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Zac Yates
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At the Key forum a local said she taxied for 15min or so before the winds got too tough, they were hoping for tomorrow but apparently the weather isn't too good.

Still..... pop1

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K5054NZ wrote:
At the Key forum a local said she taxied for 15min or so before the winds got too tough

I read it that it taxied for about 15 minutes and then went back to the hangar. No mention of winds. It may well have been weather-related, on the other hand there could have been something that Steve wasn't happy with.
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A friend of mine was there watching, and said they'd encountered a technical snag.

He thought it was something that might take a day or two to fix.

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Any updates? It's been a month.
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Any updates? It's been a month.



Next week, weather dependant.

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it will fly Thursday at 330pm, just don't ask which Thursday.

They will fly when it is ready

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Yes, has flown, around 15 mins, gear down after a problem cycling the port leg.

Congrats to all involved.

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Photo's are up on Facebook. 8)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Wow, two airworthy Mossies, it's been about 30 years or so right?

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Looks fantastic! Congratulations to all involved!

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Yes !!!!! two Mosquitos flew in Canada both on the same day
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darn, we missed it!! I had the article ready to go. Great news, congrats!

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Excellent news!
Congratulations to all involved. :drink3:

This has been a long, bumpy road. Kudos on the perseverance!

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Yes well done to all involved in the restoration. Now we await the next one out of NZ.
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It's too bad that all these photos got hidden in facebook, it would have been nice to see them.

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