Mosquito day at Planes of Fame

[LukeFF]

I went out today to see Steve Hinton fly Mosquito FB VI PZ 474 at the Plane of Fame Museum at the airport in Chino, California. Besides it being a great restoration, I was able to get a lot of good close up pics of it, and of course the flyable was great. And a pair or Merlins? LOUD! ? Hinton stayed around afterward and answered questions for about 15 minutes, which was nice.

 

It was also encouraging to see a lot of younger people there in attendance (probably a few hundred, by my guess). It wasn't just a bunch of old dudes. ? 

 

For the curious, Steve said he's flown three different Mosquitoes and has about 60 hours on them. In PZ 474, he used a max of 8 lbs boost today and cruised at 4 lbs. I'll try to upload some video later on.

 

[LukeFF]

 

 

 

[LukeFF]

Q&A afterward with Steve Hinton:

 

 

[RedeyeStorm]

Such a beautifull plane. You lucky…

[Lusekofte]

This is something I never get to experience 

thank you for sharing. 

[352nd_Wheels]

I wanted to go that Saturday but I was under the weather.

 

The plane will be on display at Planes of Fame until December 31st.

https://planesoffame.org/collection/visiting-aircraft-DH98-mosquito

 

Wheels

[Trooper117]

Who needs Steve Hinton when there is this...