Mosquito May Rise Again

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Mosquito May Rise Again

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Post by red devil » 14 Aug 2017, 21:42

In an old office of Airbus in Flintshire, complete plans, diagrams, and blueprints for the de Haviland Mosquito have been found. Currently as I understand it, only 3 are flying in the world right now, Canada, New Zealand and UK.

The twin-engine bomber was the fastest and one of the most versatile aircraft to serve during the war. The find has boosted plans by a group, the People's Mosquito Project, to rebuild the bomber. Bill Ramsey, the project's operations director, who served in the RAF for 41 years, said the drawings weighed 67kgs (148 lbs) in total and were going to be thrown into a skip. "It is actually probably unique in the world in that it's a complete collection of drawings for every mark and modification that was ever made to a Mosquito. :D "

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