Does anyone here recall any U.K. airshows after 1969 that had two Mosquitos in formation ? On Sept 21 and 22 two of the Avspecs airplanes are going to fly in formation at the Planes of Fame airshow in Santa Maria, CA. This is a first in NA at an airshow in modern times. A friend states the last time was the Mosquito Bomber film in 1969. Unless Kermit’s flew w the BAE airplane before 1987 or GMOSi with either before the mid 80’s, those would be the only ones.
By: JohnH - 12th September 2024 at 05:43
Found the date , and info on Flickr.
last formation was Sept 29, 1987 when RS712 departed for the USA.
By: trumper - 11th September 2024 at 15:01
If anyone is interested here is a video by Kermit 1987 De Havilland Mosquito – First Flights – Wycombe Air Park, UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yztdyyOYRe8
By: Dave Homewood - 11th September 2024 at 13:25
This photo comes from the Key Publishing page here: https://www.key.aero/article/life-legend
The captions says:
“John Sadler was at the helm of RR299 for this memorable formation with his former BAe colleague George Aird in Mosquito B35 RS712, before the latter was delivered across the Atlantic to Kermit Weeks during 1987.” BAE Systems
By: pogno - 11th September 2024 at 04:37
I seem to recall a Flypast mag cover picture of the two airborne together.
By: JohnH - 11th September 2024 at 02:50
Thanks very much , this is great. I checked on the Goodall site and Kermit’s departed the UK in September , 1987.
By: dhfan - 10th September 2024 at 20:03
Kermit’s B.35 flew with RR299 at the Mosquito Museum not long before it left for America so presumably 1987.
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