De Havilland Mosquito to fly again.

[GraveyardJimmy]

Would love one of these in CloD. Maybe sometime along the way if they ever make an expansion to the western front.

[Kupsised]

Lucky gits

I've heard rumours of this coming over to the UK for Flying Legends next year. Even if it doesn't happen, I really hope it comes to the UK at some point. It'd be a shame to not be able to see it.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Kupsised

Lucky gits

I've heard rumours of this coming over to the UK for Flying Legends next year. Even if it doesn't happen, I really hope it comes to the UK at some point. It'd be a shame to not be able to see it.

Very unlikely unfortunately. The fuselage is sitting on the wing, which is one big long spar, and disassembling it for travel would be a true PITA, so doing it more than once is very unlikely. Nobody in their sane mind would think to fly that across the world, so no, I think your "rumour" is more like most of us "hope" making a lot of noise

Again, I'd love to be proven wrong, but it's a very difficult thing to do, especially on such a unique wooden construction.

Oh well, there's still plenty of people with more brass than sense in Europe, give it some time..

[fruitbat]

Unfortunately Sterns almost certainly right i think,

according to this month's Flypast magazine, although there were plans to fly the aircraft to Virginia 'the long way round' including a stay in the UK for the airshow season next year, these have now been scrapped and the owner is now planning to crate the aircraft and take it straight to the US. So no Mossie at Legends next year I'm afraid.

[Kupsised]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

Unfortunately Sterns almost certainly right i think,

Argh, selfish bugger Hopefully it might make its way over to the UK at some point in the future though. Hell, if it's money they need, I'm sure there'd be no shortage of it. They could take a leaf out of the Vulcan's book.

I didn't actually realise this was going to the US though until yesterday though, I assumed it was staying in NZ. Unfortunately that means it'll probably stick there too, along with all the 190s and other stuff they've got that'd be great to see even just once on the UK circuit.

Still, we can hope for the future at least, or start saving up for a trip to the states.

[Sternjaeger II]

unfortunately it's mainly due to the nature of the construction technique of the aircraft. You have to bear in mind that once you disassemble the wings of an aircraft you need to rig them back in position, making sure that the alignment is correct, or you'll have to re-trim the aircraft again. It is recommended not to do it too often though, especially with a wooden construction, which finds its solidity in its build, and is more prone to flex and expand/contract under certain scenarios. It wouldn't surprise me if once they get it to the US the re-fit of the fuselage to the wings will give them problems: the change in humidity, pressure and other mechanical factors will all come into play.
So as much as it's a shame it won't make it here, I understand them fully.
As per flying it around, good luck finding an insurance company that will cover you for that, especially if your powerplant is based on two temperamental engines like the RR Merlin, which has a TBO for heads and banks at circa 300 hours, as opposed to a P&W radial, whose TBO is around 1500 hours..

[Al Schlageter]

With the large number of P-51s powered by Merlins, never mind the other Merlin powered a/c, there must be some insurance companies that will insure the a/c.