Flying In Mosquito KA114.

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Postby Gavin Conroy » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:19 pm

Here are a few photos I took last weekend.
The opportunity came up to fly in this wonderful aeroplane thanks to Warren and Jerry, and Keith Skilling took me for a fly.
Should probably write something more in depth later on and through my photography.
Have been able to fly in some nice aeroplanes but the flight in KA114 just blew me away.
Have been such a huge fan of the Mosquito since I was a kid and I never thought I would ever see one fly let alone fly in one.

The sound inside was incredible, with slightly raised voices we could talk to each other and that surprised me.
Sitting between two 1625 hp merlins really is something else and flying in an aeroplane that has a huge amount of performance is something I will not forget in a hurry and I doubt the experience will ever be topped.
Flying around the gulf area at low level and good bank angles was very exciting, setting up for landing is a busy time and not having any real visual references out the fron was a bit unusual.

This will be my last post for a while, am looking to give the camera a rest for a while which will be good.

Cheers
Gavin











I regard this as the best photo I have ever taken, the experience, view, history, the great people I have got to know whilst it has been restored to fly, and what this aeroplane means to everybody makes this one a of a kind picture and if I had to hang the camera up tomorrow I would be more than satisfied.

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Postby Splitpin » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:16 pm

notworthy.gif gavin.gif "Keith Skilling took me for a fly" Gavin , you are master of the under statement .

To fly in anything with Keith Skilling would be a dream come true..... but a Mozzy!!! 100% awesome pictures, and thank you for posting. thumbup1.gif thumbup1.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:28 pm

Now i just wonder how many NZFFer cockpit builders have now just ripped their two year old plus projects apart only to rebuild this COOL ohmy.gif ..... and just look how little room you have so keeping it small would be ideal ! cool.gif
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Postby happytraveller » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:34 pm

Great shots there, and we are all SO envious.

Hope that you will not hang up the camera for too long, we always look forward to your shots. Gives us all something to admire,

keep taking them

smooth landings.
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Postby AlisterC » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:48 pm

They sure are some special shots. Thanks Gavin
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:16 am

You lucky, lucky man.
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