Kermit Weeks' Mossie - Part 2 - The de Havilland Mosquito

[Indogyearsimdead]

SHUT UP...

[paullubliner]

Has anyone who runs these shows, ever noticed that over 90% of the people who attend them know more about these aircraft than the announcers AND that WE would much prefer listening to the engines than some cheap P.A. System's Gibberish?  Anyone agree?

[nzaircraftfan]

Listen to those merlin engines purring

[kgs42]

E-type Jaguar of the skies?

[SuperDougiedoo]

There is a company started up in New Zealand thats has the equipment to construct new Airframes and Wing Sections. I can't think of the name off the top of my head but im sure a quick search will locate it. I think the RAF's BBMF need one to go with their Hurricane's,Spitfire's, Lancaster and C47.

[TFB777]

Fast and deadly...sad that so many just rotted away after the war.

[58Vulcan]

Now if we built a couple of new airframes we could keep them flying for years

[FiveCentsPlease]

@58Vulcan

Mosquito Aircraft Restoration, Auckland, New Zealand. They are building two new Mossies from scratch and have revived the knowledge and techniques to build these wooden airframes.

[edj66]

@FiveCentsPlease Oh fantastic news. Can we have one over in England please? :P

[carmium]

Let's listen to those wonderful Merlin engines: "THE MOSQUITO...YAP YAP YAP YAP FAMOUS... YAP YAP YAP PLYWOOD... YAP YAP YAP YAP WORLD WAR 2... YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP..." Don't you just love air shows? 8-\

[hookydoughy]

if there is one warbird I want to see fly, it is this!

[kirkconway]

this was the only Mossie flying in the western Hemisphere.

now there are two more being redone and hopefully will be flying not too far in the future.

[mosquito1958]

Can anyone advise me what the state of play is with this aircraft , is it on display ? or is it hidden away at the museum ? also can it still fly ?

[aviationvideosdvd]

The Mosquito featured in this video is now on static display at the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The video was shot in 1988 at the Hamilton, Ontario Airshow. At present I am aware of two being restored to flying condition, one in Auckland, New Zealand and one in Victoria, BC, Canada by Victoria Air Maintenance Ltd.

[mosquito1958]

How old is the film, because I thought that there was no more flying Mosquito's apart from the 2 that are almost ready in New zeland ?

[aviationvideosdvd]

Kermit Weeks' Mosquito is at the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, WI



[warhawk40]

Where is this plane located?

[mosquito1958]

@warhawk40 Itsb in Florida USA

[mosquito1958]

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