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3/4 scale Mosquito!

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Pete (Motormouse) posted this link over at the outhouse, within a post about some french aircraft...

http://bogaert.jimdo.com/inauguration-mosquito-75

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Well.. it looks a little odd with the 'oversize' canopy but all I can say is bless those Frenchies :thumbsup: Beats the crap out of flying a Piper/Cessna any day of the week :lol:

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I like this one better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... GfQQWOsoB8

(not knocking the French Mossie, but a real one will always beat an imposter...)
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So the rest of the world has airworthy Mossie's and we don't :-(

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Can anyones day get better than that. Sat in a flying Mosquito with a Vampire and Spit in formation :rock: Thanks for that Jelle :thumbsup: There are more cracking bits of footage of it on Youtube.. where did that hour go :lol:

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Suffering from Youtube timewarp Dave?? :lol:

I had a similar problem yesterday morning when I found this, I continue to be amazed at the fact that these little camera's make it possible for someone on the other side of the world to share in a view like that. On a related note, Gavin Conroy, who took the first Air-to-air shots of this Mossie, and was in the backseat of the Spit in that video, has some stories about his flights here:
http://cap-photography.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... tfire.html
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?ac ... 279&page=1

I was interested when the French Mossie took to the air for the first time as it is a great project in and of itself (test flying a small tailwheel twin like that is probably fun) but once KA114 started up those Merlins I was sold :agree:

Anyway, what was I doing again.... :dunno:
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:lol: :lol:

Thanks for those links mate.. an interesting read :thumbsup:
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