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  1. Ploughman

    Ploughman Part of the furniture

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    From the BBC Bedford webpage.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34923134

    A restored prototype of a World War Two plane dubbed the "Wooden Wonder" has been unveiled exactly 75 years after it made its maiden flight.

    The first-ever Mosquito plane was wheeled out of its hangar at The de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, at 14:45 GMT.

    Not likely to be in flying condition though.
     
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    Been many years since I last went there. Got a pic of her somewhere but good to see her back in ex works condition.
     
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    The de Havilland Museum is at Salisbury Hall where Sir Nigel Gresley lived and kept an eye on his ducks !!

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    Come on a bit since 2011!

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    Don't go there ... :eek:

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    The announcement about the Canberra has received a less than enthusiastic reception over on Pprune.
     
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    But a better one on the Key publishing (Flypast) forum.
     
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    Great to see Mosquito No 1 coming back together even if only as a static ground based machine these days. As it happens the plane very nearly didn't get off the drawing board at De Haviland. De Haviland hadn't really produced frontline fighting aircraft for some years, prefering civil and light aircraft, designs like the Dragon Rapide [early airline type] and the "Moth" range [including the Tiger Moth trainer], though the Air Ministry kept them in the loop sending new aircraft specifications. So as with both the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. The Mosquito was a private venture produced from a synthasis of the various previous specs. Trouble was this was mid 1940 at the height of the Battle of Britian and the prefered engine for the design the RR Merlin was in decidedly short supply with all possible going to Hawker and Supermarine. So the Government drew up a list of proposed new build planes that would be given the necessary materials and the proposed De Haviland machine was religated to the second tier of designs for future production and then removed all together. Jeffery De Haviland then set to with the Air Ministry/Ministry of Supplies and was successful in getting a single pair of Merlins. Which the powers that be allowed as it was only 2 engines. Once the plane had been built and sent to Farnborough it blew them away, as they didn't believe the accompanying reports. Which were proven when the plane was flown by the test pilots. A case of "You didn't tell us it was this Good!" the reply being "Oh yes we did.........!" Ok the design needed tweaking a little, the rear section of the engine/undercarriage cowelling was extended beyond the rear edge of the wing which helped with the stability of the plane in flight.
     
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    Thread resurrection. I popped into the de Havilland Museum yesterday on my way home from Gatwick. What a lovely place, obviously looked after by some very good folks who care about what they are doing. It's certainly worth a return visit.
     
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