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The Mosquito prototype under restoration engine-less, this is a superb museum staffed by really great people who are more than willing to share their time and tell stories of the aircraft.Got a great tour of the aircraft and a wonderful insight into the history of the aeroplane.
In September 1939 the de Havilland Aircraft Company established the Mosquito design team in Salisbury Hall, the prototype Mosquito, E0234/W4050, subsequently being built in the adjacent buildings.
When Walter Goldsmith, a retired army major, purchased Salisbury Hall, he soon came to realise that it had been used by de Havilland during the war. On contacting Bill Baird, then in charge of PR at de Havilland at Hatfield, he discovered that the company had used it as the design centre for the Mosquito, and that Baird had squirrelled the original prototype away in the Fiddlebridge stores, just off the airfield at Hatfield. Having resisted several calls to burn the aircraft, Baird was delighted to find someone who could offer the old aircraft a home. de Havilland carried out basic restoration work at Hatfield, and Goldsmith accepted the aircraft back at Salisbury Hall in 1959.
I took another jeep adventure yesterday over Mosquito Pass (13,185' (4019m)) in the Colorado Rockies. The 4-wheel drive guidebook lists it as the highest pass road in Colorado open to travel.
It was a fun trip, but the road was slow, rough and 4-wheel drive only. Most of these roads are old mining roads/trails from a century ago.
This view is near the top. That's the town of Leadville below, which sits at 10,200' (3110 m). Off in the distance is the mighty Sawatch Range.
After Elba, it was wedgies along the highway until sunset outside North Loup.
We stopped for the bridge shot outside Cotesfield shortly before the end of the chase. While waiting for Sam, who had hit a slow order a few miles back, we found ourselves being eaten alive by mosquitos. It was bad--and I mean bad. I don't think I've ever been in the middle of a mosquito cloud like that.
I soon realized that as long as I was there, I was going to get bit, so instead of constantly swatting, I held my hand out to try to capture a glimpse of what we were dealing with. This is just a handful of what felt like hundreds around us. Pun intended.
After what felt like an eternity, we got our shot and grabbed a couple more down the road before calling it a night. I'm sure it will get uploaded at some point, but it didn't make the cut for this batch.
Was it worth it for the shot? Probably not. Was it worth it for the memories? Absolutely.
Mosquitos outside Cotesfield, Nebraska, July 5, 2024.
Mosquito PR MK.34 (Merlin)--Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Eye of a Mosquito @ 20X
Canon EOS 7D and Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM as tubelens with a Mitutoyo M Plan APO 20x 0.42 microscope objective.
F2.8, 1/4 sec @ 20X magnification and about 76 images stacked.
Illuminated with 3 Ikea Jansjö LED-lights WB 3000 Kelvin and diffused with the Wrigley's chewing gum diffuser.
Mosquito B MK 35 (Merlin) May 1945--Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
De Havilland Mosquito TA 724--Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The world's only flying de Havilland Mosquito FB26 KA114
(taken from our backyard -- flying for the Wings over Wairarapa show -- www.wings.org.nz/latest_news/index.htm#mossie )
No specific ID, but a fascinating looking creature, beautiful plumose antenna. If anyone can offer a more specific ID I'd be very grateful.
Mosquito Attack On Gestapo HQ Aarhus On Tuesday Oct 31, 1944---Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
He came at night, explored my body, got on top of me, touched me, he bit, sucked, swallowed, when he was satisfied, he left, I was hurt,..... BLOODY... MOSQUITO !!! - See more at: editphotosforfree.com/blog/picture/He-came-at-night#sthas...
de Havilland Mosquito---Perman Collection Image--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum