namvet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 21, 2012 those props are a little to close for me. and the noise !!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfQQWOsoB8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 21, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 21, 2012 Shes a fine lookin bird!!!! Love those Merlins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted November 21, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 21, 2012 What a great video, Thanks for posting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted November 21, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 21, 2012 That's the one lost in Scotland back in 1997, right? -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted November 21, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 21, 2012 ...And that is indeed badass coverage! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 21, 2012 Ahhh....the "Wooden Wonder"! The only things faster were the German jets. The USAAF also deployed the "Mossie" in a reconnaissance role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #7 Posted November 21, 2012 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted November 21, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 21, 2012 Is this the "mossie" they just recently restored overseas?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted November 21, 2012 Share #9 Posted November 21, 2012 With a P38 and a Spitfire flying alongside, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #10 Posted November 21, 2012 I think it might be the one which recently made its post-restoration maiden flight in NZ? Those modern leather-covered "hard-hats" modelled on the old WW2 flight helmets are really cool! They look much better than a "jet helmet" when flying a WW2 warbird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted November 21, 2012 Share #11 Posted November 21, 2012 With a P38 and a Spitfire flying alongside, right? The twin boom aircraft is actually DH Vampire jet, the second jet to enter service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm after the Gloster Meteor. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share #12 Posted November 21, 2012 I posted this on 2 ww2 forums that have a lot of brits on them. they went ape sh** watching it. these tubes can be downloaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #13 Posted November 21, 2012 I posted this on 2 ww2 forums that have a lot of brits on them. they went ape sh** watching it. these tubes can be downloaded We Brits are very fond of our Mossies, Spits and Hurricanes etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted November 21, 2012 We Brits are very fond of our Mossies, Spits and Hurricanes etc! don't i know it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIFlyer Posted November 22, 2012 Share #15 Posted November 22, 2012 This brings to mind a story told to me by a gentleman I used to work with. He flew Dakotas on Operation Market Garden as well as Wellington bombers. Not long after the war he and some other RAA officers were on a tour of the de Haviland facility. They encountered a company test pilot who told them he was just about to take a Mosquito up for a bit and asked if one of them would like to come along. A fellow in the group who no one had taken much notice of said that it has been a while since he was up in a Mosquito and would not mind a flight. So the RAF officer and the test pilot walked out to the Mossie as the others chatted. Then one of the men started walking back. Someone said that the RAF officer must have changed his mind about the ride. Then, as the Mossie fired up and taxied out they realized that the approaching figure was the company test pilot, not the passenger. Turned out that on the way out the two men got to chatting and the test pilot had discovered that his passenger was one of the former squadron commanders of one of the Mosquito units that became famous for taking out high value targets, such as SS Barracks and Gestapo HQ (E..g, 21, 613, 464 or 487). He told the RAF pilot “You don’t need me! Go have some fun!” The watching men were then treated to the most stunning display of low level aerobatics they had ever seen. By the way a terrific but little know book that describes the special Mosquito attacks, espcilaly the oen on Shell House in Demark, is The Sixth Floor by Robin Reilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 23, 2012 Share #16 Posted November 23, 2012 This movie assembled the last remaining airworthy Mossies and flew them into immortality (and a few hillsides too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 24, 2012 Share #17 Posted November 24, 2012 For a long time I've been fascinated with the Mosquito, always imagining how it might have "felt" and sounded to pilot an aircraft made of that particular material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Garandy Posted December 28, 2012 Share #18 Posted December 28, 2012 I can't wait to see and hear this Mosquito fly in person. Fingers crossed it maked it to Oshkosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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