HJ711 got one turning

Now THAT is something we have not seen in a while ! Thanks Alastair Saunders for the footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IH7xjlKC90

We were treated to 2 engine runs and 2 short taxy runs yesterday. Fantastic to see 711 moving under her own power yesterday. It’s been a long time coming! Congratulations to Tony and team.

That is great news. I hope there is some engine runs while I am in the UK later this year.

Oooooo, 6 merlins running at the same time?

Great news and congrats to Tony and Team!

HJ711 has now completed an engine test on the starboard engine to give her 2 running Merlins. She will be doing her first twin engine run on Monday 6th May and hopefully her first public taxy run!

Hi All,
The next run of Mosquito HJ711 will be 3rd November, hopefully daytime and dusk/night. Lancaster NX611 will also be running day and night. We hope to have Dakota N473DC outside for photos day and night also.
details on our website www.lincsaviation.co.uk this will be the last run of HJ711 and NX611 this year.

Congratulations on such a wonderful milestone!
The amount of work and effort that Tony has put in to this project is staggering.
Any thoughts of dismantling it to bits to try to turn it in to a flyer would be an absolute shame.
She’s magnificent!!

It always amazes me to think that after starting with just a nose section, Tony Agar managed to find all the rest of the parts to construct a complete aircraft.

It also staggers me to realise that I went to the initial roll-out at Elvington on – I think – the 50th anniversary of the fighter prototype’s first flight – over 25 years ago!

40 years….worthy of a tv programme.

From yesterday, another run up
https://youtu.be/nxb6aTOOcTg

This news brightened my week.
To answer the question regarding flying, were 711 to be restored to fly virtually all the woodwork would have to be sacrificed. Given the provenance of the wooden components Tony has restored to use in the rebuild, that would be a huge shame. She’s better off kept as a live, taxying but original Mossie in my opinion.

She has been build over the last 50 years, from spare parts none of which could be used in a flyer. Most of the work was done at Elvington, until for unexplained reasons, managers decided they wanted her gone, she moved to East Kirkby 13 months ago.

Hi All,
Tony’s reaction sums it all up to me What a great day!

Geoff.

Brilliant news for them and the UK aircraft scene 🙂

I suspect that the only way forward (into the air ) might involve a newly constructed Glyn Powell fuselage, and maybe a new wing /tailplane, which is pretty much the whole airframe, so really you might as well start a new project ( as have the People’s Mosquito team) and leave HJ711 unmolested.

I was going to ask exactly the same hardtarget. I am guessing it could if enough money was thrown at it but the rebuild was probably not to certificated airworthy status so would need lots of work.

Could this ever be made into a flyer?

Brilliant! Very well done Tony and all involved in this epic job.

:applause::applause::applause::applause::very_drunk:

Fantastic video ! Flames flickering in the half-light, the gusting wind, and the shrieks of delight……wow !

22 years since a Mosquito fired up in the UK. It’s been a long wait.