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The De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth was a British two or three-seater high-wing monoplane aircraft designed and built by De Havilland between 1929 and 1933, during which time 284 were manufactured. It flew at a speed of 124 mph (200km.h) making it one of the highest performance private aircraft of its era. The Puss Moth was designed for the flourishing private flying movement in the United Kingdom at that time. It was a streamlined all-wooden aircraft fitted with the new De Havilland Gypsy III inverted inline engine that gave unimpeded vision across the nose without the protruding cylinder heads of the earlier version. The DH 80A Puss Moth's design and performance attracted a number of aviators who used it for record-breaking flights. This Puss Moth has the attractive colour scheme of sky blue and silver with dark blue trim. The lettering on the upper and lower wings is also printed in sky blue and darker blue along the sides of the rear fuselage. The words British Heritage also appear in red on each side of the front fuselage. The cockpit interior is black. Tyres, propeller blades and tail skids are also black and the exhaust pipe is given a blue-grey finish.