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JohnH
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According to this post the flying Canadian Mossie has a new owner . And it’s in Canada.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MossieS ... 804640244/

Cool day for the Calgary Mosquito Society. With the sale of Mosquito VR796 in Vancouver, we 'inherited' some goodies. Enough so as to require a 53' flatdeck! 'Props' to our VP Jack McWilliam for managing this deal. Stay turned for exciting details of what we got!

I asked and was told it’s staying in Canada. They were running it up a few weeks ago :

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MossieS ... 048324587/
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Is she going to be a flyer or an "active demonstrator" like the Nanton Lancaster?
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This was flying in 2015. But hasn’t flown since.
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Looking forward to hearing more details on the new owner.

Also nice to see the Calgary Mosquito Society get a lot of parts to help with their restoration.

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I hope the CWH splurged and bought it. Would be an amazing addition to the collection.

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No , the poster has confirmed it’s staying in Western Canada. And yes that would have been great if the CWH got it .
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Officially announced. She's going to stay in BC and live with the Hawker Tempest Mk II currently being restored by KF Aerospace.

https://kfcentre.ca/aircraft-exhibit/fa ... -okanagan/

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How exciting!
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Interesting development with a new museum being built. It seems quite promising with how far they've come.
https://kfcentre.ca/

But will the aircraft remain flyable? I'm not seeing a clear taxiway to the runway.

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Awesome news! KF is also restoring Hawker Tempest II MW376, which is projected to fly in 2022.

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They also have a C-47 :drink3:

https://kfcentre.ca/uncategorized/retur ... dyssey-86/
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Warbird Kid wrote:
Interesting development with a new museum being built. It seems quite promising with how far they've come.
https://kfcentre.ca/

But will the aircraft remain flyable? I'm not seeing a clear taxiway to the runway.


If you read the announcement
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A Living Legacy

The mid-size Mosquito will round out the Centre’s warplane exhibit, nestled between the robust DC-3 and svelte Hawker Tempest MKII. As with the other warplanes, the Mosquito is intended to be a live display.

“The goal is to have it flying,” says Quinn. “There are only a few pilots in the world who can fly this aircraft and one of them has agreed to fly it here for us.”
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Thomas_Mac wrote:
They also have a C-47 :drink3:

https://kfcentre.ca/uncategorized/retur ... dyssey-86/



For future reference, this is C-FGXW, formerly N173RD and before that C-FGXW / CF-GXW / CF-TEG / KG769 / 43-48052, cn 25313/13868.
One I haven't photographed yet, and so a reason to return to Kelowna (as if the Mosquito and the Tempest weren't reason enough :-)).

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If you check the address given on their website, it looks to be right on the airport.
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the pilot of the Mossie looks a lot like Steve Hinton.

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