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The drive in the basic version was provided by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major 1C engine with 145 HP. The flight of the prototype took place in 1946, and serial production continued in the years 1947-1956, ending with the production of about 1,300 copies of this aircraft. The machine did not have a permanent armament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe DHC-1 Chipmunk was created in response to the demand of the Canadian Air Force for a modern, monoplane, training plane, intended to replace the line of Tiger Moth machines that were already obsolete after 1945. Despite short research and development works, a very successful machine was created, with high manoeuvrability, capable of performing simple aerobatics and highly reliable. In Canadian aviation, it meant a qualitative leap in comparison with Tiger Moth planes! 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