Pete M. Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hi to all. The latest New Build Mosquito at Avspecs at Ardmore is almost ready for it's first flight, the past couple of days being spent doing engine runs. Thursday: Friday: If the weather improves, first flight may be today or tomorrow. Cheers, Pete M. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Music to the ears. Hope the test flights go OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Nice, I do like it in that RNZAF scheme, temporary though it may be. Thanks for putting those up Peter. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M. Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 The latest post from AVSPECS: Well, the Auckland weather is not playing ball so we are unable to begin the test flying. Let's hope for more favourable conditions later in the week when we again have a pilot available. Cheers, Pete M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Fantastic. There can never be enough old Mossies back in the air. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 With 2 airworthy in North America, this one about to make the leap, and from what I understand up to 3 more in NZ and one in Canada being underway or at least strong candidates, I think it absolutely fantastic that the best plane design ever is returning to the skies en-force. My pleasure at this news is however somewhat tainted by the fact that the nation of its creation seems nowhere near to returning an example to the sky itself, and as a result it feels like I will never see one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I believe one of the other ones being built in NZ is for a UK organisation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Plan for UK Mosquito details here, http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/ Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 OK, I have to admit. I know about TPM and thought it was a lot of pie-in-the-sky and hot air. But thanks to your reminder, I have had another look at the site, and I admit there is a lot more detail there including photos of airframe work. Lets see how it goes.... Still might be another decade for RL249, I fear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Is that another fuselage in the jig? Presumably the plan is to land back at Ardmore at the end of the first flight and not like KA114 land back at Mangere? I've been meaning to head down and have a look at her and appreciate all the great work that has gone into her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 If I ever win massively huge on the euro lottery I know where the cash is going. Not sure it would fit in the garage alongside the rest of the stash though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 You beauty! Keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 TV959, as many people know was once in the IWM at Lambeth then in the care of TFC. Sahme its not coming back here though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: You beauty! Keep them coming! Yes indeed a few more and they can re-make 633 Squadron - just not bashing them into hillsides Scottish or Norwegian - I'll let them use virtual reality for those bits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 ...when I win the lottery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 "Children of the night, what music they make." A fabulous project. Many congratulations to all the team at Avspecs for a beautiful piece of engineering. New Zealand really is becoming the epicentre of vintage aircraft restoration. I hope that one day we will have a Mossie flying in the UK again as I also hope NZ will get a permanent resident in memory of those brave men of 487 Squadron. 'Ki Te Mutunga!' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Airborne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Some info & links to the first flight on this page, the vid reminded me of what I thought when I saw KA114 four years ago, it doesn't sound like two Spitfires, it sounds just like a Mosquito. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Just fabulous. I want my own 1/1st scale Mossie now. Edited September 26, 2016 by Meatbox8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 And then there were three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Morpheus Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Nice, love the Mossie. Best plane of it's period. A real shame the IWM and TFC let that one go, typical of us in the UK though... Hopefully those guys restoring the NF version will get it off the ground. It is a travesty that the UK does not have a flying example of one of it's most historically significant aircraft. Edited September 26, 2016 by Raven Morpheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 The second test flight was late last week: The third was nine hours ago: http://mrcaviation.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/mosquito-conducts-third-flight.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuuumannn Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Its currently being pulled to bits for its journey to the USA. I took these today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Pity but ineveitable. It did/does look damn good in that scheme to my totally unbiased eye. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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