January 29, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Came across this update on Victoria Air Maintenance’s website tonight.
http://vicair.net/projects/mosquito/january-2012
Interesting to compare with the Avspecs example in New Zealand.
Guy
By: Moggy C - 31st January 2012 at 10:07
I’ve been privileged to see two Mossies (RS709 and RS712) airborne in the past; looks like there’s at least the chance of seeing two more in the relatively near term…cool…
S.
When I was a youngster one of the Mosquitos from the THUM flight at Woodvale used to fly over my house at least once a day.
I did look up, always 🙂
Moggy
By: ErrolC - 31st January 2012 at 09:01
Well I’m thinking about the Berlin Air Show, so there will be compensations…
By: flyernzl - 31st January 2012 at 08:41
I realised last night that there is a good chance that I will be in Europe when the (first) mossie flies (briefly) in my native New Zealand! 🙁
As the old TV ad said:
Don’t leave town till you’ve seen the country!
By: Steve T - 30th January 2012 at 04:44
OHOPE–
Nope…the first pressing from Glyn Powell’s molds was in pine and not intended for use on a flyer…it did however go to Canada, specifically to the static display Mossie project at Windsor, Ontario, which is otherwise based on recovered remains from an Arctic survey B.35 (TA661/CF-HMQ?) that crashed in the fifties. Bob Jens’ airplane is a complete original airframe, also an Arctic survey B.35, VR796/CF-HML, that was a project for many years with Don Campbell in Ontario and then with CMFT in British Columbia.
I’ve been privileged to see two Mossies (RS709 and RS712) airborne in the past; looks like there’s at least the chance of seeing two more in the relatively near term…cool…
S.
By: OHOPE - 30th January 2012 at 03:00
Came across this update on Victoria Air Maintenance’s website tonight.
http://vicair.net/projects/mosquito/january-2012
Interesting to compare with the Avspecs example in New Zealand.
Guy
Is this the aircraft which recieved the first new fuselage from New Zealand ?
By: ErrolC - 30th January 2012 at 01:37
I realised last night that there is a good chance that I will be in Europe when the (first) mossie flies (briefly) in my native New Zealand! 🙁
By: Propstrike - 30th January 2012 at 00:59
This should be an exciting year for Mosquito fans 🙂
Welcome to the forum, Guy !