First step for a long voyage to the US

[Dave Homewood]

How's the situation looking now?

Fingers crossed.

[VaBeachEd]

Sorry Dave, no joy Saturday. Forecast isn't good for the next week either. Windy again tomorrow, and much rain for early next week. My best guess is Thurs or Friday. Ma Nature is being a stinker!!
But as long as she's good to us for Warbirds Over the Beach we'll call it even!

[hang the expense]

It probably didn't rain the entire time the mossie was on the water coming over.Now that its here its making up for it.Murphy at it again.

[HPDCapt]

Glad to hear all are playing it safe for the first flight. I agree with the poster who said as long as she is good to us for the show. I will be waiting for any updates!! I sure want to see her fly!!!!

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks for the update. A shame about the weather, I hope the new pilot gets some practice time in before the actual event.

In the meantime Mossie fans should enjoy this which I have just posted online -

The Wings Over New Zealand Show Episode 45 - The Mosquito Honour Dinner:
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WON ... ito_Dinner

This was recorded here in NZ on the big day last September when KA114 made it's first airshow debut, at the Mosquito Honour Dinner afterwards, and contains all the speeches from that wonderful evening.

[Bear]

She's up!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151364572112413&set=vb.689177412&type=2&theater

Thanks for sharing the clip Jon. Sorry, if some folks can't see it because it's Facebook.

[Liza]

Second US Flight

[Dave Homewood]

Fantastic! Congratulations to all involved.

Liza, it would be great if you could post some of your gorgeous photos on the Wings Over new Zealand Aviation Forum. We've been following the Mossie there since the beginning, and there's a world famous thread there, the thread's last page, Page 81, at this link:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?bo ... 95&page=81

[Liza]

If you wish to post a link to the gallery at - http://www.pbase.com/photozbyliza/ff_mosquito - on my behalf, please feel free. It covers much of the re-assembly done at Fighter Factory.

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Liza, will do. Your got some lovely shots of that second flight, by the way.

[Travisd80elcam]

Liza, your photo's turned out great. it was good meeting you today. Thanks for posting and I'm sure we will bump into one another at the museum some time. Thanks again for posting.
Travis

[DH82EH]

Liza rocks

Thanks for all of your updates and photos! Great stuff.

Andy Scott

[Liza]

Thanks everyone.

Travis, enjoyed meeting you today.

[HPDCapt]

Thanks so much for the pictures, can"t wait to see and hear her in person. Looks like my trip is on for sure.

[Napier]

Just a couple of links to her last Airshow in NZ, both of the videos are montages even of different cameramen and different days I believe of the Wings Over Wairarapa Airshow Jan 19th and 20th, Hood Aerodrome - in the country just outside a city and southern end of the runway finishes at a riverbed.

The first video celebrates the De Havilland presence at the show (including many WWI planes too but not in this vid) with the DH Vampire and Venom planes included in a formation flight

WOW 2013 Mosquito Montage




and the second video, less of the De Havilland group but quite some time on the Supermarine Spitfires there and from 2/3 through more of the Mosquito and WWII flypasts with BOB and later Allied aircraft including an F2G Corsair...

more lovely sounds...

WOW 2013 Ka114 Mosquito and Spitfires



I can't upload images directly to the forum being a Newbie so can only use those off the net.

There are two other links - one of the early Full rpm and taxiing runs:

KA114 Run and Taxi

and the first flights, viewed some from on board too... thanks to Warren Denholm of Avspecs Ltd and Gavin Conroy, photographer:

Mosquito Early Flights

Many thanks to the photographers and compilers for creating these vids. Enjoy!

Graeme
NZ