Another Mosquito project to Glyn Powell?

It can only be a good thing that more Mosquito airframes are being restored to flight. Well done to everyone involved in NZ.

It’ll be interesting to learn more about this project as PZ474 was with the RNZAF for a time, as NZ2384. It would be nice to have a Mossie restored here that wasn’t destined for an overseas customer!

The story was, some number of years ago, that PZ474 had been traded to the Swedish Air Force museum in order to build a Mk XIX to represent the use of the type in Sweden. As I alluded to above, use of some original wooden structure could now be considered in pursuit of this goal. It could be a win/win situation.

The Chino remains were from PZ474

TA717 moved on to Jim Dearborn a good ten years plus ago.

Merizan had Mosquito components in outdoor storage at Chino Airport consisting of two Merlin 25 engines/nacelles, a very rough skeleton of a wing and partial landing gear. I’ve seen them with my own eyes (as have others). Maybe its Merizan’s PZ474 or his TA717/XB-TOX. Another person told me that Merizan showed him a Mossie in a storage container in the late 90s but he didn’t identify which one. Which one is which, only Merizan and the buyer knows.

Personally, if the Merizan Mossie components stored outdoors have been picked up, its a great development.

Both PZ474 and TA717 potentially could have been picked up by someone to pay off the Swedes, clearing the way for their restorations. Pure speculation on my part. But its not logical for Paul Allen to buy either airframes while he’s already deep into TV959 making new structures, if reports are correct. Maybe it’s Stephen Grey, he’s sold off a couple of expensive American types back to the Americans and is flush with cash.

Another possibliity would be for someone to buy Merizans airframe(s) to use in a trade to get something else. I guess we’ll find out someday.

Yes, I have seen similar pictures of the remains of PZ474 as well. It did get a bit scattered about though I think.

It was rescued when it was an aircraft with a broken back, and still with engines etc. KA114 had rather less when it came off the farm.

The photos I saw of KA showed a collapsed partial fuselage?

Fair enough. Don’t think there was much left of the fuselage of PZ?

There wasn’t of KA114 either!

The best result for TV959’s fuselage and original wing would be to use them to, oh I don’t know, complete a Mk XIX for the Swedish Air Force Museum, as they were going to do with another airframe.

Win/Win

Wonder what will happen to the stripped out fuselage and wings of the first Mosquito project mentioned – which presumably is TV959. Seems a shame to discard it as it presumably would form the basis of a good static restoration – after all it was on dispay at Lambeth until relatively recently albeit with a wing sawn off.

Presumably much of the hardware could be found with some searching although then we’d have the issue of two Mosquitos with the same identity.

Fair enough. Don’t think there was much left of the fuselage of PZ?

No, about the same as KA114 overall.

From what I recall, there wasn’t much left of PZ474 other than a rotted out wing and two Merlins. Even less than there was of KA114 !

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9909F

From the above link
Engine Manufacturer ALLISON 😮

Mike, from Warbirds Online – De Havilland Mosquito restorations in New-Zealand

Glyn Powell has recently been reorganizing and preparing to take on the next phase in the de Havilland Mosquito restoration work at his Drury Hills base, near Auckland New Zealand. At the time of our visit in January 2014, work was about to commence on the construction of two fuselages with each likely to take around a year to complete. Glyn has been contracted by Avspecs of Ardmore NZ to build the two fuselages in addition to the work he completed earlier for them in the construction of Jerry Yagen’s Mosquito FB Mk26 KA114 for which he constructed the wing and fuselage wooden assemblies. Avspecs is highly regarded for their Mosquito restoration work in getting KA114 flying and now has two more on the way.

The first fuselage is now confirmed to be for a USA based operator. This aircraft was, at the time of our last visit to Avspecs possibly going to utilize its original fuselage. The decision has now been made to build a new structure and Glyn is building the fuselage whilst the wing construction for it is well under way at Avspecs of Ardmore NZ. The wing and fuselage will then be mated and the aircraft completed in much the same way as Jerry Yagen’s Mosquito FB Mk26 KA114 which flew in 2012 and is now based in the USA with Jerry’s collection. Another fuselage will then be constructed for a yet to be announced Mosquito restoration project, which is underway and will also be constructed and flown in New Zealand. The two fuselages are expected to take Glyn around 2 years in total to complete.