Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

[Voldemort]

[aeropilot]

Voldemort said:

The recently restored Aussie build ex-RNZAF Mossie T.43 NZ2308 being flown by Steve Hinton, probably on way down from Ardmore to Wanaka for the airshow.

[havoc]

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

[Tony1963]

havoc said:

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

This is about as close as you’ll get to a firm date

https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/

[aeropilot]

havoc said:

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

The woodwork for the Peter Monk/Biggen Hill Mosquito FB.6 is well under way in the Avspecs hanger, and will be the 5th one off their 'production line'.........Monk was anticipating it would be here in the UK by 2026.

At the rate Avspecs now turn them out, that is entirely feasible if there is the money flow into them to do so of course, which it would seem to be the case.

Now, there is the question of getting it on a UK G-reg, but I can't believe Monk (and/or his client who is the owner/financial backer) would be splashing a non inconsiderable amount of cash on this if that issue hadn't already been addressed (despite what the People's Mosquito Project write on their website/blog/forum!)

[hidetheelephants]

Tony1963 said:

havoc said:

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

This is about as close as you’ll get to a firm date

https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/

Why are they fannying about doing what Powell has already done? Is the price the kiwis want for an airframe so high it makes sense?

[aeropilot]

Tony1963 said:

havoc said:

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

This is about as close as you’ll get to a firm date

https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/

Different project

[aeropilot]

hidetheelephants said:

Tony1963 said:

havoc said:

Damn that's a nice shot.

Any ideas when we're going to see a flying Mossie over here? Was our plane first, after all...

This is about as close as you’ll get to a firm date

https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/

Why are they fannying about doing what Powell has already done? Is the price the kiwis want for an airframe so high it makes sense?

This goes back to the CAA thing.

Avspecs being in NZ do not have CAA A8-20/21 accreditation, which will make getting an Avspecs built one harder to get CAA paperwork for (not impossible, but much harder) and so this is why People's Mosquito are going down the all from scratch in the UK route, as Retrotec etc and everyone else involved have the CAA accreditation for CAA G-reg which makes the paperwork trail much easier. And as everyone knows the plane flies when the weight of the paperwork file is the same weight as the aircraft.....

As said in previous post, Peter Monk will have a harder, but not impossible task getting the one being built for Biggin Hill by Avspecs on the G-reg.

Edited by aeropilot on Friday 5th April 18:02

[hidetheelephants]

Good old CAA.

[Rider007]

Flt-Lt. Pollock flies his Hawker Hunter through the Tower Bridge, 5 April 1968.

[hidetheelephants]

Rider007 said:

Flt-Lt. Pollock flies his Hawker Hunter through the Tower Bridge, 5 April 1968.

Soon to be ex-Flt-Lt.

[aeropilot]

Rider007 said:

Flt-Lt. Pollock flies his Hawker Hunter through the Tower Bridge, 5 April 1968.

Good photoshop effort.

[DavieBNL]

Yes, totally real event; totally fake picture!

[DodgyGeezer]

[generationx]

Junkers/Focke Wulf “Mistel”? Just captured by the look of it. Nice photo.

[xeny]

The FW 190 at Cosford is the top of a captured Mistel, so it is possible that it is the FW 190 in this picture.

[aeropilot]

xeny said:

The FW 190 at Cosford is the top of a captured Mistel, so it is possible that it is the FW 190 in this picture.

Unlikely.
The Cosford Mistel 190 was found in Denmark, and I believe this photo was taken in Germany after VE-Day.

[xeny]

How many Mistels were captured? I was assuming they were relatively rare beasts.

[aeropilot]

xeny said:

How many Mistels were captured? I was assuming they were relatively rare beasts.

Germany built about 250 of them.

We (British Forces) found 6 of them at least, 4 of them in Denmark, and 2 others in Germany.

US forces discovered a number of them as well.

[heisthegaffer]

aeropilot said:

xeny said:

How many Mistels were captured? I was assuming they were relatively rare beasts.

Germany built about 250 of them.

We (British Forces) found 6 of them at least, 4 of them in Denmark, and 2 others in Germany.

US forces discovered a number of them as well.

Can you imagine what it was like scampering about Germany finding these Wierd planes.