Originally Posted by
Old-Duffer
There is at least one Mossie flying in New Zealand and I believe there is an intention to get another one airborne somewhere else.
The one's that were recently flying in New Zealand was only because that where they were rebuilt (by AvSpecs) but they were all for US owners, so once test flights had been done in NZ, they were dismantled and shipped to the USA to their new owners.
AvSpecs have restored 3 x Mosquitos in the past decade or more, the first one, FB.VI, KA114 for Jerry Yagen in Virginia.
The 2nd one was the ex-IWM Lambeth T.3, TV959, which was restored for Paul Allen's FHC in Seattle. Its likely that this one may well be up for sale in the future along with most of FHC's other aircraft after the death of Paul Allen. The 3rd one was FB.VI PZ474, restored for US collector Rod Lewis, but sold recently to California collector Charles Somers.
AvSpecs do have another one in the pipeline....possibly.
There was also an original (non new build wood) that was restored to airworthy in Canada over a 25 year period and flew for the first time about 6/7 years ago. However, once its initial few test flights were completed, it has remained grounded ever since and is not likely to fly again under its current ownership.