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New build Mosquito

Posted by Pete Groves on Fri Apr 26, 2002 01:56:16 PM

I have followed Mr Powell`s progress via the magazines, and now these new pictures, and what he is doing is magnificant. I am just wondering though, at this point he can produce new build fuselages, presumably not wings, tail surfaces, nacelles, or any of the internal components, or all metal components, so what stage is it really at? is the wing as complex as it looks? to complete an aircraft at this stage, saying you now have a fuselage I imagine it is still a massive undertaking. Do these fuselages on their own have much commercial value? Does Mr Powell plan an operation along the lines of Flugwerks, to supply a new build kit? I just wonder if this is a labor of love, or does it have commercial goals? for that matter, what is a fuselage built from these new fixtures worth? if you price the time to build the fixtures then the first one must be pretty spendy! but the second one is then 1/2 the price, so how many do you have to build to make it commercially viable?
I am just asking as I love the airplane, and wonder what the future goals of this project are.
Cheers, Pete

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