Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:29 am
Mon Aug 29, 2016 6:15 pm
Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:13 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:For the next one, PZ474 ... Avpsecs have it slated to fly as early as around Easter 2018 (which would seem to imply possibly having it flying in-time for Warbirds Over Wanaka(?)).
Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:45 pm
KiwiZac wrote:Happy to share the good news! I'm lucky in that my job gives me unlimited internet access and a boss who's based an hour away so she can't look over my shoulderJohnTerrell wrote:For the next one, PZ474 ... Avpsecs have it slated to fly as early as around Easter 2018 (which would seem to imply possibly having it flying in-time for Warbirds Over Wanaka(?)).
AvSpecs' Warren Denholm spoke about the various Mossie projects at a Wings Over New Zealand forum meet in early March this year. He told us Warbirds Over Wanaka 2018 is the target for PZ474's return to flight.
Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:57 pm
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Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:40 am
The Mossie looks good. Can't say the same about the weather. Nice picture Colin Hunter.
Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:36 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:Under Weeks' ownership, the Mosquito will never fly again until the fabric is removed so that the wood and glue joints can be inspected and it can be proven to be safe to fly again. Potential issues could lie below the surface of the paint/fabric, no one really knows (there have been a lot of interesting surprises in the current rebuild of Week's all-wood Lockheed Vega). Even if no issues are found with the wood/glue joints, there is still a considerable amount of work to do to bring it back to flight readiness (after all, it has sat static for 26-years). According to Weeks, the Mosquito will continue to have to remain at Oshkosh until more of the hangars (as part of Act III) are built at Fantasy of Flight, so that there will be enough room to house it - according to Weeks, the aircraft will be disassembled and trucked to Fantasy of Flight, when the time is right, and while at FOF, a close inspection of the wood/glue joints will be made and a plan of action to make the aircraft ready to fly again will go from there.
Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:06 pm
C VEICH wrote:JohnTerrell wrote:Through the 70's and 80's these were the only three Mossies I'm aware of which flew, and I don't know if there was a single time where all three were actively flying at the same time.
Well, all three were flying for the movie "Mosquito Squadron" in 1969 so there is a chance all three were still airworthy into the early seventies. Both RR299 and RS712 were airworthy in '86 or '87 (by which time RS709 was already entombed at the NMUSAF) just prior to the latter coming to the US as they performed together a couple of times. Would be nice to see this picture duplicated some day.
Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:48 pm
TriangleP wrote:...one Facebook post indicated a first flight this weekend, if the weather improves and everything is working well.
Thu Sep 15, 2016 3:33 pm
Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:59 pm