News

August 2011

The Annual General Meeting  of the Association was held on 14th August 2011. This year a few changes to the Committee have occurred. The  new Committee is:

President                                  Terry Burke

Vice President                         Graeme Coates

Secretary/Treasurer               Bob Stevens

Committee

                                                    Allan Middleton (Immediate Past President)

                                                    Don Taylor (Webmaster)

                                                    David Devenish (Archivist)

 

June 2010

· We are currently working on final preparations of the nacelle-mounted oil tanks. After trial assembly in the L.H. Main Landing Gear frame, Bob Stevens has taken responsibility to have the original placarded notes painted on the L.H. and R.H. tanks

· The landing gear door opening assemblies (or “spaghetti junction”) are currently receiving some attention: one set is in the paint stripper, the other being re-welded and set up correctly as a pair.

· Two steel sections of the firewalls have been stripped and de-rusted in the molasses bath.

· Restoration Projects Manager Brett (B2 or Red) Redway has the bomb bay doors and ventral panels (which fill in the gap between the lower surface of the wing and upper edge of the bomb bay doors) bench mounted and is continuing their rework.

· B2 is also continuing work on two fuselage frames which will eventually be re-installed, as part of the fuselage rebirth.

· Two sets of yokes to mount the main wheel stub axles are complete and are away for plating.

 

April 2010

Classic Fighters Airshow 2011 in New Zealand has announced that Jerry Yagens Mosquito FB26 will be a feature at the 2011 airshow set for April 22 to 24 2011.

For details visit the website

http://www.classicfighters.org.nz/index.htm

Note: The Mosquito did not make it to the Classic Fighters Airshow.

December 2009

At the last AGM the Association honored three long serving members with Life Memberships of the Association.

 

August 2009

The MAAA Annual General Meeting will be held at:

             Caulfield RSL 2 St Georges Road Elsternwick Vic.

             Saturday 29th August 2009

             Time 14:30 hrs or 2:30PM

 

Changes to the website.

A new page has been added showing a complete list of all Mosquito aircraft operated by the RAAF in Australia. If anyone can add any more details about markings carried by the aircraft please let us know.

 

Dec 2008

Flypast Magazine has reported that Mosquito B35 CF-HML is to be restored to flying status by Victoria Air Maintenance in British Columbia Canada. It is hoped the work will be completed by March 2010.

6th July 2008

Association Vice President Terry Burke examines the new aircraft exhibit that arrived abruptly at the RAAF Museum recently.

 

15th June 2008

A small group continued working on the hydraulic rams for the main undercarriage. Trial fitting one ram to the undercarriage stand.

20th April 2008

Work continued on assembling the wing fuel tank bay door attachments and setting up our colour plotter so we print out large colour prints of drawings.

16th March 2008

The crew was active for a while anyway, stripping and preparing for painting fuel tank straps and angles used to secure the fuel tank covers to the underside of the wing. This work continued until mid afternoon when the temperature became too hot. Metal items were warm to touch so we quit early to watch the Australian Grand Prix.

24th Feb 2008

The crew and members of the Friends of the RAAF Museum manned the Restoration Hangar answering many questions about the aircraft and the project. Perhaps the  most common questions were :-

· Will it fly? -No, it will not fly its too valuable being the only PR XVI remaining and also having a wartime service record (21 Missions).

· When will it be finished? - in a few years and some months, TBA, when its finished.

The crew even got the chance to see some of the action.

 

3rd Feb 2008  Assembly of Undercarriage legs

The restoration crew completed the assembly of two main undercarriage legs. This comprised the assembly of the rubber blocks into the compression struts and assembly onto the undercarriage stand.