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Mossie
Posted: 01 Aug 2015, 15:20
by Dev One
Just heard & I think I've just seen a Mossie fly over my house at 16:15 local! Wonder where its off to going SE at not a great height, maybe 1500 to 2000'
Keith
Edit: looks as if its on its way to Sarlat in the Dordogne for tomorrow, - its a 4 hour drive from me. Not in France on a holiday weekend, they reported 900 km of traffic jams yesterday!!!
K
Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 03:29
by Airspeed
Now
that's a Mosquito I'd like to see.

Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 12:35
by Paul K
A Mosquito in France ? I thought the only two airworthy ones were in North America.

Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 14:09
by hobby
There is a 3/4 scale flying Mosquito which carries two crew and was built by a group of French enthusiasts, in honour of a French Wing Commander who was killed in a Mosquito during WW2 while taking part in a shipping strike off the Norwegian coast. That 3/4 scale aircraft visited the UK last year - Hull?
Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 17:04
by Paul K
Ah, that must be it then.

Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 17:54
by Dev One
That could possibly answer the not quite right engine sound then. Thanks for that!
Keith
Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 20:47
by hobby
here is a youtube video on this French Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iZCNDHzBkquito
Re: Mossie
Posted: 02 Aug 2015, 23:55
by airboatr
Dev One wrote:That could possibly answer the not quite right engine sound then. Thanks for that!
Keith
3/4 scale?
I guess a 9 cylinder RR engine would sound a bit odd.

Re: Mossie
Posted: 03 Aug 2015, 08:04
by Dev One
Hobby, thank you for finding that video, very interesting. Note that he almost ground looped it on the first landing trying a 3 pointer......not a thing to do on some DH types.
Keith
Re: Mossie
Posted: 03 Aug 2015, 09:09
by Airspeed
airboatr wrote:.....3/4 scale? I guess a 9 cylinder RR engine would sound a bit odd.

That's right Joe, It'd just go:
RRR
RRRR
Wouldn't it?