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Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:47 amby ozzy72
Well I just came across this bit of info and thought it might interest some of the Mosquito lovers out there (courtesy of my buddy Frank in Aus.)...
Many have said it couldn't be done. Many others have said that it could be done, but it wouldn't be done because no one person would have the determination to stick out such a huge undertaking. And here we see a brand new, late production de Havilland Mosquito fuselage.
It has indeed been done
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:04 pmby HawkerTempest5
I have read bits and bobs about this project, but this is the first pic I've seen. There is a guy in Canada working to return a late production Mosquito to flight, but this new build could really open the door for others to follow. Lets hope so.
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:24 pmby Felix/FFDS
I have read bits and bobs about this project, but this is the first pic I've seen. There is a guy in Canada working to return a late production Mosquito to flight, but this new build could really open the door for others to follow. Lets hope so.
Can you just see the "new" Mossie with a pair of P&W PT-6 engines instead of the Merlins?
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:30 pmby Hagar
Glyn Powell of Auckland, New Zealand has produced the first new de Havilland Mosquito fuselage to be built since World War Two.
Not sure this is quite accurate Mark.
Can you just see the "new" Mossie with a pair of P&W PT-6 engines instead of the Merlins?
Please no. Whatever next? That would be sacrilege.
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:45 pmby Fozzer
Can you just see the "new" Mossie with a pair of P&W PT-6 engines instead of the Merlins?
Please no. Whatever next? That would be sacrilege.
Hi Doug...!
That big hole in the nose begs for a lovely Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp R-2800-59 radial engine...
...!
...suit me, Sir...
...!
LOL...!
Cheers all...
...!
Paul.
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:50 pmby Hagar
Hi Doug...!
That big hole in the nose begs for a lovely Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp R-2800-59 radial engine...
...!
...suit me, Sir...
...!
LOL...!
Cheers all...
...!
Paul.
Why not go the whole hog? Chop that graceful pointy tail end off & stick a gas turbine in the hole. You would end up with a DH Vampire.
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:24 pmby ozzy72
Radial and jet engines on a Mossie. A crime
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:35 pmby Woodlouse2002
Jets on a Mossie? Surely thats a Canberra?
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:22 pmby Felix/FFDS
Jets on a Mossie? Surely thats a Canberra?
The analogy is apt in more ways than one. Unless I'm mistaken, that was the idea - a jet powered "Mossie"
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:51 amby C
Please no. Whatever next? That would be sacrilege.
I quite agree...
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:25 amby Felix/FFDS
Not sure this is quite accurate Mark.
Please no. Whatever next? That would be sacrilege.
Winglets?
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:35 amby Woodlouse2002
Please no. Whatever next? That would be sacrilege.
Give it a stars and stripes paint scheme and send it hurtling round some pylons at Reno?
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:26 amby Felix/FFDS
Give it a stars and stripes paint scheme and send it hurtling round some pylons at Reno?
With contraprops on souped up Griffons and a small inverted fishbowl canopy?
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:48 pmby Wing Nut
Why make the thing out of wood? I had thought the only reason for that was shortage of materials and that it was an older design. Surely they could make a metal skin for it...
Re: Return of the Wooden Wonder
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Sat Jul 10, 2004 4:01 pmby Hagar
[quote]Why make the thing out of wood?