Mosquito To Fly Again

[hemibee]

Could the Mosquito fly again? I'll be trying to keep an eye on this one. May need Facebook to open it.

Blueprints Discovered In Decaying Factory Will Allow One Of WWII's Rarest Planes To Fly Again

 

[shanered6]

Awsome !! always liked that plane one of the best of the of WW11 !!!!

 

[Rocky]

Very cool hemi, thanks
These were amazing planes and it would be wonderful for another one (or more) to be flying again.
Starting from scratch at today's costs will be a huge task though.

 

[shanered6]

Very cool hemi, thanks
These were amazing planes and it would be wonderful for another one (or more) to be flying again.
Starting from scratch at today's costs will be a huge task though.

It will be as these days as timber is more expensive than steel !!!

 

[Rocky]

It will be as these days as timber is more expensive than steel !!!

Not only that, but to make jigs, buy engines, wheels, landing gear, instruments, glass and all the other parts it takes to make plane is an enormous task at a huge cost.

 

[Village Idiot]

Watch out for a "virus/spyware" alert, allegedly from Microsoft; I got it when I clicked on the "More videos", or whatever just below the blueprints. Needless to say, it's another attempt at scamming us......great video of the "Mossies", but don't open the other one. I did a "control, alt, delete" to get rid of it, then checked online to confirm it.
Forewarned is forearmed: Jim

 

[Rocky]

 

[Greyfell]

You can also see DaveM's post about the Mosquito in Warbird News.

Warbirds News

 

[DaveM]

It sure would be great to see one of these back in the air but as mentioned I wonder if the cost will be the show stopper in actually getting it done.

 

[Rocky]

It sure would be great to see one of these back in the air but as mentioned I wonder if the cost will be the show stopper in actually getting it done.

There are a few examples still flying and were restored from an original air frame.
I think to build one from scratch would be so enormously costly that it would be almost impossible to do.
There is a complete example at the National Air Museum in our national capital of Ottawa, but it's only a static display inside where it's safe from the elements.
It's the only one I've ever seen.