jenko Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) A Full set of Mosquito plans have been found whilst closing down an office in Broughton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628 Let the rivet counters sort this out Ok so who does do the most accurate Mossie now then ?? Dick Edited August 9, 2017 by jenko spelling as always 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 What incredible luck for all the historians and the deHavilland company! I shiver when I think of all that has been lost over the years due to someone just chucking stuff in the bin...art, literature, engineering, etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Blimey, what a find. Can't beat building to drawing, every bracket, angle, correct material spec. End of educated guessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Wow. No reason not to start production back up. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Great find. Don't know about rivet counters Jenko. Screw counters maybe?🤔 I see they're all on microfiche aperture cards.😣 The bane of my life at one stage in my aviation 'career'. There's quite a pile in that picture. Don't envy the poor sod who's has to digitise the entire collection. But they'll be better off than the time I had print off drawings eight hours a day for several days. The fumes from the toner nearly killed me. I'll bet though the entire collection would fit on a couple of memory cards. It would be great to see those drawings online one day. Edited August 9, 2017 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 Remember those days from Uni. when doing technical drawing courses ............... the ammonia really did get to you. Still have some prints 40 odd years on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 A few years ago I tried to acquire technical drawings of the Polikarpov I-16 from the US Library of Congress and was told that this is impossible since the I-16 was still considered to be a dangerous weapon, etc...I imagine that the Mossy would be too...fast, light, heavily armed (possibly)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 NZ company Avspecs have virtually built many components for two flying Mosquitos from scratch and are now working on a third so you could almost say they were already in production. https://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz/past.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 18 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: What incredible luck for all the historians and the deHavilland company! I shiver when I think of all that has been lost over the years due to someone just chucking stuff in the bin...art, literature, engineering, etc... .....my first job was with a local authority County Architects Department and early on I was sent to an old building used as a store and told to clear it and put it all in the skips outside (as a junior, I was cheaper than getting a contractor or any other employee to do it). Loads of beautiful colour wash drawings of proposals for rebuilding after the WWII bombing raids, loads of Victorian technical books, council minutes, all sorts. When I kept querying things I'd found I was told politely that there was no storage space, it was too expensive to digitise and as no one had bothered for 40 years, they were considered "lost". So, just put it in the skip as you were asked. I have a few drawings and books that I kept back. This must have happened all round the country, especially with manufacturers after the numerous take overs and mergers as factories and drawing offices were closed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 13 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: A few years ago I tried to acquire technical drawings of the Polikarpov I-16 from the US Library of Congress and was told that this is impossible since the I-16 was still considered to be a dangerous weapon, etc... And of course they were absolutely right. Half a brick is a dangerous weapon if the other guy doesn't have one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Just down the road from me too Someone should get whittlin' immediately and get the airshow attendees of Britain a flying Mossie back on the circuit. Can't tell you all how much I miss ours. I grew up with it flying over my house a couple of times a month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 38 minutes ago, Mike said: Just down the road from me too Someone should get whittlin' immediately and get the airshow attendees of Britain a flying Mossie back on the circuit. Can't tell you all how much I miss ours. I grew up with it flying over my house a couple of times a month I'm with you Mike, it was a grand sight (and sound), let's have another one, please. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Can we build one as a group build? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 You just need to get behind this project. I think they are ready to start on the fuselage - just £75k if you have a few spare bob.. http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Of all aircraft the Mosquito is the one for me. Might have been seeing them at RAF Bovingdon while filming 633 sqn (my aunty lived next to the airfield) probably the film itself. Sometime in the late 60s I was with my dad and neighbour also BOAC out the back of Blackbushe airfield with his dogs ,we could hear 'planes.. They both said Merlins ! Quick as a flash two Mosquitos flying fast and low, Dad said must have been 20 feet either way a danger to Bracken ! What a sight, the noise, fantastic ! They were filming Mosquito squadron at the big house in the film but actually near Camberley about a mile ish away and also back at Bovingdon but my aunty had moved by then. My Dad worked with Alec Bristow (RIP) at BOAC ,he was on the 1st Mosquito Bomber Sqn at Horsham St Faith (Norwich Airport) and on the Oslo Gestapo HQ raid. I met him several times. Years later I'm living in Weston-super-Mud and opposite us was a retired Vicar, Bill Pickard (RIP 2016) who was the cousin of Group Captain Pickard DSO (2 Bars) and DFC on Operation Jericho raid on Amiens Prison, Picardy ,Pickard/Picardy connection is a bit spooky as he and his crew man were killed and he was buried there or at least a memorial there (I forget) The Mosquito, built by Cabinet and Chair makers and went like the wind ! Multirole PR, Fighter and Bomber with a 4,000 lb Cookie ! Meier, he hated them ! Edited August 10, 2017 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Damned useful for Avspecs - now they can get their 1:1 scale copies right. You know how it is, wrong curve to the nose, maybe a bit pinched - rubbish interior to the gear bays. Now they will be able to get it right at last!! Thats until someone comes up with the 'original plans - update 10.1' and then we start again!! Now all we need is the same for the Hornet and then maybe a few sizeable components, preferably in the same shed as a dismantled Whitley and a Sterling!! Look.........I see a pig!! And it flies!....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 This is a nice little video update on the 3rd Mossie being rebuilt and they also have a look at the Spitfire next to it. LINKY thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 8/9/2017 at 2:52 PM, John D.C. Masters said: What incredible luck for all the historians and the deHavilland company! I shiver when I think of all that has been lost over the years due to someone just chucking stuff in the bin...art, literature, engineering, etc... Yep. Look no further than the BBC for trashing the irreplaceable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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