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Old 7th Jan 2022, 18:12
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GeeRam
 
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Originally Posted by Fargo Boyle
There are 2 current projects to restore and fly Mosquitos in the UK

Newsletter Signup - The People's Mosquito (peoplesmosquito.org.uk)

The Mosquito Pathfinder Trust - news (thewoodenwonder.org.uk)

Hopefully at least one of them will be successful. In a few years we could have an airshow with a Typhoon, Tempest and Mosquito!
The Pathfinder Group is the most advanced, or at least likely has the most chance of coming to fruition, as they struck a deal to acquire Glyn Powell's Aussie built project, so gained a lot of parts Glyn had collected, including a lot of, if not most of the metal parts, which is a surprising amount.

It was a shame that having two competing groups couldn't combine resources to just one to stand a better chance of getting one flying here, but ego's got in the way as usual.

Its highly possible, that at some point in the near future the FHC/Paul Allen T.3 that was restored to fly by Avspecs (and used to hang up in the IWM Lambeth) will be sold when Paul Allen's sister starts to liquidate the airworthy contents of FHC at some point in the future...once they have sold all of the unfinished projects that are currently being sold off.
You'll need deep pockets though.
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