DH Mosquito takes to the air

After a huge effort and years of painstaking restoration by the team at Avspecs, KA114 took to the skies over Auckland this week.
I was among the privileged thousands that braved the traffic to see this fabulous machine in the air today.

The weather thankfully was very kind as it hasn't been good until this morning. Please enjoy...

Outstanding! What a sight (and sound) that must have been!

Actual RR Merlins mounted?

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #15056984
Actual RR Merlins mounted?

thanks - that's my understanding... certainly sounded like it [grins]

another:

lovely shots

Beautiful! How many trees to restore her?

EXCELLENT.

Does my heart good ...grand shots of a grand plane! Thanks for putting them up.

Beautiful bird!

rick_reno wrote in post #15057278
lovely shots

Yes, yes, yes!

Beautiful shots, well done! What a grand looking aircraft!

Thanks all, much appreciated. Sad to say this aircraft will very shortly be on it's way overseas but it's certainly been a pleasure to view it flying.


(goes off on a B&W editing tangent )

Great images, must have been awesome to see (and hear) in person. Heard it was a sell out crowd too?
Hoped a kiwi would post some up

joeseph wrote in post #15059921
Thanks all, much appreciated. Sad to say this aircraft will very shortly be on it's way overseas but it's certainly been a pleasure to view it flying.

Overseas - is it coming home? (he said, hopefully)

Also, not hijacking but adding to your thread, I found another pic amongst my parents' photo collection. This was supposedly shot over England, where my Dad's RCAF 410 Squadron was posted most of the time, in addition to Scotland.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/wallaceriver/8​039376831/

Wallace,

Interesting to see no guns in the nose. Thats ties up with something my father has recently told me - that the Mosquito relied on its speed to get it out of trouble and carried no guns on its missions during the war.

We have one in a museum near us at Old Sarum, sadly in pieces.

Great to see a Mosquito flying again. One of my favourite aircraft.

Lowner wrote in post #15060765
Interesting to see no guns in the nose. Thats ties up with something my father has recently told me - that the Mosquito relied on its speed to get it out of trouble and carried no guns on its missions during the war.

That is only true of the photo reconnaissance & bomber versions of the Mosquito. Fighter Mosquitos were armed with machine guns and cannons.