De Havilland Mosquito

Bigbear;111465 wrote:

Wonderful news. Is there any video of that anywhere yet?

A photo of her flying from Ardmore Airport. Photo by Colin Hunter via facebook

Beautiful!

Big occasion since this is the first time a Mosquito has flown since RR299 in 1996. The following is a link to a NZ aviation forum which has been providing excellent coverage of the restoration; 47 pages of it and counting:

rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Airs...thread=16707&page=47

On Saturday 29th is the airshow where the Mossie will make its public debut; I'll post photos if anyone is interested.

nuuumannn;111481 wrote:

On Saturday 29th is the airshow where the Mossie will make its public debut; I'll post photos if anyone is interested.

Yes please!

nuuumannn;111481 wrote:

On Saturday 29th is the airshow where the Mossie will make its public debut; I'll post photos if anyone is interested.

Nah, you're alright. I can't imagine anyone over here being particularly interested other than me and about a million other warbird fans!

Can't wait! Also can't wait to see video footage. Engine runs and taxis are OK, but where's the real thing!

There's not much footage of it in flight about yet, but jus' hold yer hosses there folks, there'll be plenty after tomorrow. Photos to come. Promise.

On Sunday I'm visiting a guy with the only surviving Vickers Vincent. Should be interesting...

Like Richard & the rest yes please that will be great !!

I dunno about you guys, but I'm real excited by the thought of a flying Mossie! Found this on another forum...

nuuumannn;111561 wrote:

I dunno about you guys, but I'm real excited by the thought of a flying Mossie! Found this on another forum...

Now that was lovely. Thanks NM. Interesting she was wheels up on first flight. Normally that doesn't happen for the first couple of goes until the pilot has cycled through all the basics.