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FSX – DeHavilland Mosquito BIV LR503. A repaint for the freeware DeHavilland Mosquito BIV for FSX from Dave Garwood at Classic British Flight Sim. LR503 was a de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk IX built at Hatfield in 1943. She was a veteran of 213 missions over Germany, last serving with No 105 Squadron.In May 1945 she was sent to Canada to display in support of the 8th Victory Loan Drive. Crewed by Flt/Lt J.M.W. Briggs and F/O J.C. Baker, the Mosquito put on a spectacular low level display on 9th May over downtown Calgary. This was to be repeated on the 10th May but tragically the aircraft struck metal poles on top of the Calgary control tower and crashed in a field, killing both crew members.

Repaint by Peter Watkins

8 MB Continua a leggere FSX – DeHavilland Mosquito BIV LR503

FSX – RNAS Twatt,Orkney, Scotland. Opened on the 1 April 1941 RNAS (HMS Tern) was used throughout the second world war by various Sqns of the Royal Navy undergoing training. The station had 4 concrete runways with various hangers and the usual building associated with a military base. It was also the first unit in the UK to experience a helicopter crash when a Sikorsky helicopter getting ready for take off; hit a parked Blenheim. The UK and Iceland where involved in what was called the cod wars in the early 1970s, and NATO was concerned that it would have to remove its bases from Iceland should the dispute escalate between the 2 countries and there was talk of Twatt becoming a NATO base. However, this did not happen and the idea was dropped. There was also talk of the unit becoming a base for helicopters supporting the oil industry, however, as a result of the drop in oil prices during the 80s that idea was also dropped. Most of the airfield has been returned to farming now with only the unique Control Tower and a handful of other building remaining.

By Terry Boissel

19 MB Continua a leggere FSX – RNAS Twatt

FSX – Royal Air Force Barford St John, Oxfordshire, England. RAF Barford St John is a Royal Air Force station just north of the village of Barford St. John, Oxfordshire, England. It is now a non-flying facility, operated by the United States Air Force as a communications centre with many large communications aerials, and is a satellite of RAF Croughton.

By Terry Boissel

19.5 MB Continua a leggere FSX – Royal Air Force Barford St John