1945 DE HAVILLAND DH.98 FB MKVI MOSQUITO N474PZ, Pilot Mr. Steve Hinton Planes Of Fame Air Museum

[@ianturpin9180]

It's shameful that we don't have one flying in the RAF heritage flight in the UK.

[@hoagybob]

Don't worry as we give the Brits plenty of credit for their nonstop legacy of amazing aircraft. And this particular one is in very good hands...

[@Templar7832]

Check out the People's Mosquito. They are building one in Britain :-)

[@4shink]

Steve Hinton must be the contemporary equivalent of "Winkle" Brown in that he appears as the pilot of virtually every WWII rebuilt aircraft on You Tube....thank you Sir for the tender care of these historic relics.

[@keithallver2450]

When it comes to the Mossie, the Brits created a flying work of art.

[@itsonlyme9938]

Wood Screws and a pot of glue. is what its made from

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@itsonlyme9938 And a hell of a lot of skill. Top furniture and Piano maker's were seconded ,to build them.

[@simoncox658]

@@itsonlyme9938 really! It's a British engineering masterpiece and the most versatile aircraft of ww2

[@marklancaster2329]

The spitfire, hurricane , typhoon! The list goes on!

[@luvstellauk]

@@itsonlyme9938 It's how that wood and glue were used that makes the aircraft actually quite advanced for it's time.

[@aaaht3810]

That's one beautiful bird. So glad we have so many people dedicated to keeping these old warbirds flying.

[@MrDaiseymay]

This one is vertually brand new--totally rebuilt in New Zealand.

[@spikespa5208]

A case of form following function. And the form turned out absolutely gorgeous.

[@simongray8019]

Next to the Spitfire it's probably one of the most beautiful aircraft military aircraft ever built

[@MrDaiseymay]

True, but if it's 'next' to the Spitfire, there's no ' Probably' about it. Its a personal view I know.

[@genefortney9133]

Agreed

[@genefortney9133]

Almost a tie with the Spitfire

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Noooooooooo doubt about it!!

[@simoncox658]

I would say this, the spitfire, the p38 lightening and P51D mustang are all equally beautiful.

[@mcahill135]

Love the sounds of the Merlin engines whether it be a Lancaster, a Spitfire, a Hurricane or a Mustang. Great engine, great airplanes, great sound!

[@mcahill135]

And of course the Mossie too!

[@MarsFKA]

The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre has a Mosquito restored to display condition. The bonus - the really HUGE bonus - is that the engines still run. They brought it out each day during the Classic fighters Omaka air show at Easter and ran the engines up several times a day. The crowds came flocking and I flocked right along with them, betcha! Do a KZbin search for Classic Fighters Omaka 2023 and videos of the Mosquito with show up.

[@mothmagic1]

And it sounds slightly different in each type.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@mothmagic1 Each type used a different version of the Merlin engine, there were over 50 variations of the engine !!!

[@chrishay8385]

Awsome plane. wonderful that their are people with big enough wallets and skills to bring these amazing old aircraft back to life again,what a noise!!

[@robleary3353]

Not so much the aircraft, but! Also preserving the memory of those who flew them in combat and the female ferry pilots that flew them and other aircraft into the squadrons that needed them, plus the tireless ground and engineering crews that kept them flying. Lest we forget.

[@MrDaiseymay]

'NOISE; ? MUSIC !

[@topturretgunner]

What a beautiful airplane. The lines are a treat to the eyes.

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Thanks for posting your video of that beautiful De Havilland Mosquito! The sound of those Rolls-Royce Merlin engines is music to the ears!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

JackFleming 1500 of the Canadian built Mosquitos used the PACKARD made in America version of the merlin !! !

[@JackFlemingFan1]

@wilburfinnigan2142 True, but it doesn't matter either American or British built the engines sound fantastic!

[@littlepippin8445]

Did you know much of the wooden air frames for the Mosquitos were hand made in various different furniture makers and coach workshops up and down the country - these dedicated craftsmen had the best skills and tools to do the job.

[@MrDaiseymay]

That's more or less what Goering said.

[@roadsweeper1]

Thats one thing that Goering recognised about the mosquito, "In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked." production wasnt kept to just large, easily targeted aircraft factories, every piano and furniture factory out there was pushing out parts of the mossie.

[@littlepippin8445]

@@roadsweeper1 Hess managed to get to Scotland in a Messerschmidt in 1941 !!!

[@slammerf16]

@@littlepippin8445 that was a one way trip though.. 😏😏

[@MrDaiseymay]

AND--so it was in Canada, were many Mosquitos were made.

[@andrewrodger775]

The legendary Wooden Wonder. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@stevelukoski7152]

One of my models in my room as a child. I loved them. Spitfires , corsairs, b17s, lancasters...

[@geoffcrisp7225]

My uncle now dead flew these in the later stages of WW2, Eddy Crisp was his name.

[@REDLION0044]

Truly magical. Thanks to all who made this restoration possible.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

I think it's a Kiwi new build.

[@stealthkiwi1869]

And Kiwis made it fly again, went to the place in Clevedon Auckland where the concrete molds are to build the fuselage, great stuff.

[@chrisnorman8628]

No, Drury actually and the molds are made from wood. I was part of the team consructing the fuselage.

[@stealthkiwi1869]

@@chrisnorman8628 When I was at Glyn's property I was looking at concrete molds near the shed.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Clevedon eh ? thats 12 miles from me, in Somerset. Oh--wrong one.

[@stealthkiwi1869]

@@MrDaiseymay New Zealand

[@scienceistruth1924]

@@stealthkiwi1869 I think the original molds were made of concrete as I have seen one at Shenley where the Prototype is still housed, I guess it was used as they needed to be robust for production runs ,but the one off reconstruction I guess a wooden former was way more user friendly

[@Josephsaviationvp]

Thank you to all…you all have such great comments for this video and for the airplane. Keep ‘‘em flying!

[@lawrencespies8674]

The sexiest, most beautiful aircraft ever built! Next in line... Lockheed Constellation.

[@rogerwilliams2902]

Two round trips from the UK to Berlin with a few bombs, in one day....Mosquito and Mustang best looking planes of the war in my view.

[@slammerf16]

up to 4000lbs to Berlin - Express Delivery. She's Beauty AND the Beast!

[@alpearson9158]

@@slammerf16 considering the b-17 could only carry 4500 lbs for that distance it's quite illuminating

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@slammerf16 4,000# ONLY if the plane was modified to carry a modified bomb !!! Otherwise the bomb load of a bomber version ws 4 500# bombs !!! 2,000#'s !!!!!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@alpearson9158 USAAFspecs on wartime B17's were 6,000# for 2000 miles !!!

[@slammerf16]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 and yet the average load to Germany was 3900lbs for the B17. B24 was the better bomber. Mosquito carried up to 4000lbs as I said. Yes they were modified with bulging bomb bay doors but that was it. Same engines.

[@robertbate5790]

Absolutely brilliant. Many thanks to all concerned for saving such an important piece of flying history, and all that it, and others like it, stand for. Memory is short, but history lives forever.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

I think it's a Kiwi new build.

[@robertbate5790]

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Ok, thank you. 🇬🇧

[@colinmiles1052]

THE Most beautiful thing in the sky ever! Great work!

[@robleary3353]

Love the roar and echo of those Merlins. How can such a gracefull aircraft be a warbird?.

[@212MPH]

It's a British aircraft we dont use Americanisms like war bird. It's not a bird is it ?

[@robleary3353]

@@212MPH naff off!. It's a generic description.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@212MPH Don't be so pedantic, War Bird id a well known expression in Britain.

[@212MPH]

@@MrDaiseymay you mean wannabe Anerican Brits. Never heard the old boys at Duxford restoration use the term.

[@arkhsm]

If those 8 machine guns in the nose were aiming at you, you'd feel like a mouse in a field, with a hawk coming for you !!

[@arthurblundell6128]

Geoffrey de Havilland's work was rejected in 1938 (the ministry wouldn't accept a wooden plane) but he carried the work on and was given an order for 50 aircraft in 1940....the aircraft then wrote its own legacy -- able to handle any job thrown at it

[@mitchblum3213]

Absolutely one of the most beautiful and deadly flying machine ever built!

[@MrDaiseymay]

My favourite Mozzie raids, was the two seperate raids on Berlin in Daylight, When three planes, each bombed and machine gunned Goering's Hour long Radio Speech to the People, causing it to be postponed, and 2 hours later, doing the same to Gobbels speech . Sadly , one plane was downed and the crew killed, they are buried in a Berlin Cemetary.

[@leonardlloyd1089]

The mosquito is one of my favorite WW2 planes!

[@rogergclark1]

My Dad worked on these planes during the war at Hatfield Essex

[@AviationHighlights]

What a beautiful sound and sight. Can’t wait to have one of these home in the UK again!

[@malck234]

It's the one aircraft the BoB memorial flight is missing....

[@AviationHighlights]

@@malck234 Very much so. There are a couple on the way though, not for the BBMF but from other companies. Furthest one ahead is The People's Mosquito.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Then why don't you do as I, and many Mozzie fans have done, and donate to ''The Peoples Mosquito Fund'', which is well on it's way. As usual . it takes money---to restore these wonder's of the Air.

[@AviationHighlights]

@@MrDaiseymay Absolutely, and I have. I’ve been a member for a few years now.

[@RogersRamblings]

There's only one thing better than a Merlin engine in a Hurricane or a Spitfire and that's two Merlins in a Mossie. Good work by the team that rebuilt it.

[@davidstroud7428]

Try 4 in a Lancaster??

[@RogersRamblings]

@@davidstroud7428 That's the one thing better than two Merlins in a Mossie. 😂

[@planeman1995]

My children live near the De Havilland museum not far from Edgware. I have visited it 4/5 times and am enthralled every time I visit. A definite must see for all aviation enthusists. I also served in the RAF at Northwood in 1964 and saw Warrant Officer Moore there a few times, a former WW2 Mosquito navigator. An immensely respected man. 1 also flew back from Singapore in 1954 on a Canadair Argonaut, basically a DC4 but with Merlin engines. What a treat for a young boy aged 7. (My dad was in the British Army).

[@sophdog1678]

Spitfire pilot: My plane has a Merlin engine! Mosquito pilot: Pfft. My plane has TWO Merlin engines. Lancaster pilot: Hahaha, you crazy kids.

[@woooster17]

Mosquitoes.. a beauty & for sure formidable.. I live just 20 minutes away from the De Havilland museum in London Colney UK..

[@chriswhitton2854]

Thanks very much Joseph. Great work.

[@rmstitanic8163]

The Wooden Wonder. A pure masterpiece! 👌

[@sundownerstudios4614]

That was a great day for sure and your video captured it! Well done!

[@ColinH1973]

Excellent footage, Joe. Thanks from the UK.

[@mikejohnson5900]

Love the Mosquitos - what a beautiful aircraft!

[@andersandersson5815]

The engines sound...it's really amazing😋👍

[@joecappello6043]

Why couldn't they fly just above tree top level let the public really hear this beautiful plane go by with the supercharger's opened up, that wonderful battle sound.

[@Josephsaviationvp]

My guess is that the flight needed to be flown at normal operating flight rules because the air traffic tower is operating with other airplane traffic departing and arriving…it’s not closed air traffic during the Planes of Fame Museum’s Live Demo events. Airshows are under different rules. Would be a nice engine sound though. Appreciate the comment.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Outstanding footage Joseph 👍😎 Like & Subscribed 👍😎

[@Josephsaviationvp]

Awesome Thanks

[@markg4459]

What a beauty! Wouldn't you love to see the panel up in the cockpit?

[@peterhoulis1184]

Great design and and awesome aircraft , thx for your service

[@Josephsaviationvp]

Just announced…the Mosquito is back at Planes of Fame Air Museum…& this coming November 4th, it will be again flying at their Live Hangar Event.

[@adrianrouse5148]

Thanks for a great film. Would love to hear what the pilot thought of it

[@MrDaiseymay]

There are several Vids on YT , of interviews with maker, buyer, and crew.

[@murielsmith8922]

I didn't know that both engines rotated the same way. I thought one went clockwise and the other countclockwise to allow for torque stress on the air frame.

[@steveNCB7754]

Don't quote me, but I think the late variants did eventually have opposing engine rotation, but the earlier ones (like this one) rotated the same way. This made them a handful on take off and there were accidents, especially for trainee pilots.

[@slammerf16]

It was simpler to have two identical engines. Britain wasn't exactly flush with Merlin production. The pilots advanced the left throttle ahead of the right to counteract the natural swing. If you've got a gaming PC I'd thoroughly recommend investigating the mosquito in DCS. It's fantastic😊

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@steveNCB7754 Correct

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Pilots know that it is almost irrelevant. It is a big thing to KZbin non-flying ‘pilots’.

[@kumasenlac5504]

@@steveNCB7754 The real tragedy is that RR had made paired Merlins (76 and 77) by 1942.

[@nathonhamilton4524]

Wow, what a plane...thanks

[@richstanton8545]

A beautiful aircraft that is immortalized in Frederick Forsyth's novella, "The Shepherd"

[@aviationavenue2261]

7:48-7:53-I was talking to a pilot named John Collver and his mechanic who moved to Wyoming.

[@MrDaiseymay]

nice--so what was said ?

[@aviationavenue2261]

“We are live at the Planes of Fame Air Museum!”

[@sabrekai8706]

ah the sweet sound of Merlins. Be it one, two or four, you can't beat it.

[@ssnerd583]

what a sound a flight of Lancasters must have made going over....

[@sabrekai8706]

@@ssnerd583 I"m lucky, I don't live far from Hamiton where the Canadian Lancaster is based. I see her about 6x a year flying over.

[@sceneanuerebelrebel9244]

Well done keep them flying !

[@paulgbar666]

A fantastic aircraft that took the fight to the Nazis. A great war winning weapon. To have still flying a great commemoration to those killed in action in this aircraft. Guy Gibson and Pickard probably the most well known casualties.

[@pointblankracer6274]

Awesome. I Fly her on DCS World, great to see the real bird in action, Thank you for posting.

[@16rumpole]

the wooden wonder, what a great plane.

[@bruceboatwright7488]

I'm not embarrassed to admit that for years I failed to notice the five, instead of six exhaust stacks....two outlets are apparently siamesed for clearance issues?

[@MrDaiseymay]

True

[@patrickfave4008]

This is what I call a nice sound!

[@michaelpass2176]

One of my favorite airplanes.

[@steveaustin6467]

its a work of art, period.....

[@1chish]

This was the aircraft that really bugged Hermann Goring. He said words to the effect that: "The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops!" This was probably the most adaptable aircraft in WWII: It was possibly the fastest prop aircraft. It mounted 4 cannon and 4 machine guns as a fighter It could deliver the same bombload a B-17 could to Berlin and be back in the UK before the B-17s got there. It could deliver a 'Highball' bouncing bomb with accuracy. When fitted with a Molins "6-pounder Class M" cannon it could sink U Boats (Tsetse version) Both the USAAF and the RAF used them as long range fast Photo Reconnaissance aircraft. And of course it laid the Pathfinder flares for the heavy bombers to light up the targets. To the UK's shame we never kept a flying version for our BoB Historic Flight.

[@nightjarflying]

As much as I like the Mossie: The Goering quote is questionable. It certainly was not the fastest prop aircraft - in that era there were at least six airplanes that were faster by 1945 at any altitude you care to mention. At normal European bombing ranges the B-17 carried double or treble what the Mossie could carry at its maximum & the quoted max 4,000 lb bomb load of the Mossie was a "cookie" single bomb carrying incendiaries in an enlarged bomb bay. The other thing to note is expertise: the 2-man crew of the Mossie were very experienced cream-of-the-crop aircrew & they had to be - a fully loaded Mossie needed guts just to get it off the airfield, whereas the B-17 was relatively tame & easily flyable in just a few hours.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@nightjarflying You have answered your own question. That comment was made when the project was first demonstrated to the RAF in 1941, and was true claim. This was UNIQUELY designed as a very fast bomber, which was intentionally unarmed, and relied entirely on speed, as protection. Like the Spitfire and ME109, they were developed right through the war, havng record amounts of alterations and engine power increases. Mostly to play Cat & Mouse with their oponents. BUT, in the Mosquitos case, there was almost a model type, to suit ANY Mission. With more armaments, obviously affecting top speed etc etc. As the war progressed, other new models were obviously more powerful. But the Mosquito, rightly claimed it's speed record, in the early years . As for bomb loads, the variation in weapon type, was unequalled. Your claim about the Bomb load, needs rechecking. The Mosquito could and did, make two flights to Berlin and back, before any heavy bomber got to Berlin on it's one and only flight. And with just two crew members.

[@nightjarflying]

@@MrDaiseymay The speed claim is not given a time frame by the commenter - the way it is framed makes it incorrect. My claim about bomb load: the Mosquitoes that bombed Berlin were unmodified & therefore did not carry the internal 4,000 lb 'cookie cutter' munition. Their total load was around 2,500 lb on those missions. On shorter missions than Berlin the B17 carried a LOT more bomb load than the Mosquito - this is due to the reduced fuel requirement allowing more bomb load - something the Mosquito couldn't equal. A Brit-based Mossie never flew 2,400 miles in the time it took a heavy bomber to fly 600 miles so your "can & did" is bollocks.

[@1chish]

@@nightjarflying There is no question about Goring's quote. It was made in 1943 after some Mosquitos put his broadcast in Berlin off the air. The rest of the quote is: "There is nothing the British do not have. After the war is over I’m going to buy a British radio set - then at least I’ll own something that has always worked.” Given the Mossie first flew in 1940, introduced in 1941, there were no faster prop aircraft. Especially Fighter bombers or night fighters. It was faster than the FW190 and BF-109 by some margin and even the later P-38 and P-51B / C / D. The P-47 of 1943 was faster and why I wrote 'possibly'. There were very few faster prop aircraft when introduced and for some years after. You of course chose 1945. I am not sure quite why you felt the need to change the circumstances of my comparison to favour the B-17. I was making the very simple point that for a raid on Berlin it delivered the same bombload as a B-17. I am not sure what "normal European bombing ranges" actually means as there was no such thing as 'normal'. However if you want to make comparisons on a like for like basis the Lancaster was able to deliver 2 1/2 times the bombload of a B-17. As for your very subjective comment on abilities of pilots there were nearly 7,800 Mossies built so that is a lot of "very experienced cream-of-the-crop aircrew" ! Again I am not sure why you feel the need to somehow make out the B-17 is a better aircraft than the Mosquito. The two are completely different aircraft but their performances can be compared on longer range targets.

[@nightjarflying]

@@1chish The Goering quote is still very much debatable! The Wiki editors will not permit that quote to appear on the DH Mosquito page until someone produces better evidence. The quote is all over the internet, but not in any of my aircraft books nor my history books. It does not appear in any book published before 1956 for sure & nobody AFAIK can give a reliable book reference for later than 1956. The discredited author David Irving refers to part of the longest quote [the bit about him green & yellow with envy] but we know that was with reference to Radar, so we can be sure that many [if not all] of the internet versions of what Goering supposedly said are bunkum. There is a great internet industry conjuring up junk quotes from WWII figures. IF it is true, then the most likely occasion where he spoke the quote in German was at an aircraft manufacturer's conference at his home Karinhall, but there's no evidence on paper anywhere & it's likely that it's a mishmash of things Goering said during his hours long speeches / harangues / rants. But we don't know whose memory we are relying on - an after the fact memory at that. There was a stenographer at Karinhall, but I can find no reference to output from that potential source. Unlike Allied heavy and medium bomber crews, Mossie aircrew pairs routinely operated in daylight at extremely low altitudes [15 to 50 metres] against defined small land targets such as an individual building or small block of buildings, or on night 'intruder' missions circling German night fighter airfields, or as night pathfinders for the Lancaster bomber stream, or on low level anti-shipping anti-sub raids, or on photorecce duties. This required a lot more skill & judgement from the pilot & navigator.WT than needed to fly 95% of heavy bomber missions [yes there were some specialist Lancaster sqns such as 617] - and that was very much a consideration in crew selection. For example Intruder & Pathfinder crews generally graduated to the Mossie from the Lancaster.

[@shanegill]

Brings a tear to the eye…

[@leeheather3195]

Favourite plane of all time.only in England will we strap 2 Merlins to a lump of wood and have a que of pilots wanting to fly it.

[@narabdela]

Where's Soaring Tractor these days? I miss his insightful and thoughtful contributions.

[@Coltnz1]

His nurse keeps him on strong tranquillisers.

[@hazelnut49]

Great video!

[@pauljwilliams62]

Thank you for sharing

[@dr.lareme7737]

Probably the most versatile aircraft of WWII. Anti-shipping and sub, recon, ground attack, night fighter, bomber, and a "nuisance" strike aircraft. Someone once asked what if Britain stopped production of four engine heavy bombers and dedicated construction to the Mosquito?

[@kumasenlac5504]

The number of aircraft lost would have gone down (and with only two crew lost), with two sorties per night rather than one the weight of bombs delivered would have doubled and more of them would have hit the target.

[@fatboyrowing]

Thanks for sharing!

[@bruceburns1672]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this aircraft a private venture until seen by the government and then ordered .

[@slammerf16]

It was. Geoffrey de Havilland believed in the fast bomber concept and funded it through the design process until the RAF stumped up the cash. The RAF (not alone, to be fair) were invested in the heavy bomber approach but it quickly became clear that the bomber wouldn't "always get through" (As in the BoB for the Germans). The USAAF made it work once they had accepted that their heavies (which had always been always better armed) would need escorts for the whole trip. It could be argued that de Havilland was right all along, especially when you take the low loss rate of the mosquito into account, and the mosquito delivered bombs with great efficiency but it seems unlikely that the RAF could have replaced all it's heavies with a much greater number of mosquitoes. Mosquito wasn't produced very quickly

[@mingology7767]

What a beautiful airplane!!! 🥰

[@Andy-qo6rq]

Another one was the Tsetse mosquito this had a six pound quick firing gun just underneath its nose used for small ship and submarine killer. Seen on KZbin in action awesome bit of kit. 👍

[@MrDaiseymay]

Despite being wooden, this large GUN didn't shake the structure about.

[@bobnewkirk7186]

Is that Rod Lewis' Mosquito and is it based at Chino now?

[@212MPH]

Fantastic the old path finders

[@roadsweeper1]

you missed the best bit.... the takeoff, when those twin merlins get to full power and sing as it races down the runway...

[@martinbell3175]

Watch Rod Lewis's Lewis Air Legends KZbin filmed at San Antonio four years ago when my 98 year old father, former RAF Fl/Lt Colin Bell DFC , was taken up in it. Dad was a 1941- 43 USAAC T6 advanced flying instructor at Napier Field, Dothan AL before going to England and flying 50 RAF Pathfinder LNSF bombing ops in an OBOE fitted Canadian built Mk 25 bomber with US Packard Merlins over Nazi Germany including 13 'Berlin Express ' to the heavily defended Nazi capital. In early 45 he was pursued by a 100 mph faster Me 262 'Swallow' radar equipped, 4 X 30mm cannon, night fighter but managed to shake it off. He's now 102.

[@sblack48]

What is the mast thing sticking down just aft of the pilot’s entry door?

[@Teddykhil]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[@edgaraquino2324]

Nice! Thanks!😊

[@Sch00lbu5]

I wanted to see/hear a full throttle take off

[@bobbyvance4725]

A work of art ,,, National Monument,,, should I go on ???

[@AndreiTupolev]

Interestingly, the BBMF Lancaster is PA474 and that's PZ474

[@leonardtrevino8436]

Is this bird based at SAT?? I saw it fly over some time back.

[@roberthenry9319]

Wow. Awesome.

[@av8tor261]

Well done!

[@septiccalling8341]

If that’s not a thing of beauty, I don’t know what is……..

[@MrDaiseymay]

They didn't look this beautiful in combat mind.

[@septiccalling8341]

@@MrDaiseymay …..Could be; depends on your point of view, I guess. Still, it doesn’t detract from the fact that this is a thing of beauty.

[@adriankaill9413]

You can hear every German still quaking with the noise of those merlins...

[@razor1uk610]

some of the crowd are unknowing in the few comments you can hear... their used to high pressure tyres, concrete runways and nothing close to low altitudes, unless their watching air-racers or crop-dusters.

[@davidgpeterson]

She’s in beautiful shape!

[@bruceburns1672]

Name one other aircraft that would come close to the legacy of this aircraft , the only other plane I can think of is the ME 262 but was too late in having any effect on WW2 but no doubt an engineering marvel of the time.

[@MrDaiseymay]

It was very fast, and ideal for downing bomber's, but was vulnerable when coming into land. ( very slowly) Mosquito pilots would pounce on them from the rear.

[@aviationavenue2261]

0:23-That’s me in the bottom left corner

[@MrDaiseymay]

was that you licking the tires ?

[@aviationavenue2261]

@@MrDaiseymay no. Not me.

[@ivankuljis1780]

That there is a BEAUTY!

[@briangreen6602]

Is that correct , one of only four airworthy ? I thought there was just the two.

[@alouettedemer5366]

Beautiful

[@22SAMURAJ]

That was Great. Realy Good.

[@Haituk1]

The tip of the leading edge of the port wing seems to have been damaged.

[@ianpope2460]

Hi, i think you will find that it is a glass cover for a navigation light.

[@dintexas2095]

W O W. ! What a beautiful bird !

[@michaelpalmer9849]

Just beautiful

[@thomasfischer1017]

Magic....⭐🛩⭐👍⭐🌝⭐

[@IgorMint-tp2wm]

Отличный лёгкий(фанерный,как оценивал его Геббельс в своих дневниках)высотный бомбардировщик с хорошей бомбовой нагрузкой.Гансам(инфраструктуре,жителям,летунам и ПВО) в сороковые причинял немалые проблемы,т.к."достать" его было очень непросто.

[@degeneffe20]

Beautiful 😍

[@tulsaguy9963]

Many test pilots died testing Gs with this wooden wing! Snapped off!

[@Coltnz1]

Sources?

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Some phone flight game.

[@григорийгришин-ъ9щ]

Очень эротичные формы у транспортного средства!

[@martindaly1229]

Great bird , light , fast , till you got hit by some 50 cal machine guns , much respect to the guy's who flew them in combat , considering he was probably 20 ISH years old ,

[@wadeconnell1493]

Kiwi aircraft engineering....check out Peter Jackson's work in that Country.

[@仁科直文]

私のような世代には､Mosquito ="633 Squadron"である。しかしFB仕様の機首は力強く腹部もスマートで美しい姿であると、私は思う。そして､80年経過しても劣化しない板の接着剤に、私は驚愕している。