The world has another airworthy Mosquito

[GeeRam]

Following the departure of PZ474/ZK-BCV for America in February 1955, the New Zealand Government prevented the export of the remaining Mosquitoes, believing that they were destined for overseas military use.

It was something of an epic ferry flight across the vastness of the Pacific from NZ to California in Mar 1955, routing from NZ via Fiji, Kanton Islands and Honolulu, even managing to extinguish an inflight fire en-route...!!

By the early 60's the aircraft was parked in the open at Whiteman Air Park, and slowly deteriorated in under the Californian sun, and by 1970, was seen with a collapsed and broken fuselage just behind the wing.

With this one also destined for the USA (or return to given its spent most of its time there!) along with the first two restored by Avspecs, its hoped that the 4th (and possibly last) one to be restored by Avspecs will be destined for the UK.