The current project as expected to
be shipped to Texas within the next
six months in specialised one off
shipping containers.
Each engine will need an overhaul
at about 500 hours – approximate
cost per engine is $100,000. The
approximate price tag on the plane
is $10 million.
''It was as big a job as you get in
this business,'' Warren was reported
as saying.
Avspecs’ next project is a Curtis
Hawk 75 (another export to a
repeat American client). After this,
Avspecs is planning to rebuild
another Mosquito – this variant will
be a bomber version and when
completed will be the only current
flying bomber variant.
Dr Goebbels (Hitler’s propaganda
minister) called these, “ Loathsome
Mosquitos – there is in effect no
defence from them”.
Whatever Avspecs does in the
near future, it’s a great example of
Kiwi-made with the sharpest eye for
detail and will be followed by both a
national and international audience.
NZ MADE
24 February 2019