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Post by patmurphy on Mar 21, 2015 13:01:54 GMT 12
Good to see that progress is being made on another of De Hav's finest. If it's for FHC, then that's fine but the secrecy thing seems a bit daft in this day and age. I mean what's to be gained? Having said that, I fully understand the reluctance, for purely professional reasons, of anyone at AVSPECS to either comment or get involved in that stuff. Personally, I found the help, information and access at Ardmore in both viewing KA114 and talking to those involved in her rebuild, to be a breath of fresh air and I remain extremely grateful for the time I had there. I was lucky enough to grow up with RR299 based at Broughton, just a couple of miles from my home and as an apprentice at British Aerospace as it became, I was lucky enough to do some menial work on the aircraft, allowing me to sit in her and take in the smell of 50 plus years of wood, leather and hydraulic oil...*closes eyes* Weekends in the Summer would allow me the spectacle of her returning from shows and practising over the airfield. First aircraft I ever photographed Please can we have the next one, after this, for the UK?? It's the warbird I would love to see fly more than any other... Then I think New Zealand should have one, if only for recognition of the efforts of all involved in returning these beautiful machines to the air, but mostly for the remembrance of those who took the Mossie on the mission it was designed for.
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Post by keroburner on Mar 21, 2015 14:20:29 GMT 12
Isn't the intention of 'The People's Mosquito' project to fill the void left in UK skies for the wooden wonder?
I also think it's just a sign of the times we live in these days where owners like to keep their projects under wraps till airworthy. While plenty of people around the world love knowing every time a rivet or pipe is fitted in certain projects, there are others who openly criticise certain airworthy types for being 'data plate' restorations or new made etc. While the Internet age is awesome for keeping up with projects around the world, and seeing awesome airshow shots instantly, it also makes it easy for anyone to be negative or cynical from the safety of their home computer or couch about other people's projects who are spending the big bucks and time and effort doing it. I personally think it's awesome that a lot of wealthy Americans maintain their aircraft collections in museums accessible to the public.
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Post by rone on Apr 17, 2015 20:18:46 GMT 12
A little dicky bird whispered to me that what is left of the one and only Mosquito in civil rego. that escaped to USA is back in NZ being rebuilt. Enough said.
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Post by Brett on Apr 17, 2015 21:54:22 GMT 12
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Post by rone on Apr 18, 2015 10:35:31 GMT 12
I never said I did not know previously, just stirring the pot,after all I contributed some bits for it, what did you contibute
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Post by BenG on May 2, 2015 0:10:14 GMT 12
Interesting news in the latest FlyPast - the Mosquito recently delivered to AvSpecs is NOT TV959 but DZ542.
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Post by ZacYates on May 2, 2015 12:27:32 GMT 12
That's odd, to me this looks like a fighter fuselage with the gun access panels removed. A bomber mark has no such cut-out - in the photo below you can see no such panel lines: So either someone's info is wrong (ie the fuselage in the photo isn't DZ542), or this aircraft is being rebuilt as a fighter? I'm very confused. (...) the secrecy thing seems a bit daft in this day and age. I mean what's to be gained? Perhaps the element of surprise? Such as illustrated here: www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55766&sid=c3be68a8e011fbb93b53e039f6229187Ditto TFC's second early P-40, and the FHC Shturmovik: I for one love seeing a photo of an aircraft flying or on the flightline when I knew nothing of its restoration.
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Post by baz62 on May 2, 2015 22:39:43 GMT 12
Interesting news in the latest FlyPast - the Mosquito recently delivered to AvSpecs is NOT TV959 but DZ542. Which issue of Flypast is this in Ben? I just bought the latest one and don't see this article. Unless you are in the UK and have the very latest? Or I've missed an issue!
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Post by Brett on May 3, 2015 0:01:11 GMT 12
Page 6, June 2015. The digital copy was available for download on 1 May 2015.
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Post by BenG on May 3, 2015 5:35:14 GMT 12
Yep, it's from the digital edition available on Pocketmags. BTW, I'm from France (and probably the only poster from this country on WONZ).
My best, Ben
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Post by baz62 on May 3, 2015 8:54:58 GMT 12
Ah bonjour Ben! That explains it, you must have a later copy of Flypast (as I think we are about a month behind?)
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Post by baz62 on May 3, 2015 8:57:34 GMT 12
Time travel! Thanks Brett, never thought about the digital version!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 4, 2015 12:08:48 GMT 12
Whilst the text of the article is correct about the bomber version Mosquito, the photo caption is wrong. That IS the fuselage of TV959. No work has even begun yet on the bomber version.
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Post by ZacYates on May 4, 2015 13:29:33 GMT 12
Thanks Dave, I had a feeling that may be the case. I'm excited to know there is a bomber project on the Ardmore horizon, though.
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 3, 2015 7:48:27 GMT 12
Turns out we were wrong about not getting to see much of TV959 while it's being restored, which makes me very happy: www.facebook.com/Avspecs/?fref=nfA very quick walk-by film of TV959 in the workshop, the wing mounted on the fuselage and engines in too. Awesome.
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 11, 2016 15:47:17 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 11, 2016 16:16:15 GMT 12
It's ok if you use a browser that doesn't have NoScript and Adblock Plus running (or you are logged into Facebook, presumably). FB have dialled up the pressure recently.
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 11, 2016 18:53:36 GMT 12
I got to have an up-close look over TV959 last Saturday. She's a looker. Typical MAR/AvSpecs quality inside and out. I can't wait to see her on her wheels, moving, then flying once more! Very strange to see the trainer nosecap after getting so used to the guns on KA114.
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Post by jp on Jun 12, 2016 18:49:42 GMT 12
Glad they are staying with keeping it as a trainer, rather than faking an FB VI - does it have dual controls? Will it be finished in silver with yellow training bands?
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