Gaining Altitude - Flying a De Havilland Mosquito
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- čas přidán 1. 01. 2015
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This documentary tells the story of a Mossie through archival footage and interviews with veteran pilots. We follow the incredible process of restoring a plane that hasn't flown in more than 50 years. And, we’ll take to the skies with the world’s only known flying original Mosquito.
The Mosquito achieved legendary status in 1940, when it first took flight. Manoeuvrable, light, built of wood and the fastest aircraft on the planet. History tells us that the Mosquito was a crucial element in the victory of the Allied Forces in World War II. But because of its wooden construction nearly all of them have decayed away and it’s now one of the rarest planes in the world.
In 2009, an amazing and dedicated team was assembled and charged with the monumental task of fully restoring an original de Havilland Mosquito to flying condition. And that’s where our story begins.
If there's anything guaranteed to bring me up in goosebumps, it's the sound of a pair of Merlin's throttling up. Long live the DH Mosquito 😍
Even today, a truly beautiful and graceful aircraft. May the remaining ones fly on forever.
Nice that it was flying in Canada. My 102 year old father RAF Fl/Lt Colin Bell DFC flew a Canadian built DH Mosquito Mk25 Bomber similar to this with Packard Merlins. He and his Canadian navigator RCAF Doug Redmond DFC were stationed at RAF Downham Market, Norfolk , England in 1944/5 and flew 50 missions over Nazi Germany, 13 of them over heavily defended Berlin where they were pursued by a radar equipped 4 cannon Me 262 Swallow night fighter. You can see him flying in a San Antonio based Mosquito FB 4 years ago in a Lewis Air Legends You Tube but the Mosquito in this video is the version he flew almost 80 years ago. Prior to that he was a USAAC T6 advanced flying instructor at Napier Field, Dothan AL
A nice flight out of Victoria, B.C.
Thanks for the ride along
As a yank, BRAVO England. What an aircraft. Wish I owned one.
Such a clean and spacious cockpit and a great clock layout, it must be one of the best layouts of all WW2 planes, beautiful.
I met Steve Hinton at Duxford in 2007, great guy very polite and one of the best WW11 pilots around, not sure if there are WW11 planes he cant fly, great aircraft and even better that the prototype is still alive and kicking too, not many know the prototype and leading edge flaps which they uncovered many years later when they were recovering it, pity not more flying, lets hope they build a few more
Awesome. One of the best and most important aeroplanes of the war. About the time it was really becoming operational, they had the idea to make a 75% scale model, same engines, supercritical wing section, and a very narrow fuselage. One seat, lots of guns packed around the pilot. It was called the Hornet, and became operational about the end of the war. Like many other rather wonderful late war fighters, it got overtaken by jets. It was an absolute jem to fly, fast, beautiful handling, as agile as a single...
I think it was the best all around aircraft of ww2. Certainly the most thought out, functional, handcrafted, and most beautiful.
I knew a fellow who flew B-17's with the 8th Air Force. During the war he and some of the other pilots were taken to be checked out in the Mosquito. To my great surprise, he said he didn't enjoy the experience. After flying the, relatively, lumbering B-17, he couldn't get used to the Mosquito' s speed, particularly on landing. Things just happened too quickly for his taste.
Oh my. Just listen to those beauties humming!
A nice day for flying out of Victoria BC. Beautiful aeroplane. Thank you gentlemen.
Wow, What a great video. The view from the cockpit gives a hint of the power of the engines. I see why the crews loved it so much. Thank you
Nice flight pilot. Smooth. Thank you for the FPV ride.
Their is a company that will build a Mosquito to order, their facility always seems to has one in build for export to a customer. They are based at Ardmore, here in NZ
i have to admit that it breaks my heart that we dont even have one flying example here in the UK...... we have the parts and expertise to build several i would think but maybe it's just the cost? who knows.
Thank you for this. Such and amazing aircraft. The Skeeter was one of a kind.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Simply wonderful! Thanks so much for uploading this video. Extremely lucky middle-aged guys having a lot of fun - how I wish I had been up there with them.