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Two Iconic Mosquito Will Take Flight at The 2024 Central Coast AirFest

Two Iconic de Havilland Mosquitos Will Take Flight at The 2024 Central Coast AirFest

September 11, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

At the 2024 Central Coast AirFest, two de Havilland Mosquito aircraft will fly in formation for the first time in over 35 years, marking a historic moment in aviation history. […]

Planes of Fame Flying Demo Will Feature de Havilland Mosquito

October 28, 2023 Adam Estes 0

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, Planes of Fame Air Museum will be having a very special flying demo with the visit and flight of one of the four de Havilland FB.MkVI Mosquito flying in the […]

Avspecs Latest de Havilland Mosquito Project Report

September 6, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

By Dave Homewood I made a visit on Wednesday the 30th of August to Avspecs Ltd at Ardmore Airport, Auckland, New Zealand, to catch up with Warren Denholm and the team who are working on […]

People’s Mosquito Receives Major Sponsorship From Airbus

May 12, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The People’s Mosquito, the organization which has made impressive strides in its effort to build an airworthy de Havilland Mosquito for the UK, has just announced a major, three-year sponsorship deal from European aerospace giant, […]

Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence Acquires de Havilland Mosquito

February 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence (opening later this year) is excited to announce a de Havilland 98 Mosquito will soon be joining its star-studded cast of classic aircraft. Affectionately known as […]

The People’s Mosquito: Operation Jericho – Update 5

June 4, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The People’s Mosquito has just announced the latest update in their fundraising campaign, dubbed Operation Jericho, and what these funds have already initiated. They began this campaign just seven weeks ago, and have raised more […]

The People’s Mosquito Launches Fundraising Campaign

April 12, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 8

PRESS RELEASE – As work continues on returning a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito to UK skies for the first time in a quarter of a century, The People’s Mosquito is offering supporters the opportunity to […]

The People’s Mosquito – Fuselage Molds Begin to Take Shape

November 5, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 7

We have been following the efforts of the People’s Mosquito for the past few years as the group has steadily made headway on their plans to build an airworthy de Havilland Mosquito in the UK. This […]

For the Love of the Mosquito Dream

July 11, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 1

Edited from an article by Travis Kircher for GlobalAir Glyn Powell has a special talent. He has the ability to raise the dead. Not people, mind you, but rather aircraft…. and more specifically, the de Havilland […]

de Havilland Mosquito – Trans-Atlantic Collaboration Helps Unlock Her Secrets

October 4, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

As a follow-up to our article concerning the restoration of a deHavilland Sea Hornet, we thought our readers would be interested in another former Spartan Air Services beauty; deHavilland Mosquito PR.35 RS700. The unique survivor of its […]

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