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September 26, 2017 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Dux BoB Show/Sunday ~ 24Sep17 #449213

Zac Yates
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Great photos Brian! They really capture the atmosphere.

I do worry about that DH.2 though!

September 26, 2017 at 11:36 pm in reply to: Report on Battle of Britain Airshow DX #829131

Zac Yates
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I for one certainly expected more chatter about a Hurricane tailchase of six aircraft!

September 26, 2017 at 11:34 pm in reply to: The People's Mosquito #829133

Zac Yates
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Speaking of that killer, I asked them on Facebook how much has been raised so far:

“Our fundraising total is in the region of £125,000 currently. Over the past two months we have raised an average of ~£500/day. Still a long way to go, but we are making good progress. We plan to provide more info on our fundraising in the near future. With the air show season coming to an end it will give us time to analyse our progress in more detail than we have been able to do during what has been for all of our volunteer board members an extremely busy few months. Our club membership is now approx. 750, of which over 80 are Life Members. Our last weekend at Duxford produced around 40 new members. Great to see the amount of support that we have.”

September 25, 2017 at 12:22 am in reply to: Maude P-40 to New Zealand #829770

Zac Yates
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It was a very popular attraction at the Classic Fighters Omaka show at Easter:
BC4B59CC-50E9-48D5-98BA-0D43FAA94DB4_zpswpioqigm by Zac Yates, on Flickr
7ABC067D-C11B-41B7-83A3-E5FA8E399F53_zps2njbz3gz by Zac Yates, on Flickr
CD94E14E-3F7F-4055-9E13-6BC13D5AE062_zpsjpftnkce by Zac Yates, on Flickr

That wasn’t a “display” :stupid: but I still rather enjoyed it! hey just happened to tow it along the flightline one lunchtime and I took photos as it made its way to the parking area where it was put next to the two flying P-40s present for the show. I didn’t make it over there unfortunately. It was a real thrill to see it (relatively) up close.

Whoever purchases it has a tough decision to make – spend a lot of money for something that won’t fly, or potentially lose original parts so it can be made airworthy.

September 20, 2017 at 5:21 am in reply to: Flying K5054 Replica #831601

Zac Yates
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I’ve always had a soft spot for K5054 (hence my username) and this is a beautiful tribute! Bravo to the builder and thanks for sharing – a lovely replica.

September 18, 2017 at 5:14 am in reply to: DH Sea Hornet -A Survivor? #832505

Zac Yates
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Pioneer Aero has posted an update which answers a couple of questions: http://www.pioneeraero.co.nz/2017/09/18/sea-hornet-tt193/

The announcement in Classic Wings Downunder has caused quite a stir it seems there are a lot of people out there who are as excited as us about this. We have already had a lot of questions asked about all manner of details so hopefully my bullet points below will answer most of these.

The project is currently owned by Pioneer Aero.

It is located at our hangar at Ardmore, Auckland New Zealand and at this point is not available for public viewing.

Yes the intention is to return it to flight.

It is a DH 103 Sea Hornet, it is not a Mosquito

There is still a lot of detail to be worked through so we have no firm idea of time frames at this stage.

Yes we are a little crazy.

It is appropriate at this stage to acknowledge and thank the following people.

Corin McCrae , Aerowood.

Mr Reg Field.

David Collins, Project Hornet. U.K.

Hugh Jones U.K.

September 16, 2017 at 6:27 am in reply to: Flying Mosquito B.IV DZ542 for UK #833109

Zac Yates
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Jim Dearborn makes sense. I had an email address for him and was in communication about eight years ago but sadly lost it all after changing email providers. Here’s the photo I mentioned: you can see the Mosquito nacelles under the Catalina wing at right:
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr

September 15, 2017 at 3:51 am in reply to: DH Sea Hornet -A Survivor? #833471

Zac Yates
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DH Sea Hornet to fly in NZ

TT193’s been announced as the Sea Hornet being restored to fly in New Zealand. Pioneer Aero Restorations will do the work.
Classic Wings FB post 150917 by Zac Yates, on Flickr

September 14, 2017 at 9:48 pm in reply to: Flying Mosquito B.IV DZ542 for UK #833509

Zac Yates
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I’m also very confused about why people are suggesting reinventing the wheel when MPT has said they’re working with AvSpecs.

The only FB.VI I have questions about is PF670/N9868F, parts of which were with the Confederate Air Force in the USA (the nacelles can be glimpsed in the square, late-1980s softcover book about the group) but vanished around 1988. The CAF has no idea where they went. Perhaps?…

September 14, 2017 at 9:43 pm in reply to: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Thread #833514

Zac Yates
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Fantastic news. Just fantastic!

September 13, 2017 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Flying Mosquito B.IV DZ542 for UK #834100

Zac Yates
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For those upset about people being paid, this from an MPT (confusing how similar the acronyms are) Facebook post 13hr ago:

In regards to your enquiry about remuneration, we can confirm that The Board of Trustees, The Principal Officer and all other members of The Mosquito Pathfinder Trust are volunteers. No one is taking a salary from the charity, as for us, this is a labour of love more than anything else. We really want to see a Mosquito flying in the UK again soon and we are happy to give our own time and resource to making that happen.

And, from the red corner, the first jab: http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/2017/09/13/competition-benefits-no-one-zero-sum-game/

September 13, 2017 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Flying Mosquito B.IV DZ542 for UK #834187

Zac Yates
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Bruce – I’ve been working on a round-up of potential flyers and DZ452’s the only B.IV I’ve been able to come up with. It would be cool to see one fly so I was very pleased to finally learn the plans for it.

September 13, 2017 at 3:08 am in reply to: Good news for Stow Maries #834697

Zac Yates
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Not just the Snipe, but also a BE.2: http://ww1aviationheritagetrust.co.uk/?p=2748

September 8, 2017 at 4:20 am in reply to: Hurricane Irma #836849

Zac Yates
Participant

Oh dear.

September 7, 2017 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Hurricane Irma #836901

Zac Yates
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I heard on the radio news all signs point to this being worse than Andrew. As soon as I heard that I thought of all I read about Weeks Air Museum…
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