Mosquito KA114 Engine Run

**Bomber_12th** · September 19th, 2012, 05:41

The excitement is building! With the aircraft's official unveiling and planned first flight now only but a week from this Saturday, Jerry Yagen's Mosquito, under restoration at Avspecs (located at Ardmore, New Zealand) had a test run of its port engine yesterday. Engines are of course test run before being fitted to the aircraft, following overhaul, but this is the very first test run on the aircraft.

Video can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz5gN...ature=youtu.be

Some photos can be found posted here (and previous pages): http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi...=16707&page=22

**argo147** · September 19th, 2012, 12:30

Great video! Can't wait to see the footage of it's first flight!

**Naki** · September 19th, 2012, 14:56

Jeepers its going to be a close run thing...29th isn't far away!

**SPman** · September 19th, 2012, 18:11

If anyone can do it - it's Warren and the boys.

Still - anything can happen and, if everything's not right, they won't hesitate to postpone....better safe than sorry.

**Fauville** · September 21st, 2012, 04:29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujt7E...=youtube_gdata

2 Merlins running

**Bomber_12th** · September 21st, 2012, 06:26

Thank you for the link, Fauville! What a sweet sight it is! It's also nice to see the armament now fitted. It looks like the gear doors have now come off once more, for painting, which the cowl panels have been due for as well.

There are a number of new photos posted to the Wings Over New Zealand forums (as there will undoubtedly continue to be). The aircraft is now on the New Zealand register as ZK-MOS. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi...=16707&page=24