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A new Aussie Mosquito project comes to life

Sun May 04, 2014 6:52 am

An interesting project seen at HARS museum today was a "Narromine Mosquito" project.

As i recall, ive lost the paperwork the project people have brought components together at HARS to accelerate the development and the people behind the project have a plan to maybe acquire a fuselage to form a static aircraft for display.

To get a fuselage to restore a Mossie, it will take I was told some serious fundraising or a rich donor is needed. I saw a few parts such as cockpit, canopy, wheel and nose cone.. so there a few bits on public display.

Its planned to be a long term project and will be hopefully one day achieved.

Re: A new Aussie Mosquito project comes to life

Mon May 05, 2014 2:42 am

No! It is a cockpit mock up intended to be used at fund raising functions for the project.

Re: A new Aussie Mosquito project comes to life

Tue May 06, 2014 8:00 pm

I have found my document from the Narromine Mossie project.
This is the summary as best as i can see fits.

The Narromine Mosquito Restoration Project Inc.
They are intending to reproduce a DH.98 Mosquito to honour the type's WW2 and RAAF's legacy. The project has full support of the Narromine communities, HARS, national and international organisations.

2 members of the project Geoffrey Dowse and Terry Healey who run it, along with other members, have put in 15years to secure Mossie structures and parts from around Australia for the planned restoration.

Adding to this, they say Glynn Powell from NZ who has managed the manufacturing of replicated Mosquito fuselages and wings, will potentially help them complete this Aussie project if it can be realised.

The aircraft would once complete, become a living memorial but the project is time limited they note.
They are seeking a relatively cashed up donor/s or rich sponsor/s perhaps to help as I understood to buy a NZ based fuselage/wing set.. which will help them form the basis of the project.

They have contact details available on their handout i note.
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