Friday, September 28, 2012

Special: The Mossie Flies!!

Well done Gentleman!  Well Done!

Stellar Achievement! Avspecs de Havilland Mosquito Makes First Flight! from AirPigz by Martt | The massive restoration project of a de Havilland Mosquito by Avspecs Limited in Auckland New Zealand for Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach Virginia has reached the ultimate goal... the Mosquito is back in the air! The first flight took place before noon Auckland time (Wednesday evening 9.26.12 in the US) and it appears to have been a great success. The airplane departed Ardmore Airfield and then landed at the Auckland International Airport. They did have some sort of pitot static issue that was resolved while on the ground and then the aircraft returned to Ardmore....

Mosquito Makes First Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | Thursday marked the highly anticipated first flights of a de Havilland Mosquito FB26 that's been undergoing restoration over the past eight years by AvSpecs at Ardmore Airport in Papakura, New Zealand...

Video: Avspecs de Havilland Mosquito Landing Back At Ardmore On First Flight Day! from AirPigz by Martt | The Historical Aviation Film Unit (New Zealand) has uploaded a video of the Avspecs de Havilland Mosquito from the first day of flying after their long and extremely detailed restoration. See my post from this morning on the first flight of the Mossie for more details. (if you're at the main page of AirPigz, it's the post right before this one) This video is of the airplane returning to Ardmore Airfield where...

Video: Kiwi Mosquito KA114 FLIES! - YouTube | The Mosquito being rebuild at Ardmore New Zealand by AvSpecs had it's first flight today! It took off from Ardmore at about 11am and flew to Auckland International Airport where it was...

Kiwi Mosquito Flies For The First Time - Ned Dawson Photos (Face Book)

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