Maybe it’s a cultural thing but every airshow KA114 attended in New Zealand, it drew in large numbers of spectators – there was an entire show centred around it three days after its first post-restoration flight and it was standing room-only. I doubt that the tens of thousands attending were all die-hard enthusiasts. In addition, the airshow at Masterton featuring her had attendance numbers larger than any other in its 14-year history. The aircraft was all over mainstream news media from before her first flight.
I’d like to see a couple of Mosquitos flying in formation anywhere! Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t that last happen in the 1980s…in the UK?
Even though I’ve no chance of getting to any UK shows in the next couple of years, I follow with interest and excitement via the forum…and I think the next thing will be Shackleton 963! Or Just Jane.
Times have changed, technology has changed. Certainly in 1996 there was more quantity (as well as quality) with UK warbirds and back then, the Mosquito was passed as ‘another warbird’ along with BF109G ‘Black 6’ for example. I’m fairly confident with the power of social networking in today’s modern age, the return of a British thoroughbred, which along with the Spitfire and Lancaster, pioneered the RAF through the Second World War, would be the next best thing to the monumental ‘Two Lancs’ tour.
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