The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engine primary designed and developed by Canadian aircraft manufacturer De Havilland. It was developed shortly after World War II and sold in large numbers during the post-war years, being typically employed as a replacement for the De Havilland Tiger Moth.
The Chipmunk was the first post-war project conducted by de Havilland Canada. It performed its maiden flight on 22 May 1946 and was introduced to operational service that same year. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the Chipmunk was procured in large numbers by The Royal Air Force and several other nations’ air forces, where it was often utilised as their standard primary training aircraft.
