Lofty 5 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 About time :- https://www.facebook.com/TheTwoSeatSpit ... 548992794/ http://bigginhillheritagehangar.co.uk/messerschmitt-me109 P.s Can't link the engine start-up video......so had to link it by facebook page Been heading about the ME109 at Biggin Hill for sometime now, but this is the first video I've seen! Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Peter Royall 47 Posted September 29, 2016 Club Members Share Posted September 29, 2016 Also I have seen a video of the test flight of the newly built Mosquito which took place recently. Oily Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Martin 0 Posted September 29, 2016 Club Members Share Posted September 29, 2016 Ooh! A real 109 rather than a Buchon! Newly built Mosquito? You mean the one built in NZ and now in the US? Link to post Share on other sites
Lofty 5 Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 I am sure there are 3 "airworthy" Mosquito's still! There was talk / rumors with in this year, that one day there would be a Mos at Biggin Hill, in the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar collection! But I have not heard anything for a long time now! Link to post Share on other sites
Lofty 5 Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 So rare Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Bravedan 106 Posted September 29, 2016 Club Members Share Posted September 29, 2016 Anybody else wince at where the guy was standing watching? Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Martin 0 Posted September 30, 2016 Club Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 I am sure there are 3 "airworthy" Mosquito's still! It turns out that there are, but only since about a week ago! I had been aware of two: * KA114/N114KA is a restoration using most of the original metal but with all new wooden parts made by a company in New Zealand a couple of years ago, on behalf of an owner in the US. First post-restoration flight was 29th September 2012. Annoyingly, when I was in NZ a couple of years ago I was a couple of weeks too late to catch its last NZ airshow appearances before it was shipped to the US. * VR796/C-FHMJ is a mostly-original airworthy one in Canada - one of the RAF surplus ones that was sold to Canada in the 50s for use in mapping their vast northern expanses. There is a good TV programme about the restoration, which is well worth a watch. First post-restoration flight was 16th June 2014. What I hadn't realised was that the same people in NZ who rebuilt KA114 have just had the first post-restoration flight of another Mosquito: TV959/ZK-FHC. First post-restoration flight was 26th September 2016 - i.e. Monday just gone! Link to post Share on other sites
Lofty 5 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 What I hadn't realised was that the same people in NZ who rebuilt KA114 have just had the first post-restoration flight of another Mosquito: TV959/ZK-FHC. First post-restoration flight was 26th September 2016 - i.e. Monday just gone! About 2 / 3 weeks ago, there was videos of this mosquito! Doing engine start ups and taxing on facebook site's / utube! But I have not seen anything more about the first flight at all! There should be another one soon "RL249" by 2020 or before, which is being restored and UK based! This is also know as "The People’s Mosquito"! http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/ But in the end its all down to money Link to post Share on other sites
Lofty 5 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Something else "rear" http://www.xp-82twinmustangproject.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
Pilot Ben 28 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 That's that dual mustang what is it? P-82 or summat'??? Link to post Share on other sites
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