bombadier29 wrote:
I'm sure this museum is a great place and the people are all wonderful, but I can't help but think how sad it is that the Mosquito is now in this museum. If it had gone to the buyer in the UK, it would be on its way back to flying condition. Now it will be a Mosquito with a pin driven through her back and stuck on a piece of cardboard like its much less attractive insect namesake.
Really? Considering the difficult environmental conditions this particular airframe has endured, I would be surprised to find that much of her structure could be restored to flying condition without being fully replaced. Considering that we are about to see a small renaissance of flying mosquitoes in the next few years, built up from the remains of a number of different aircraft, I don't see the point in throwing out a rare original airframe when it could readily be restored to pristine static condition without too much structural replacement. We can restore the "bitsas" to flying condition without worrying about losing original material, and add to the number of authentic mosquitoes on view to the public... after all, it's only people like us who would gawk over a much decayed aircraft. I am so tired of the "we have to restore them all" chorus. There is room for both flying and static examples.
Richard
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