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Aug 18^th, 2012 at 8:25pm

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Took me a while to post this but here you go.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Mosquito-gets-finishing-touches/tabid/423/articleID/26466...

I would have linked the video but it can only be viewed in NZ.

Here are some shots from the video though.

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Reply #1 - Aug 19^th, 2012 at 3:15am

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Fantastic!

andy190 wrote on Aug 18^th, 2012 at 8:25pm:

Took me a while to post this but here you go.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Mosquito-gets-finishing-touches/tabid/423/articleID/26466...

I would have linked the video but it can only be viewed in NZ.

The video works fine here in the UK. http://www.3news.co.nz/Mosquito-gets-finishing-touches/tabid/309/articleID/26466...

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Reply #2 - Aug 19^th, 2012 at 3:36pm

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Not long now. A lot of hard work from people all over the world has got them this far.

And before anybody asks how much of the original wood was used in the restoration... Wink

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Reply #3 - Aug 19^th, 2012 at 4:14pm

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C wrote on Aug 19^th, 2012 at 3:36pm:

Not long now. A lot of hard work from people all over the world has got them this far.

And before anybody asks how much of the original wood was used in the restoration... Wink

As if there was any wood left!

By the way, I heard of another Mosie getting restored to flight status that will eventually be in the US. I think it is being restored in Canada though. I remember reading that the restorers are itching to bring it to Oshkosh for its debut though.

By the way, another excellent restoration (one-of-a-kind):
http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htm

NZ seems to be very found of warbirds, keep them coming Kiwis! Cool

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Reply #4 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 2:26am

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Gosh you Yanks are lucky. The NZ Mossie is also going to the States. Sad

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Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 5:17am

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andy190 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2012 at 2:26am:

Gosh you Yanks are lucky. The NZ Mossie is also going to the States. Sad

We have a lot of warbirds here, but it seems most fall into a black hole of private ownership. I guess there is a healthy population of warbirds here in Michigan, but they are extremely rare to see. The owners just dont fly them or share them. The L-39 next to WACO is part of an airshow team called "The Hoppers" so I have seen it a dozen or so times, but the Stearman and T-28 from Muskegon? Nope. Only times I saw those was when I was in the bloody hanger. NEVER saw one of the P-51/F-51s that supposedly is in Michigan. There is a Corsair at KAZO next to WACO's King Air, yet I have never seen or hear it fly or heard of it flying.

Point is, warbirds here fall into a black hole.

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Reply #6 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 2:38pm

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wahubna wrote on Aug 19^th, 2012 at 4:14pm:

By the way, I heard of another Mosie getting restored to flight status that will eventually be in the US. I think it is being restored in Canada though. I remember reading that the restorers are itching to bring it to Oshkosh for its debut though.

This is the Canadian one that went to NZ for restoration and is going to eventually join Jerry Yagen's Fighter Factory collection in Virginia.

There is another that's been under restoration in Canada for yonks, at Vancouver. I doubt it's ever had the same level of funding, and if you look on the web now, it looked like KA114 does now a decade ago!

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