De Havilland Mosquito to fly again.

[bongodriver]

I thought Kermit already had one which is technically flyable.

[fruitbat]

i have a dream.......

Lancaster, Mosquito, Spitfire and Hurricane side by side flypast at Duxford.......

The Merlins !

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

I thought Kermit already had one which is technically flyable.

It was untill its been rotting in his hangar.

[Sternjaeger II]

yeah, whatever happened to his Mossie? I heard he kinda gave up on it, but don't know the details.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

ENVY

Thx for the vid!

Sink rate seems high or was it a camera effect ?

[RickRuski]

This project spread over about 8 years, but what a beautiful job has been done. The fusealage builder (Glyn Powell) has another in production we were told for himself along with the wings. The main problem Jerry Yegar has in getting it back home is the wings, they won't fit in a standard container (being a one piece wing). There was a suggestion a the display that he buys some land here and shifts his whole collection to NZ (as if that's going to happen). We had Kermit Weeks here in NZ last year at the Omaka Classic Fighters air show in Blenheim to pick up his new WW1 Albatross that was built here. He flew this at the air show at Omaka Easter 2011 (mainly a WW1 air show with a lot of replica WW1 aircraft. Approx 12 in the air dogfighting together at the same time). The fuselage that Glyn built earlier that went to the U.S.A, the wings were built in Canada probably because of the transport situation. If Jerry decides to have the plane flown home some lucky people are in for a treat.

For those that couldn't be here, here's a clip from the Mossie display (Pilot, Keith Skilling): -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQI6je-E5J0

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by RickRuski

This project spread over about 8 years, but what a beautiful job has been done. The fusealage builder (Glyn Powell) has another in production we were told for himself along with the wings. The main problem Jerry Yegar has in getting it back home is the wings, they won't fit in a standard container (being a one piece wing). There was a suggestion a the display that he buys some land here and shifts his whole collection to NZ (as if that's going to happen). We had Kermit Weeks here in NZ last year at the Omaka Classic Fighters air show in Blenheim to pick up his new WW1 Albatross that was built here. He flew this at the air show at Omaka Easter 2011 (mainly a WW1 air show with a lot of replica WW1 aircraft. Approx 12 in the air dogfighting together at the same time). The fuselage that Glyn built earlier that went to the U.S.A, the wings were built in Canada probably because of the transport situation. If Jerry decides to have the plane flown home some lucky people are in for a treat.

For those that couldn't be here, here's a clip from the Mossie display (Pilot, Keith Skilling): -

Great footage, thanks for that Rick Ummm...synchronised Merlins

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Thx for the vid!

Sink rate seems high or was it a camera effect ?

Keith Skilling is one of the best pilots in the business and he wouldn't let the sink rate develop beyond the book limits; cf this wartime footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pNBSRkEiQ

[TomcatViP]

C'mon, I am not saying that it was badly piloted ! Just that the sink rate seems high for a WWII plane.

I wonder if I had the same feeling watching 633 (the mov). Or maybe it's the two point landing

[RickRuski]

Here's another bit of video posted on youtube by the guys at Kiwisim, shows Mossie take off as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQNAs...layer_embedded