The Tiger Club is a flying club formed in 1956 at Croydon Airport

Croydon Airport

Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary between what are now the London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton. It was the main airport for London before it was replaced by Northolt Aerodrome, London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport...

, England to race DH82a de Havilland

De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...

 Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...

s. The founder was Norman Jones who ran the Club until he handed it over to his son Michael Jones. The Club moved to Redhill Aerodrome

Redhill Aerodrome

Redhill Aerodrome is located southeast of Redhill, Surrey, England, in green belt land.Redhill Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee .-Early history:The airfield came into use in the...

 in 1959 when Croydon Airport closed and stayed there until 1990 when the Club was sold to a group of members, who formed it into a Limited Company and moved the operation to Headcorn

Headcorn

Headcorn is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the floodplain of the River Beult south east of Maidstone....

 Aerodrome in Kent.

At the time of the club's formation, Norman Jones was the owner of Rollason Aircraft & Engines which was also based at Croydon. This company bought many ex-military aircraft in the 1950s and civilianised them and sold them or passed them to the Tiger Club to operate. These included the Tiger Moth G-ACDC which was the third Tiger Moth built in 1933, it had served the RAF

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 as a basic trainer registered BB726.

Other aircraft the Club has operated over the years include SNCAN SV4C Stampe

Stampe

Stampe et Vertongen was a Belgian aircraft manufacturer formed in 1922 and based at Antwerp. The company specialised in design and construction of primary trainers/tourers and advanced trainers...

, Jackaroo

Thruxton Jackaroo

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, Puss Moth

De Havilland Puss Moth

|-See also:-References:* Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . London, Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10010-7-External links:*...

, Hornet Moth, Rollason Condor

Druine Condor

The Druine D.60 Condor is a light aircraft that was developed in France in the 1950s, primarily as a trainer. The Condor was an evolution of the Druine Turbi, but featured an extensively revised fuselage allowing the pilot and instructor to sit side-by-side under a full canopy...

, Rollason Turbulent

Druine Turbulent

-Bibliography:* A.J.Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2, Putnam & Company, London, 1974, ISBN 370 10010 7-External links:*...

, Rollason Beta

Rollason Beta

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, Cosmic Wind, various Jodel

Jodel

Société Avions Jodel is a French aircraft company started in 1946 by Édouard Joly and his son-in-law Jean Délémontez. Jodel designed a range of light aeroplanes shortly after the Second World War. The popular myth is that the two, with no formal aerodynamics training, set about designing a...

s, Arrow Active

Arrow Active

The Arrow Active is a British aerobatic aircraft built in the 1930s.-Design and development:The Arrow Active is a single-seat biplane of conventional configuration, with single-bay, staggered wings of unequal span. The upper and lower wings are joined by a single interplane strut. The...

, Piper Super Cub and several others.