Mosquito airworthy in canuckland!

Mosquito airworthy in canuckland!

Author
Discussion

hidetheelephants

Original Poster:

23,753 posts

192 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
quotequote all


Not jealous at all. Oh no.

Youtube of ground running

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
quotequote all
Nice to see another one in running order. When is it expected to fly?

aeropilot

34,297 posts

226 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
quotequote all
Eric Mc said:
Nice to see another one in running order. When is it expected to fly?
Soon, most likely.

The real question is how long it will be flown for after that.

The informed rumour is no more than a handful of flights before being grounded.....as per the owners Spitfire.



aeropilot

34,297 posts

226 months

Monday 21st April 2014
quotequote all
Eric Mc said:
When is it expected to fly?
Weather and any tech issues permitting, the Mosquito is scheduled to make it's first flight tomorrow in the capable hands of Steve Hinton.

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Monday 21st April 2014
quotequote all
First time for over 20 years that two airworthy Mossies exist in the world.

Silent1

19,761 posts

234 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
aeropilot said:
Eric Mc said:
Nice to see another one in running order. When is it expected to fly?
Soon, most likely.

The real question is how long it will be flown for after that.

The informed rumour is no more than a handful of flights before being grounded.....as per the owners Spitfire.
why doesn't he like them being flown?

aeropilot

34,297 posts

226 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
Silent1 said:
aeropilot said:
Eric Mc said:
Nice to see another one in running order. When is it expected to fly?
Soon, most likely.

The real question is how long it will be flown for after that.

The informed rumour is no more than a handful of flights before being grounded.....as per the owners Spitfire.
why doesn't he like them being flown?
No one has any idea, only Bob Jens knows the answer to that question.

Silent1

19,761 posts

234 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
aeropilot said:
No one has any idea, only Bob Jens knows the answer to that question.
How very odd, maybe he sees them as an appreciating asset or something

Simpo Two

85,147 posts

264 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
Or he knows that each time it flies there's a chance it will end up in bits again.

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
I have a lot of sympathy for the notion of restoring an aircraft to fully airworthy condition but only flying it on extremely rare occasions - especially if the type of aircraft is EXTREMELY rare and valuable.

aeropilot

34,297 posts

226 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
Eric Mc said:
I have a lot of sympathy for the notion of restoring an aircraft to fully airworthy condition but only flying it on extremely rare occasions - especially if the type of aircraft is EXTREMELY rare and valuable.
The trouble with that is........if it is extremely rare tyre, such as the Mossie, that has shall we say, interesting handling traits, you are taking a higher risk of flying it only on rare occasions, as the pilots are never going to build up hours on type, so even with experienced TP's there's always going to be a potential risk by doing that.

Then there's the fact that you are still having to keep to maintenance schedules etc for an aircraft that spends more time on the ground than in the air.....other than fuel and fluids, it's still costing money.

I think, if an owner is THAT worried about risk of flying an aircraft, then it shouldn't be flown at all, either ground it or sell it.


Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
quotequote all
It sounds like he grounds them - but because it is airworthy - it will have a lot more value than a purely static restoration.

So I can see logic in his approach.