De Havilland Mosquito

Hi guys,

not sure of the original source

The photo was taken on its first flight by Gavin Conroy.

The squadron letters "EG" denote No 487 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Actually 487 (New Zealand) Sqn Royal Air Force.

Here's a few that I've played around with; my ground-to-airs were of a pretty poor quality, so a bit of artistic trickery has been used.



This is local De Havilland enthusiast and restorer of fine pre-WW2 de Havilland aircraft, Stan Smith and his Moth Minor



Mossie

















More to come

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Warbirds









A very special day for all the veterans who turned out for the event. These guys were all Mossie aircrew during the war, so were accorded the honours they deserve.







Pilot Keith Skilling honouring the veterans with co-pilot David Phillips at left





More coming soon, including some of the other aircraft that participated in the day and more of the Mosquito.

Good stuff NM. It looks like a quiet event, how many people went?

Ossington_2008;111914 wrote:

Never! Not just the Worlds Most Beautiful Aircraft, but the most gorgeous object fashioned by man, ever, is/was a carrier based attack bomber that couldn't fire nukes out of its back passage...

Couldn't? But the Vigilante could:)

Did they ever get it to work properly?

Hi Bigbear, was actually quite well attended; not sure of actual figures - someone said over 50,000. Wouldn't surprise me. I spent most of the day out on the flight line, hence the lack of people milling about - most were behind the barrier. Part of the perks of working as a freelance aviation person.

nuuumannn;112050 wrote:

Hi Bigbear, was actually quite well attended; not sure of actual figures - someone said over 50,000. Wouldn't surprise me. I spent most of the day out on the flight line, hence the lack of people milling about - most were behind the barrier. Part of the perks of working as a freelance aviation person.

Ah, that explains it, plus the great photos. I'll say again, you lucky, lucky, bas.......

It's great having someone on scene on the other side of the world!

I agree brilliant photes . Just wish it was in good old Blighty that would be a graet show catcher !!!
Regards ,
Bomber .

It was a terrific day and although I has seen RR299 flying before it crashed, this show was quite special. A very relaxed affair.

Here are some more of other attendees.

Isaacs Fury



Bird Dog



Aaaah... De Havilland...

















More to come