near ...

The Tiger Moth is painted in the markings of the RAF’s top scoring fighter ace of WW2, Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, when he learned to fly at Cambridge in 1939. CONTINUE READING.

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