sclamb Posted June 22, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) From our local De Havilland Mosquito Museum. Mosquito: Sea Vixon: De Havilland/Cierva C.24 Autogiro De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth: Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Hi sclamb, Take a look here Those magnificent men in their flying machines. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted June 22, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 22, 2009 Do I see a piece of the wooden fuselage on the left of the Mosquito? Those things were built out of used matchsticks, I believe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted June 22, 2009 Jaap, yes it is part of a wooden fuselage, but luckily not part of a Mosquito! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 22, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 22, 2009 Simon - Lovely collection of photos and a/c. Thank you for posting them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted June 22, 2009 Thank you Stuart. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted June 22, 2009 Share #6 Posted June 22, 2009 Simon, Very nice series, with the Mosquito being top of the bill! Don't tell me it's in flying condition ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted June 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks Marco. I believe that the Mosquito is fully restored and flight worthy. It would be an amazing sight to see it in the air. A Spitfire did a few passes as I was standing in the car park! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted June 23, 2009 Share #8 Posted June 23, 2009 Now that would be something: the sound of TWO Merlins in sync. I'll be visiting Duxford july 20 - 22 and am sure I'll get a good dose of sounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted June 23, 2009 Share #9 Posted June 23, 2009 Do I see a piece of the wooden fuselage on the left of the Mosquito? Those things were built out of used matchsticks, I believe Yep. Made of wood. As were the jet powered Sea Vixens, Venoms and Vampires built after the war. Incredible mix of old and new: pioneering jet engines with glu-lam wooden fuselages. It's a great museum to visit, if a little pricey. Amazing to see one of the best fighter/bombers to come out of the war was conceived and built in a shed. How British Simon, thanks for posting. [ATTACH]148465[/ATTACH] (D2) Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted June 23, 2009 Share #10 Posted June 23, 2009 I think that the piece of wooden fuselage actually is a Mosquito, they seem to have more bits and pieces than you can shake a (match) stick at, these days. None of the Mosquitos at the museum are in flying condition, the only one left in the world which can fly is with Kermit Weeks at Oshkosh and for some reason he chooses not to fly it. There is some excellent footage on you-tube of it leaving Strathallan; there is also some awful footage of the last one which was flown regularly, coming to grief at Barton a few years ago. It used to be kept near Chester and we regularly saw it departing for airshows on a Friday, following the railway lines; the noise was fabulous. There is a shot of it flying on my website. There is one in Oz which is coming along nicely and may get back into the air and there was one in Canada headed the same way until it was sold and dropped out of sight. Thanks for showing these photos. Here is the prototype Mosquito (which was actually built on site before being flown over to the DH factory at Hatfield) at the museum, it was undergoing a rebuild when I visited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted June 24, 2009 Share #11 Posted June 24, 2009 Such an evocative WW2 plane, possibly the second most, after the Spit? Nicely captured. I once visited a Mosquito museum somewhere in Herts, is this the place??? LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted June 26, 2009 Such an evocative WW2 plane, possibly the second most, after the Spit? Nicely captured. I once visited a Mosquito museum somewhere in Herts, is this the place??? LouisB Yes Louis, this is the place. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted June 26, 2009 I think that the piece of wooden fuselage actually is a Mosquito, they seem to have more bits and pieces than you can shake a (match) stick at, these days.None of the Mosquitos at the museum are in flying condition, the only one left in the world which can fly is with Kermit Weeks at Oshkosh and for some reason he chooses not to fly it. There is some excellent footage on you-tube of it leaving Strathallan; there is also some awful footage of the last one which was flown regularly, coming to grief at Barton a few years ago. It used to be kept near Chester and we regularly saw it departing for airshows on a Friday, following the railway lines; the noise was fabulous. There is a shot of it flying on my website. There is one in Oz which is coming along nicely and may get back into the air and there was one in Canada headed the same way until it was sold and dropped out of sight. Thanks for showing these photos. Here is the prototype Mosquito (which was actually built on site before being flown over to the DH factory at Hatfield) at the museum, it was undergoing a rebuild when I visited. Great information, thanks. I got a picture like yours and it shows that the prototype remains as it was. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted June 28, 2009 Share #14 Posted June 28, 2009 An example from the era of 'wooden planes and iron men', and an earlier example of de Havilland design - the DH9 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryW Posted July 28, 2009 Share #15 Posted July 28, 2009 Ah memories. Braddock VC in the Victor Comic circa late fifties/ early sixties. Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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