“Chippy’s” Cloverleafs – The many lives of DeHavilland Super Chipmunk N7DW

Mark Meredith zooms skyward in "Chippy," his 1951 DeHavilland Super Chipmunk. Now performing on the American airshow circuit with Meredith, the transformed RAF trainer has built a following in both the southern and northern hemispheres over seven decades in action.

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Ask Mark Meredith what maneuver he likes to fly most in his 1951 DeHavilland Super Chipmunk and his answer is immediate: “I love doing Cloverleafs!” The well-known aerobatic figure—a loop with a quarter-roll wherein a pilot pulls up and rolls 90 degrees from the airplane’s original heading as it passes through wings level inverted-is typical of the flowing acrobatics the modified Chipmunk excels at. Nicknamed “Chippy” as a nod to its origins, N7DW was built...

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