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Im in touch with a guy who is rebuilding the Narromine Mosquito - Merlin engines at moment - and they have engine work in slow rebuild in Sydney it seems.

I will try find out more in a few days if can to the status of these Mossies in more detail.

Please do.

Cheers,

David

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The Mossie is my all time favourite aircraft, and Narromine has an important link to the types use in Australia, however it will take more than two engines to build a Mossie from scratch, even if new wings and fuselage are bought from NZ, do you know how much mossie residue the museum has collected beyond the two engines?

Regards

Mark Pilkington

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I made a couple of calls today to find out about this rebuild. Apharently the owner has collected enough metal parts the equvalent of 2 aircraft. He is having one engine done now and the other is on permanent loan to him if the project goes ahead. He still needs propellor blades.
I went to BBQ last week with the Corvette club Im in. While talking to one of the guys he mentioned his father worked for Hawker here and was heavily involved with redoing the Mossie that is on display at the war memorial in Canberra.

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One thing the British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealanders can all agree on. We all LOVE the Mossie

So do we Yanks!

Rich

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Rich Kolasa
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Good! Because I'm going to say it was the most efficient bomber in the ETO! (Puts on battle bowler and flak jacket, awaits incoming fire).

http://www.mosquitorestoration.com/

http://www.aussiemossie.asn.au/index_files/Page348.htm

How come they have all the great Mosquito's down under?

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The weather is more benign to wooden airframes there. In the UK they deteriorate much more rapidly unless cosseted. Remember in wartime they weren't really built for longevity in the first place.

The cosseting is a requirement anywhere - the climate of NZ isn't any more 'benign' than the UK for Mozzies; Aus offers worse in both directions as well as some arguably better - but Aussie and Kiwi farmers et al had more space to forget / hold onto a Mozzie than the UK. Certainly the AWM's Mosquito was left on the airfield in Perth and 'survived' but still needed a full rebuild.

UK Mozzies are either in museums or have been lost - to accident, Norway, the USA.

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

I agree 100% with you about the cossetting. I was meaning Australia rather than New Zealand when I mentioned benign conditions. I've been to both countries and know a little more about NZs mild and wet weather. There is an amusing (also honest, factual, truthful!) poem about it which includes:

It rained and rained and rained,
The rate of fall was well maintained.
And when the tracks turned into bogs
it started raining cats and dogs.

After a drought of half an hour
we had a most refreshing shower.
The next day too was mostly dry
apart from that torrent from the sky

(I wish I could properly remember it).

By contrast I found Australia to be hot and dry and neither the British Isles or New Zealand can be accused of that(!)

Canadians also enjoy them on the barbecue

I think you've confused a "Mossie" with a Moosie"!