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    Quote Originally Posted by nudemetalz View Post
    Was a replica "Mk26" Mini Spitfire..


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    A few more snaps from the Air Show if anyone's interested:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmogden...7631648155454/

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    Quote Originally Posted by misterO View Post
    A few more snaps from the Air Show if anyone's interested:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmogden...7631648155454/
    Nice photos!

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    Thumbs up

    Geez Volty shoulda told us ewe was going, I got there at 10am, drove in the industry side parked up at my mates hanger and walked over, OK around the end of the strip to the airside.
    had a great day, got lots of pics, the Anson looked fantastic, but the star and heart stopper was definitely the Mossie.
    Wasn't she just the absolute best thing in the air!
    Android phones don't! take particularly good video, but the engine sound was fantastic, got em all, Mossie, with Vamp, with Spit, with Mustang and with Kittyhawk.
    Four Merlin's and a rattly old Allison, what a beautiful noise. Now where have I heard that before???
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    Quote Originally Posted by nudemetalz View Post
    Was a replica "Mk26" Mini Spitfire.
    Ah, right, the report was very brief. *looks* Good scheme eh? almost affordable. Did they get the wingtips wrong for any particular reason?

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    Good save I reckon.
    Looks like it, nice to see so little damage.
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    I just love the sound of WWII fighter planes. A friend and I have found outlines of what looks to be Spitfires on Google maps in an abandoned Military outpost at *Location withheld* in Australia

    If we get some money, we might go there and do an outback ride on some dirtbikes to see whats really there. Spitfires are wortha pretty penny nowadays. Especailly the early ones with the Merlin engine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    Ah, right, the report was very brief. *looks* Good scheme eh? almost affordable. Did they get the wingtips wrong for any particular reason?



    Looks like it, nice to see so little damage.
    That doesn't bug me as much as the tail wheel being out so far like a Piper Cub's. Shame it couldn't be in the fuselage more like the real machine.

    He reckoned a month and back in the air. Awesome

    Ayway back to the Mossie,...doesn't sound like us down in the lower North Island will get to see her


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    Thanks for the vids and photos, somehow modern machines just don't do it for me the way the old ones do..

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    We rent hanger space just 2 spots over from Avspecs and so I have watched the Mosquito going together for about 5 years. Avspecs have been very welcoming of visitors the whole time and have never had a problem with us poking our noses in provided we asked, of course. The craftsmanship I have seen has been just superb and the results speak for themselves. Keith Skilling said it was the best restoration that he has ever seen and she flew just right from the very first flight - no adjustments necessary.

    A truly magnificent achievement and it's strange to think that the use of modern adhesives means that she potentially has a longer life to look forward to than any other ever built.
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    Dredge.... anyone just see "Seven Sharp"? Mosquito in a shed in Nelson plus a shit load of other planes. Faaaark!
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    Dredge.... anyone just see "Seven Sharp"? Mosquito in a shed in Nelson plus a shit load of other planes. Faaaark!
    The Mosquito could deliver a bigger payload of bombs as American B-17. to Berlin
    4000lb vs 3500lb
    It was also stealth as well as being faster and using less fuel.
    The loss rate for the mozzy was also only .5% vs 5% for the ancasters.
    ... ....... Speed....... Payload.... Range...... Crew No. ...Built
    Mosquito. 415mph... 4000lbs.... 1485 miles...... 2..... 7781
    Lancaster. 200mph 22000lbs...2530 miles...... 7..... 7377
    B-17 ....... 287mph 4000lbs.... 2000 miles...... 10... 12731

    The B17 payload was less than one 5th of the Lancaster.
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    The Mosquito had eight hours 35 minutes flying time, parts are still brand new apart from the deterioration in the shed.

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    The Mosquito is going to Peter Jackson's Omaka museum, but I'd prefer some could fly again. Maybe when they find out what they could be worth? A Mosquito is worth ten million or thereabout apparently.

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    Here's to hoping they can be flying again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    Here's to hoping they can be flying again.

    There are few things more magnificent than the roar of a Merlin V12.
    There's apparently a problem with the age of the glue in the mosquito airframe but it'll be a shame if it just sits at Omaka when most of the rest of the 'plane is basically brand new.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    There's apparently a problem with the age of the glue in the mosquito airframe but it'll be a shame if it just sits at Omaka when most of the rest of the 'plane is basically brand new.
    Wood also has a tendency to "age" pritch. Better to replace and rebuild. Metal aircraft not as much but still subject to fatigue..

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