de Havilland Mosquito – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:14:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png de Havilland Mosquito – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Over 20,000 Mosquito technical drawings saved from destruction in the UK https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/08/11/over-20000-mosquito-technical-drawings-saved-from-destruction/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/08/11/over-20000-mosquito-technical-drawings-saved-from-destruction/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:00:08 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3358

Continue reading]]> From the Telegraph: “More than 20,000 wartime Mosquito engineering drawings and diagrams have been found in the corner of a wartime factory just days before bulldozers were due to flatten it.

The archive includes what are thought to be the world’s only complete set of engineering drawings for the plane, as well as details of variants that never made it off the drawing board.”

The drawings, on microfilm cards, have been donated to The People’s Mosquito, a charity hoping to restore and fly a crashed Mosquito.

Read the full story on the Telegraph

 

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Mosquito TV959, a T Mk 3 of Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum made its first flight in the US since its arrival in late 2016. Video by Jason Fortenbacher.

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Continue reading]]> The de Havilland Mosquito T Mk III TV959 restored by AvSpecs for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection made its maiden flight today from Ardmore airport in New Zealand. The pilots for the first flight were David Phillips and Keith Skillings. The flight lasted thirty minutes and the Mosquito was escorted by Spitfire ZK-WDQ, acting as the chase aircraft.

Additional photos are available on the MRC Aviation blog.

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Source: Panoranews

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/08/07/video-mosquito-75-accident-aftermath/feed/ 0 Crewmember seriously injured in Mosquito 3/4 replica accident in France https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/08/07/crewmember-seriously-injured-in-mosquito-34-replica-accident-in-france/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/08/07/crewmember-seriously-injured-in-mosquito-34-replica-accident-in-france/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:09:41 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2764 The Mosquito .75 at La Ferté on 25 May 2012. (Photo Bertrand Brown)

The Mosquito .75 at La Ferté on 25 May 2012. (Photo Bertrand Brown)

In yet another incident in just a few days, a crewmember has been seriously injured in the accident of the Mosquito .75, a 3/4-scale de Havilland Mosquito replica built by RRAA (Reconstructions et répliques d’avions anciens). After a safe landing at Fontenay-le-Comte, the aircraft is reported to have flipped over while taxiing.

Source: Ouest France

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On June 16, Mosquito B.35 VR796 (CF-HML) made its first flight from Victoria airport in Canada following a very long restoration. The aircraft, which had not flown in 48 years, was piloted by Steve Hinton. There are only two airworthy Mosquito in the world currently, the other one being Jerry Yagen’s Mosquito FB.26 KA114 which first flew in 2012.

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NB: The flight took place in Victoria, Canada, and not Australia as initially reported. Mea maxima culpa.  🙁

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Continue reading]]> The de Havilland Mosquito FB.26 KA114 under restoration by Avspecs Ltd made its first engine run today. The company, based in Auckland, New Zealand, is restoring the aircraft to airworthiness for its owner, Jerry Yagen. The restoration of the Mosquito being a lengthy process, the first flight of KA114 has been postponed several times but should take place soon. The first flight should take place 29th of September, although such a date could be postponed for various reasons.

The Mosquito is a rare warbird as its wooden construction does not age well. The last flight of a Mosquito took place on 21 July 1996, when T.3 RR299 crashed, killing its crew of two.

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Continue reading]]> The French association Reconstruction Répliques Avions Anciens has succesfully carried out the first flight of its 3/4-scale Mosquito replica. Here is a video of the first flight, by Jean-Pierre Montreuil.

Work on the replica began in 1995 and required over 30,000 hours of work before it was ready for the first test at the Fontenay-le-Comte airfield. The first engine test were carried out earlier this year and were then followed by high-speed ground tests. The first flight took place on April 23, 2011.

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/04/26/video-mosquito-34-scale-replica-maiden-flight/feed/ 2 First flight of 3/4-scale Mosquito replica in France https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/04/24/first-flight-of-34-scale-mosquito-replica-in-france/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/04/24/first-flight-of-34-scale-mosquito-replica-in-france/#respond Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:47:02 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3 A 3/4-scale replica of the de Havilland Mosquito made its maiden flight on Saturday April 23, 2011 in France.

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