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The People’s Mosquito Explores Exciting Collaboration with East Sussex College

Leave a Comment / News, Technical / Ian Homer

The People’s Mosquito is excited to announce a developing collaboration with East Sussex College, which offers an extensive range of courses to fuel ambition, including A-Levels, T-Levels, Technical and Professional programmes, Apprenticeships, and Inclusive Learning options. A lecturer from East Sussex College explains the composite build process to students during a visit to the Mosquito […]

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Join us at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels

3 Comments / General interest, News / Stewart Charman

The People’s Mosquito board members and committed volunteers are in action this weekend for Dunsfold Wings and Wheels on 26th & 27th August. The sun was shining on Saturday as the team met members of the public, resulting in a successful fundraising day. If you’re planning a trip on Sunday, be sure to visit The

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Online store refresh

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If you’ve not visited our online store for a while, you may be interested to hear that we’ve recently refreshed it somewhat. Not only does it look much smarter, but it’s easier to view, easier to shop and it works on mobile devices too. Visit The People’s Mosquito Store to have a look at it

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Mosquitoes – Paving the way for D-Day

2 Comments / Mosquito History, TPM Club / People's Mosquito

The moon shone on scudding clouds which fled before a gusty wind; the same strong wind whipped up 4 to 5 foot waves, which crashed onto a sandy shore, littered with strange steel obstacles. It was not as bad as last night, but the wind would pick up again, sometime in the next few days.

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BFBS Brize Norton interview – aired January 2016

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In December our Chairman and MD, John Lilley and Nick Horrox, our Director of Communications spoke to Jo Thoenes of BFBS Brize Norton (@bfbsbrize) about the project and the history of the Mosquito. The links to Oxfordshire started with the very first operational sortie by a Mosquito in 1941, from RAF Benson. Post-war, RAF Brize Norton

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DVD – The Geoffrey de Havilland Story

2 Comments / Mosquito History, News, Store offers / People's Mosquito

Available now at : “The Geoffrey de Havilland Story” – a drama documentary by commercial and display pilot Steve Bohill-Smith and award-winning, BAFTA nominated Director of Photography Ashley Rowe BSC. The home-made flying machine had just been rolled out of a shed in a field on the Highclere estate in Hampshire. It was the winter

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The Mosquito at 75

6 Comments / Mosquito History, News / People's Mosquito

This November 25th marks the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the de Havilland Mosquito. To celebrate this event and mark the anniversary, we take a brief look at how we got where we are today. The Birth of the Mosquito – the First True Multi-Role Combat Aircraft It was in the late 1930s

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Collaboration with the Vulcan to the Sky Trust

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We are delighted to confirm that The People’s Mosquito and the Vulcan to the Sky Trust are in discussions to see how we can work together towards the return of the iconic Mosquito to flight in the UK, a vision of similar significance to that of restoring the Vulcan to flight. We will be making

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The People’s Mosquito prints now available on eBay

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We are pleased to be able to now offer an outstanding set of exclusive Mosquito prints for sale online. The three high quality, 12″ x 16″ poster prints, have been created especially for The People’s Mosquito by Airpower Art, based on photographs by Neil Hutchinson Photography, and have proved so popular at airshows this summer, that we have decided to continue

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TPM Calendar 2016 now available on eBay

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Our 2016 calendar, which has proven so popular at this summer’s airshows, is now available to purchase from eBay, priced at £10 including p+p. SORRY, SOLD OUT

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