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Post by strikemaster on Dec 13, 2010 23:52:04 GMT 12
Thank you Errol, google isn't always the answer to everything. :-)
Pat was one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. I have a photocopy of one of his manuals somewhere, a familiarisation booklet for the Mossie.
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Post by steveh on Mar 4, 2011 18:04:09 GMT 12
Quick question re 75 squadrons Mosquitos, what size drop tanks are these? I'm picking 100 gal but maybe 200 gal? I'm trying to lay in some bits to model one of these. Steve.
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Post by agalbraith on Mar 5, 2011 7:37:55 GMT 12
Kiwi based Mossies carried the 100gal tanks Steve.
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Post by steveh on Mar 5, 2011 9:45:04 GMT 12
Thanks for that, I've grabbed some paragon ones before they disappear but then thought I'd better check just in case I needed the 200 gal ones. I recently picked up a copy of Brendon Deers first book of Military Wings & the photos in there with the tanks & double decker missiles would make for an interesting subject. Steve.
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Post by McFly on Oct 20, 2011 19:17:35 GMT 12
One 'time machine' required please... Image from the F. C. Eichbaum personal album collection. "Annual Camp Scenes. Ohakea 1955." A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force standing amongst a group of scrapped de Havilland Mosquitos - Circa 1955. Men chopping the wing root of Oxford NZ1349. Unknown location. Mosquito fuselage behind - Circa 1955. (RNZAF Museum Collection)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 20, 2011 22:48:55 GMT 12
Ouch!!
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Post by aeromedia on Oct 21, 2011 9:29:14 GMT 12
Unreal to see those pics of axes being weilded on those lovely old airframes.
If only they had the slightest inkling of how revered such aircraft would become in a few short years, how valuable they'd become, and the monumental efforts that would go in to recreate them again . . . . . . . .
. . . ah well . . . . . . . . . . . . . sigh . . . . . . .
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 21, 2011 11:23:56 GMT 12
Some people reverred those aircraft even then. The Oxford seems to have been a very much liked aircraft by many instructors who flew them. I met one ex-RNZAF pilot, Gordon Jenning, who flew the Oxford for two and a half years as an instructor and he raved about it enthusiastically and said he just loved flying it. In 1945 Air HQ sent him to be a fighter pilot and he flew Corsairs on No. 14 squadron on their last tour of the war and then in Japan, completely against his will. He hated the Corsair and the Warhawk, and he simply longed to go back to his favourite Oxfords. Others have told me how much they liked the type too. It's surprising we didn't see some enter the register with aeroclubs and as private machines, there were plaenty of parts and people who could fly and maintain them. Sad that so few have been saved.
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Post by jonesy on Oct 21, 2011 12:36:40 GMT 12
I wonder how many more NZers flew with the RAF proper and not in RNZAF/NZ squadrons? . My father flew with 608 and 162 as a Pathfinder. Were they "composite "type squadrons or RAF I wonder? His nav (still alive I believe) was RAF.
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Post by Tony on Oct 22, 2011 17:02:39 GMT 12
So what were the airworthy ones with 75 Sqn and their codes? I have: NZ2308 -Z NZ2323 -J NZ2324 -L NZ2325 -A NZ2327 -M NZ2328 -C NZ2331 -? NZ2336 -B NZ2338 -F
NZ2321 - Possibly with 75 Sqn but I misplaced my reference. NZ2382 -C - Is this correct or have I just tranposed the 'last 2'? and one coded G?
Any others?
I note that Anthony quoted NZ2337 - F for his pic as well.
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Post by shorty on Oct 22, 2011 20:17:24 GMT 12
NZ 2331 - D
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Post by fb6 on Nov 24, 2011 19:01:02 GMT 12
Many thanks to all for showing these awesome photos! Some were positively painful but some did show them at their finest. I never knew there were still so many photos out there of these superlative aircraft! -I really look forward now to seeing the Mosquito flying once again!
Cheers
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Post by agalbraith on Dec 21, 2011 22:25:08 GMT 12
Thought y'all might like to see this..... The guys at Avspecs told me this morning this was the plan. First pics I have seen. Well done guys!!! www.clubhyper.com/forums/plasticpixframe.htmCant seem to get a direct link to the post but look for the Avspecs Mossie post a few down from the top..... Cheers. Anthony
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 21, 2011 23:57:03 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 22, 2011 0:07:59 GMT 12
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Post by fyl on Dec 22, 2011 8:32:59 GMT 12
Looking amazing... Can't wait to see (and hear) her in the air again.... Awesome work!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 22, 2011 9:40:10 GMT 12
Simply incredible the work that has gone into that Mosquito so far. It will be a magnificent event for sure when it flies.
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Post by Bruce on Dec 22, 2011 9:45:43 GMT 12
Dang... I was at Ardmore yesterday afternoon and didnt see that - must have been put back inside by the time I drove past Avspecs.....
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 12, 2012 11:31:43 GMT 12
For those of you who get the print version of the Herald, there is quite a nice article on Glynn Powell and his Mosquito restoration in this mornings Aucklander Herald supplement.
Its quite a reasonable effort, for mainstream media.
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 12, 2012 11:53:20 GMT 12
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