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Description
| Manufacturer: | De Havilland | |
| Base model: | D.H. 98 | |
| Designation: | D.H.98 | |
| Version: | B.Mk.XX | |
| Nickname: | Mosquito | |
| Basic role: | Bomber (UK) | |
Specifications
| Length: | 40' " | 12.3 m | |
| Height: | 12' 3" | 3.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 54' 2" | 16.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 450.0 sq ft | 41.8 sq m | |
| Gross Weight: | 21,934 lb | 9,968 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 21,980 lb | 9,970 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Packard Merlin 33 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1300 | ||
Performance
| Cruise Speed: | 200 mph | 322 km/h | 174 kt |
| Max Speed: | 369 mph | 594 km/h | 321 kt |
| Climb: | 2,200 ft/min | 670 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 34,500 ft | 10,520 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Canada Aviation Museum | +ttawa | Ontario |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Michael Collins Toronto, ON | And, yet again, Lynn Garrison's part in saving this aircraft, and other, is being forgotten. If you look at the Mosquito Society http://www.calgarymosquitosociety.com/ you will now discover that Richard de Boer is the new God and the fact that Lynn Garrison purchased, and saved the Mosquito, Hurricane and dozens of other aircraft has been relegated to one reference to Lynn Garrison's original purchase of the aircraft.
Earlier, there was an interesting article by a guy named McTavish that told the story. Unfortunately, the 45 - or so - aircraft he collected, during the sixties, hqve bee dispersed through stupidity, greed or criminality. Take a look at the following to see what Lynn Garrison has done for aviation, and other things, over the years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Garrison 07/07/2011 @ 09:00 [ref: 39912] |
| Bob Barker Calgary, Alberta, AB | My uncle flew a wooden bomber known as "The Timber Terror" or
"Wooden Bomber" This plane was in and out of enemy territory before you could think twice. My uncle was with the R.C.A.F 406 Squadron, which carried the title "We Kill By Night" It was August the 8th of 1945 when they were sent out on an undisclosed mission over Germany after the war. There were two in the plane, pilot and navigator when they found out that they had problems with one of there merlin engines 250 miles from base outside of Predinack Helston Cornwall England. They turned around and flew back to base less one engine and tried to land this plane only to find out that their landing gear was jammed, so they throttled ahead to try and regain enough momentum to get back in the air to come around once more again to come in on a crash landing, that did not work, they overshot the runway, and crashed into some military buildings, since the plane was made of wood, both were pinned and burned beyond recognition. This plane should remain a part of Calgary's history. Why is it that the city can throw away into the thousands of dollars on footbridges but cannot find the funding to preserve a piece of our past? Bob Barker 06/01/2010 @ 22:11 [ref: 26534] |
| Greg Morrison , AB | The $200,000 structure mentioned below is not an aircraft friendly building at all! When one puts an all aluminum aircraft into a tent with a dirt floor, the condensation build up is horrific! Take a plastic bag and put it over a plant, what happens? This is what is now happening to the Lanc, Twin Otter, DC-3 and Beech 18. 09/28/2008 @ 19:50 [ref: 22762] |
| Michael Collins Montreal, QC | There has long been a game in play. Some of the aerospace museum people in Calgary moved the Mosquito from the museum to an unkown site.
"Out of sight. Out of mind." They probably planned on the public forgetting that there ever was a Mosquito and then be free to sell it on the open market. The Calgary museum is scandalous. Each time one checks, it has disposed of something else. During the sixties, when I used to fly through Calgary, as an airline captain, there was a fine embryotic collection. It has been dissipated. If someone does not step in the Calgarians will be left with an empty building and a few models. Some time ago the provincial government gave the museum $1,000,000.00. The only thing they have to show for this is a long list of director's fees and a $200,000.00 covered structure. Unfortunately, there is no elective process under which the directors can be voted for, and changed, from time-to-time. Once a city become involved in running something like this, disaster must follow. MC 09/27/2008 @ 11:05 [ref: 22753] |
| R John Vandersluys Fort Macleod, AB | September 25, 2008.
I saw a segment on the Mosquito Bomber on CTV today with Mr. Richard de Boer talking about this aircraft. I was born and raised in Calgary and attended "North Mount Pleasent" grade school. I lived at 116 - 25th Ave. N.W. and one day in about '44 to '47 on my way home from school I watched in HORROR, one of these aircraft, travelling West to East, go down behind the Hanger of what was then "Calgary Municipial Airport" and come out the other side, in a low climb and about 2 or 3 Flaiming pieces. In those days I had a CLEAR VIEW from my rout home to the airport. This aircraft was buzzing around the Calgary area for a few days, before it went down. Nobody would believe me when I told them that "F for Freddy" had crashed. After the Six O'clock News they all apologised. I thing with this bit of history on Calgary and the Plyood Bomber that there is no way that the Bird in question should leave Calgary. Thankyou and Good Luck, R John. 09/25/2008 @ 11:20 [ref: 22739] |
| R John Vandersluys Fort Macleod, AB | September 25, 2008.
I saw a segment on the Mosquito Bomber on CTV today with Mr. Richard de Boer talking about this aircraft. I was born and raised in Calgary and attended "North Mount Pleasent" grade school. I lived at 116 - 25th Ave. N.W. and one day in about '44 to '47 on my way home from school I watched in HORROR, one of these aircraft, travelling West to East, go down behind the Hanger of what was then "Calgary Municipial Airport" and come out the other side, in a low climb and about 2 or 3 Flaiming pieces. In those days I had a CLEAR VIEW from my rout home to the airport. This aircraft was buzzing around the Calgary area for a few days, before it went down. Nobody would believe me when I told them that "F for Freddy" had crashed. After the Six O'clock News they all apologised. I thing with this bit of history on Calgary and the Plyood Bomber that there is no way that the Bird in question should leave Calgary. Thankyou and Good Luck, R John. 09/25/2008 @ 11:20 [ref: 22738] |
| Lynn Garrison Port-au-Prince HAITI, FL | The legal action I initiated in 1992 was aimed at blocking the sale of Lancaster FM-136 to the Confederate Air Force. There was never any effort, on my part, to to anything other than guarantee that the Lancaster would remain in Calgary.
In fact, the action never went to court. The City of Calgary agreed to keep all of the aircraft in Calgary, and now we have the City of Calgary considering disposal of the Mosquito. Had I taken steps earlier, the Spitfire I purchased in England, and one of the Hurricanes I brought from Saskatchewan, would not have left Calgary. The Spitfire is now in the collection of Microsoft's co-founder in Seattle. The Hurricane is in the UK. The Mustang I left in Lincoln Park is now in Carolina and the T-33 21001 I purchased from CADC is in Edmonton. All of these should have remained in Calgary A quote from an article referring to the City of Calgary's effort to dispose of the Mosquito follows: "De Boer said the city should let other museums restore the planes and keep both in Alberta to honour Canadian veterans." De Boer is right on target. If Calgary cannot do the job, the people in Nanton have asked for an opportunity to restore the aircraft. They have done a great deal with their museum over the years. With the recent deaths of Justice Milt Haradence and ex-Membr of Parliament Art Smith DFC, the aircraft collection lost two key people in blocking the dispersal of Calgary's aviation heritage. Perhaps Mr. De Boer can pickup the torch and carry on. I wish him the best of luck, and would love to hear how he progresses. I am faced with more immediate and pressing problems as I endeavour to find enough food for more than 500 small children who have nothing. Once we solve the starvation problem we will try to set up a school for them. Arguments about old aircraft and stupid Calgary politics seem to be from another universe and another lifetime. Lynn Garrison haitipro@bellsouth.net 08/14/2008 @ 15:27 [ref: 22459] |
| Richard de Boer Calgary, AB | Be it known that in the early 1990s Mr. Garrison launched a legal suit to enforce his claim to title over some of the airplanes in Calgary, now with the City and the Aero Space Museum.
Mr. Garrison's claims were defeated in court and he has no rights to any of the aircraft including the Mosquito, Hurricane and Lancaster. The museum is not trying to sell the Mosquito, they are advising its owners, the City of Calgary to sell it as the current management does not want it. The members of the museum association and I are vigorously working to retain the airplane in Calgary. 08/01/2008 @ 17:26 [ref: 22329] |
| LYNN GARRISON ort-au-Prince, CA | Mosquito RS-700, ex CF-HMS does not belong to the City of Calgary. My ex-wife and I purchased this from Spartan Air Services, via Jim Lipinsky, of that company. DeHavilland Canada took it apart for me. Their crew was led by William Duck. The CPR brounght it to Calgary where Shell was kind enough to store it for me.
I flew with 403 City of Calgary Squadron, RCAF, for 10 years. The Hurricane that crashed in the UK was one of my aircraft. When I was out of the country Peter D. Norman, who claimed to control the aircraft, got rid of one of my Hurricanes and a Spitfire Vb I purchased in England during 1963. Ex-403 City of Calgary Squadron ilot Tony Lansdowne, in England, purchased the aircraft from the government there. urnace and Whithey brought it to Vancouver for me. The CNR brought it to Calgary Peter Norman sent it to a guy by the name of Campbell in Ontario. I had problems tracing this aircraft since our documents originally applied to the wrong aircraft - BM-597. This Spitfire is now in the collection of Microsoft's co-founder in Seattle. Peter D. Norman staged a palace coup to grab the Air Museum of Canada, when I was out of the country coordinating an aviation film project, believing the aircraft belonged to the museum. All aircraft were purchased before the Air Museum of Canada's incorporation in April, 1964. Nothing was transferred to the entity. Peter D. Norman only managed to gain custody of several boxes containing papers, including my daughter's first school report card. I owned and opperated a War One aviation collection on an Irish airfield. Blue Max Aviation. My aircraft appeared in The Blue Max, You Can't Win 'Em All, Darling Lilli, Zeppelin, Richthofen & Brown, plus a load of TV shows. I collected some 30 aircraft for the Calgary display. Few are left. What did Peter D. Norman do with these. We lost a Mustang that I left as a display in front of the flag pole in Lincoln Park. I am advised, by my legal counsel, that Norman is guilty of Theft by Conversion, at the very least. The City of Calgary cannot be trusted with these displays. During 1993-1994 I learned that they were trying to sell my Lancaster FM-136 to the Confederate Air Force. The legal action I launched was the one that proved Norman, and his friends, gained control of some documents... AND NO CONTROL OF THE DISPLAYS!!! I purchased two Lancasters, FM-136 and KB-976. 976 is now in Kermit Weeks collection in Florida. It should have stayed in Calgary but people get greedy. My T-33, 21001 was never collected by Peter D. Norman, and his friends. It now sits on a pole in Edmonton. It is disgusting. I provided a balanced base for a great collection and these jerks continue to play games. You can Google Lynn Garrison Haiti or Lynn Garrison aviation to see my background http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71860 Lynn Garrison haitipro@bellsouth.net 06/23/2008 @ 07:56 [ref: 21580] |
| Allen Hein Houston, TX | I believe that if a museum, such as the Nanton Lancaster Society, would ask for support to purchase the subject aircraft, funds would be made available by Canadian aviation enthusiasts. It would be a shame to loose yet another piece of Canadian Aviation Heritage.
WHat is needed is someone with the ambition to start the process to secure pledges for the project. Is ther anyone out there? 05/03/2008 @ 19:39 [ref: 20787] |
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