On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:07:07 +0100, D. St-Sanvain
<d.520.before@flight.online.fr> wrote:
><news:s1degahdc2dede0tqjntrrfjm9b3c5m5ou@4ax.com> :
>> On 16 Mar 2015 19:44:08 GMT, d.520.before@flight.online.fr (D. St-Sanvain)
>> wrote:
>>
>> Is this a replica, it looks a little small and not quite right for a
>> Mosquito?
>
>It is a 3/4 replica, built from scratch by a team of three
>insan-thousiats :)
>Some earlier pictures :
>http://tagazous.free.fr/affichage.php?&immat=F-PMOZ&f=20
>(scroll down)
>
>Markings are real, and are those of Max Guedj, a french aviator, who
>disappeared while flying in the RAF Coastal Command.
Ahh, that explains it.
By the way, here is a fantastic video, from the Smithsonian, of one of the only
flying Mosquitos, in-flight, over New Zealand. The sound of the Merlins is as
soothing as kittens purring.
http://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/flight-today/a-mosquito-in-flight/?no-ist
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