Here is the March/April 2007 report on our work on the Mosquito.

1. Work has continued with the installation of the shrinkage washers and the associated finalising of the hardware in a number of locations. These include the rear fuselage bulkheads the drop tank mounts in the wing and the front and rear wing attach fittings.

2. We have also continued with the bonding strip installation and have now installed it on the front spar from tip to tip.

3. We have installed the rudder controls into the rear fuse with the balance weight, push rods and sealing boots all in place. The aileron torque tube in the cockpit has also been trial fitted with the new pulley installed and painted.

4. We have installed the elevator and rudder differential unit to the bulkhead aft of the wing and made a rigging jig to assist with its placement. The cables can now be installed.

5. Work has begun on the hydraulics and pneumatic plumbing in the rear fuse with a number of the services now installed. The sub panel with the valves and regulators installed has been built up and installed and a number of the pipes around the area also fitted. Work continues in this area..

6. We have been working in a number of areas in support of the wing construction and this month have commissioned the manufacture of the special tank bay screws. Allied to this is the door attachment alloy brackets which were made from angle sourced from Transtar Metals. These are all now made and primed and ready to be fitted with the anchor nuts and screwed to the spars.

7. New springs have been made for the crew door handle, rudder pedal adjustment device and the crew door hinge. Special eye bolts for supporting the radiator structure to the front spar have been fabricated x 6

8. Work has begun on the dis-assembly of the fuel tanks for assessment and rebuild as has work on the main landing gear retract cylinders.

Woodwork

Here is the March/April 2007 report on our work on the Mosquito.

This month work has progressed on the top skin with the drilling and c/sinking screw holes and the overall fitting of the skin. With this located the drilling jigs have been mounted up and the rib bolt holes drilled.

Also with the skin in place it has been possible to router out the tank filler and vent holes in the upper surfaces.

Further work has continued on the tank door supports with the cutting & drilling of the angles. Sorting out tank supports, cutting & gluing on jigs.

Bevelling & fitting port outer tank door. Setting up packing strips and tank angles in tank doors.Making and fitting tank supports for the main wing tanks and the tank bearers for the fuselage tanks.

Fitting tank angles and tank doors and drilling bolt holes.Fitting electrical conduits in wing bottom skin.

With the outer skins in place the scarf's have been cut and the centre panel top skin drilled & csk. The drilling jigs were then mounted up & the bolt holes in no. 1 ribs drilled.

Work has also started on the flap assy again with sealing inside the wing. Assembling flaps, all ribs & nose ribs glued in place, torque tube fitted and bolted and the top skin fitted, drilled and glued on port flap. Sorting out trailing edge shrouds,fitting hinge rib posts on r spar. Machining timber and also, marking out and cutting shroud ribs.