52 January/February 2022
COURTESY WARREN DENHOLMa Mosquito revival had never been closer.
When an American client took delivery
of an aircraft that AvSpecs had just com-
pleted, I suggested to him that, with Glyn’s
help, a Mosquito project might actually be
within reach. What followed was a three-
way partnership to accomplish something that had never
before been attempted.W
e began looking for an original aircraft to serve
as the foundation of our Mosquito build, and we
soon located a mangled and rotten airframe that
had been all but lost to the elements in Canada. The fuselage
woodwork was extremely dilapidated. The engine installa-
tions and landing gear were missing, and the wing was rotten
and beaten up. The fuselage was too weak to support itself, so
we divided the carcass into separate chunks and shipped it
home to New Zealand in three shipping containers.
Our job as aircraft restorers is to start with as much as we
can and replace as little as possible, but the Mosquito was
a special case. About 40 percent of this plane, by weight,▲ The two
fuselage halves
come together.
◀ Copper bond
ing prevents
interference in
the electronics.