The first flying Mosquito in 15 years!
 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzJewwobCY

:rock::rock::rock::rock::rock:

Now that is cool. :salute:

Awesome! :up:

I know they're in the process of rebuilding one at the Ottawa aviation museum which I go to every once in a while. I don't think it's to flying condition, but I've gone on their hangar tour and seen the bird - the fuselage of it is in good condition indeed. Mossies are fantastic!

When i saw this, i was like, "What?! Mosquitos have been flying around my place for ages!"

Then I saw the plane.


Seriously, though, the Mozzie's a good plane.
One of my favourite things to do in Birds of Steel is a low-level ground attack with a flght of Mozzie's, and seeing Werhmacht troops firing a few ineffective shots at us!

Good news indeed. :yeah:

More, more, more!

Nice :up:

always good to see that they still bring these birds back to the skies.

HunterICX

It's just a shame it's yet another one in NZ, although moving soon to Virginia Beach to joint the rest of Jerry Yagen's collection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i1cJIwE7M

Have they gotten a Bf110 or JU-88 flying yet?

I'm glad it is up and flying again. It sort of surprises me that there aren't any others in flying condition. Especially when you think about how many were made. I know its not cheap to keep them in working order, but when I see pictures of Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Lanc doing fly-bys over the UK in honor of those who fought during the Battle of Britain, I always wondered why you don't see a Mossie at that air show.

Well, eddie, between you, me and the gatepost, there's a rumour floating around that some Mossies were found in the Spitfire haul in Burma. I guess we'll see when they ship back what they've found. :yep:

I'm 99% certain that I saw a Mozzie on the airshow circuits in the UK in the mid/late '80s and early '90s. Don't know what happened to it/them though. I'll do some digging. :hmmm:

I would love to be at an air show, and see 3 Mossies going by in formation! It would be something to behold I bet!

Crashed in '96 :cry:

Footage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5ut3tP3ZM

Air Accident Investigation Board's findings - http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...pdf_501355.pdf

That was really tragic.

@ op; that is pretty cool. Did you ever read TinTIn as a kid ? In one of the "books" they had a whole collection of those planes; I think it was the one where the trio(front cover) is on a life raft with some guy who wears a patch over his eye.