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PROJECT PAGEKEMBLE MOSSIEAIM | LATEST |
NEEDS | BACKGROUND AIMTo support and assist in any way we can David Hall's Kemble Mossie Project. THIS is David's remarkable effort to re-create a de Havilland Mosquito B.IV from scratch to ground running condition. LATESTAnother BCH Friends-Active Volunteers painting session at Kemble is scheduled for 17/JUL/2004. We will combine this with more work on he Video Project as well. We are also going to have a second go at some night-time stills photography of the cockpit interior with the instruments lit up. Very tricky to do well in such a small aircraft, but it should produce some evocative images that do justice to David's remarkable detail work. Fingers crossed that it works this time - unlike the last attempt! We have just organized to do another BCH Display Event with the Kemble Mossie appearing on the stand, at the Kemble Airfield Open Day on 12/SEP/2004. Although the BCH Roadshow 2004 is much ramped back (to concentrate efforts on our projects) compared with our 2003 season, we think it is important to commit to this particular event with the Kemble Mossie as so much progress has been made on it this year. NEEDSWe are desperate for any help at all. Apart from general labour, we can find a use for most people's abilities at various times. Anything from being available at short-notice to "hump" a fuselage into place, to helping on the BCH Display Stand at one of the shows... HELP > BACKGROUNDWe are not claiming any great participation for BCH in the Kemble Mossie Project. It is purely David's vision, hard work and tenacity that has seen the Kemble Mossie Project come to fruition. What we are trying to do is just help in any small way that we can, as we believe David's project is so worthwhile. So far our input has been minimal but we have been able to help in small ways on a number of fronts such as "dumb" manpower; research, publicity, and a bit of general moral support as this is a solo effort by David. Slapping the odd bit of paint on the underside has been good, not only for David's back, but also our moral and enthusiasm. As the BCH Technical Archive grows, we hope to provide a bit more research help too. Our efforts in the area of publicity have been greater, and we have managed to start to get some Press Releases and articles about the Kemble Mossie Project into Flypast Magazine and other organizations Newsletters. Our own Newsletter Parramatter also features the Kemble Mossie often. Our first full season of doing displays saw the the BCH Roadshow 2003 attending 2 events at Kemble Airfield, with the Kemble Mossie on our joint stand with the F.A.S.T. (Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough - RAE). Both The Vintage Fly-In and the PFA Rally events saw large numbers of visitors attend and many showed great interest in what David is doing. As we have now at last started to get around to developing the BCH Website, we hope this will also help raise awareness about David's efforts.
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