Mosquito airworthy in canuckland!
Discussion
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.
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.
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.
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