Mosquito Flies

DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 · 30 Sep 2012, 6:51 am

#924235

Completely off topic not ever air cooled but very cool in the air.

Yesterday across the ditch a DH Mosquito took to the air, a seven year resto and around 16 years since the last one flew.
The following link has three pages and growing, if you are a plane nut or for that matter a fan of anything that is fast feast your eyes. Awesome, amazing and a thing of beauty!

Official display day photos
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=airshow&action=display&thread=17190&page=3

Resto photos (52 pages and growing)
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Airshows&action=display&thread=16707&page=1

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 30 Sep 2012, 9:14 am

#924244

mosquito flies - this reminds me that "time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like an apple".

hth

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 30 Sep 2012, 9:28 am

#924245

thanks for posting that.

is this the second production fuselage built in NZ?

can't wait till one comes over here.

Carl and Emily Officially Full-On Dubber

349 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 30 Sep 2012, 10:00 am

#924247

Yes indeed,.. thanks for posting.

What an amazing looking machine.

I did a job for a guy once who had one of those rolls royce merlin engines in his garage.
His was from a spit fire.
It was just great to look at.

Old machines are great.👍

Great to see there are people out there making history live.

Lest we forget.

DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 · 30 Sep 2012, 10:21 am

#924251

whatnow wrote:thanks for posting that.

is this the second production fuselage built in NZ?

can't wait till one comes over here.

Correct Henry, there are two more being restored after the one that flew yesterday. An industrious guy, Glynn Powell has made two concrete molds, they actually lay plywood in the molds after each side is complete the pretty much glue the two halfs together.

Mr Powell wants to fly his across the ditch to Oz re-enacting a record flight from the 1950's. A Mosquito is to this day the fastest piston powered aeroplane to cross the Tasman Sea, just over four hours from memory.

Hats off to Mr Powell great stuff!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Sep 2012, 12:57 pm

#924261

Great pics

and from memory they were made from mainly wood...

which it always had Me beat, how You can keep two Big Rolls Royce merlin engines in a wooden plane...?? lol

but I suppose there is a lot of metal framework

GREAT PLANE

there used to be a MUSTANG and a Spitfire in SCONE for many years, but the fellow who restored them and owned them was killed a few years ago

but it was great to see those Planes diving over SCONE..
the sound of the MUSTANG was EXCELLENT...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 30 Sep 2012, 3:27 pm

#924270

laminated balsa and ply, i went to Duxford and Hendon field when i was in the UK last year, some amazing air craft there, the mosquito that's back in the air is a work of art.