Mosquito Update 2012

January 28th, 2012


Update on CF-HML - deHavilland Mosquito

Work has been progressing on the restoration of CF-HML. The Canopy glass is installed and complete. Wheels and tires are installed, the gear doors are installed and rigged and the gear swing is complete. The pneumatic system has been checked. Wiring is complete in the cockpit. Window piping is completed and the air drier installed. The engines have been overhauled by Vintage V12s and are back and ready to install.  Click here to see more!

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Crashed Turbo Otter Repair

April 9th, 2011

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De Havilland DHC-3 Turbo Otter SX-ARO nosed over during a water landing at an airshow in Biscarrosse, France.  Victoria Air Maintenance sent a small crew to France to disassemble the crashed aircraft, load it in a container and ship it back to Canada for repairs.

To have a look at a video of the crash and photos of the repair process CLICK HERE!



Mosquito Update January 2011

January 22nd, 2011

We’ve uploaded some recent pictures of the mosquito project.

Please click here to have a look at the progress!

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Mosquito Documentary

June 23rd, 2010

Resurrecting the Timber Terror

A Documentary Film by Pan Productions

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Over the last year, April Parry with Pan Productions has been keeping an eye on us here at Victoria Air Maintenance.  She is a local documentary film maker who has taken an interest in our restoration work.  April has put together a fantastic film showcasing the work we have been doing on the Mosquito project over the past year.



Mosquito Pictures

May 19th, 2010

We’ve uploaded some recent pictures of the mosquito project.

Please click here to have a look at the progress!

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Pictures of J-54

February 5th, 2010

Overhaul of Grumman G-73 Mallard J-54

Over the past few years we have been working on the overhaul of a Grumman Mallard.  Please click here to view some picture of the overhaul process.

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Mosquito Update February 2010

February 2nd, 2010

Work on the Mosquito has been moving forward over the past few months.  Mel and Marty have been running the new plumbing throughout the Mosquito.  Click below to view some pictures of the progress!

Please click here to see the new pictures of the project!

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T-28 Trojan Pictures

December 17th, 2009

The North American T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft that was used by the US Air Force and the US Navy starting in the 1950’s.  Victoria Air Maintenance has restored over 32 of these aircraft.  Click here to go to our project section and view some picture of a complete restoration that was done.

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Mosquito Update November 2009

November 18th, 2009

Work has been moving along during the last few months on the restoration of the deHavilland Mosquito.  We would like to thank the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Kermit Weeks for their help by allowing us to visit and take photographs of their Mosquito.  This is a huge help!  Thank you!

To view some of the pictures of the Mosquito Project at Victoria Air Maintenance and to read whats been going on, click here!



Chek News visits VicAir!

August 4th, 2009

Gordie Tupper with Chek News recently visited Victoria Air Maintenance to have a look at the Mosquito project

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