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Old 03-02-2023, 09:29 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
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Originally Posted by xelasnave View Post
I get it..the type of plane...I visited an old gentleman in the course of my real estate business and he was associated with some group restoring a mosquito and he showed me about three feet of a tail section..it blew me away the frame timber was about a centimetre square in section...looked ready to add the tissue paper

Alex
RAAF Museum Point Cook is restoring a Mosquito. During a visit you can walk the platform and look down on the restoration work.

https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com...ito-pr-mk-xvi/

British built some of the best aircraft before/during/after WWII .. Lancaster being another example. Story behind the development of the Mosquito is equally impressive.
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