AirVenture Mosquito Cockpit Tour

[@johnblunt1834]

I used to have a friend, Charles Day. He flew a Mosquito Tsetse out of Banff Scotland as a navigator. He told me that one time they were 'bounced' by 109s so his pilot pushed the throttles through the gate. 400+ mph and the tail was flexing as they flew out to the North Sea and home. He had photos to, mostly stamped secret. Sadly he is no longer with us. A great, very quiet and modest guy!

[@garywheeley5108]

My uncle was a navigator in 248 flew from Banff and Portreath shot down over Norway 25 March 1945

[@johnblunt1834]

@@garywheeley5108 Hard times... also an uncle, in Burma, Beaufort shot down.

[@321fightson]

Wow, that looks brand new. Fantastic effort on behalf of EVERYONE involved in restoring this beautiful classic lady.

[@timhancock6626]

This project is so overwhelmingly impressive, and the quality is amazing. For years nobody thought restoring Mosquitoes to flying was even possible, and now they've done four of them. We have a ground runner here in the UK and the story behind that is impressive enough, and we have a few in museums. To see film of them flying in immaculate condition is a great credit to all those involved.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

An excellent rebuild ! The amount of research that went into this is mind boggling, and I find it unbelievable that anyone can give this a thumbs down, there are some strange people in this world, (I suppose it must have been the anti American boring tractor).

[@sblack48]

I love how the portable gps is just below the morse code key! Thank you so much Glyn Powell for taking on the impossible task of making the fuse molds and rediscovering how to build mosquitos. If not for you they would all be gone. Rest in peace.

[@grahamsproductionz]

wow i didnt realize the aircraft was so unique. Also, the detail put into this restoration is incredible, i would have totally overlooked the wind down antenna.

[@TheRAFfc]

DIT-DAH-DIT THANKS FOR TOUR GIVES ME GREAT MEMORIES OF MY TIME IN EGYPT SOOO LONG AGO LOST A CAP OF PROP :)

[@karlaiken6152]

Great cockpit tour. Rather different from the Bomber cockpit version. Great restoration job. Thanks for sharing.

[@robertgill3907]

Mad respect for the crew who flew these, scary plane plus combat WOW.

[@TangoDeltaDelta]

Awesome video. More than most other videos on this wonderful airplane.

[@captaingordon]

Love you guys! Thanks for all the dedication 🍻

[@dcaonoek]

My Favourite! She is stunning and trust a kiwi to have built her... Great job all round! makes me happy to know another one is out flying.

[@homunculous007]

A modeler's goldmine. Copious thanks. Fabulous vid.

[@Neilazbiker]

Thanks for the tour. That is just one bad ass airplane.

[@fleetwoodray]

Excellent review of the cockpit.

[@simonyouens2152]

I was lucky enough to be able to sit in the cockpit of this Mosquito while it was still in New Zealand. One thing that is not clear from the video is that the cockpit is so narrow that the navigator's seat is slightly aft of the pilot's, so that they don't rub shoulders.

[@RTD1947]

EXCELLENT TOUR!!!

[@Agwings1960]

The round thingy on top of a spitfires stick, is called a spade. Just in case anyone wants to know.

[@gmcjetpilot]

Great cockpit gen fam ready to fly it.

[@rogerchanning]

Love this plane. My dad was a navigator on them in WW2

[@MarsFKA]

I've been watching this with my eyes shut! I just noticed that there are *two* Mosquitos there. How neat is that?

[@track1219]

Nice , I believe the DeHavilland Heron had air brakes and flaps also.

[@IrishManJT]

Fantastic!

[@SVELFARO]

I am sure there are plenty of guys that would be happy to make that radio station A working one.

[@stewartshaw9872]

Gr8 in fact gorgeous Why do vintage aircraft commentaries have to have background music??

[@b.chuchlucious5471]

It's background music in the warbird area at Oshkosh.

[@tune7333]

Beautiful restoration but I'll say just this. No wing overs, no loops and treat it gently...cant afford to see another one hit the deck like the one in the UK.

[@JohnnyJTav]

Awesome... Just Love it

[@joevanseeters2873]

What's the purpose of the straight stick (more fighter style with the hand grip and buttons) rather than the typical "yoke" steering wheel design on the original reconnaissance version of the Mosquito? I am guess it was that the stick was easier to use in a dog fight or ground attack version the photo taking Mosquito's that just needed to fly high and fast and get the hell out of the there like they were being chased by the whole German Luftwaffe! I just wondered why they had two totally different versions of the yoke/stick assembly in the Mosquito's. The P-38 was a twin engine fighter that used the more traditional "steering wheel" style yoke assembly. While the P=38 Lightning wasn't particularly known as the "best" fighter per se, it held many records at the beginning of WWII and was the worlds faster fighter until the Mosquito came onto the scene, many fighter pilots stated that they liked the P-38's steering wheel style yoke design and it make the fighter aircraft easier to fly and control, especially when in a dog fight or in their more typical "zoom and boom" technique, staring from high altitude and preferably out of the sun and dashing down in a slashing attack against their enemy, then using their built up speed to quickly bring the aircraft back up to a high altitude coming around to strike again on their next intended enemy aircraft. America's top three Aces of all time all flew the P-38 Lightning scoring all of their kills in the aircraft. I'm really curious to know what other FIGHTER's throughout history have used the "Steering Wheel" type yoke assembly? Does anyone have any information on that?

[@joevanseeters2873]

Oh, and by the way, this has to be the most beautifully restored Mosquito since the original aircraft's rolled off the assembly line back in the 1940's.

[@pup1008]

When they fitted a large calibre field gun on them to take out U-boats on the surface they reckon the plane used to almost stop mid air from the recoil. All that in a plane that is basically wooden lolly sticks held together with glue!

[@longshot7601]

What's better than having a Merlin pull you about the sky? Why TWO Merlins, of course.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Even when those "Merlins" are only V-10s and are short a cylinder and exhaust port and "stack" on each cylinder bank? Is counting not your thing? And yes, it "appears" that there are two cylinders "feeding" a single "stack" but that's also about as "odd" and idiotic a way to "plumb" exhaust on what is the FUNNIEST-LOOKING "MERLIN" I'VE EVER SEEN AND DOESN'T EVEN APPEAR TO BE A "V" ENGINE AT ALL. LOOKS MORE LIKE "HALF A MERLIN" WITH "DUMMY EXHAUST" ONE ONE SIDE. WHICH ISN'T SURPRISING AT ALL SINCE THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL TO FIT A "WHOLE MERLIN" THAT'S CLOSE TO 5 FEET WIDE IN THOSE NARROW LITTLE "PLYWOOD" NACELLES. IT SURE AS HELL DOESN'T "RUN" LIKE A V-12 EITHER. WAY TOO SMOOTH AND EVEN WHICH IS NOT THE CASE WITH "TWO SIX-CYLINDERS SHARING A CRANKSHAFT" AS THE TYPICAL IDIOT WANNABE "ENGINEER" MERLIN FANBOY WOULD SAY. PUTTING "TWO SIX-CYLINDERS" IN A "V" AND CONNECTING THEM TO ONE CRANKSHAFT RUINS ALL THE INHERENT SMOOTHNESS AND BALANCE OF AN INLINE SIX-CYLINDER AND YOU END UP NEEDING "BALANCE SHAFTS" LIKE THE OVERHEAD CAMSHAFTS IN A "MERLIN" TO MAKE THEM RUN "SMOOTH". YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE THE ROTATING/RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP THE CRANK AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP THE BANKS 'ALIGNED" USING "FORK AND BLADE" CONNECTING RODS AND VERY "LOW" ENGINE SPEEDS COMPARED TO WHAT INLINE SIXES RUN EASILY UP TO 2-2.5 TIMES AS FAST WITH "INTERNAL BALANCE" AND THAT'S WHY THOSE SHITTY MERLINS NEED ALLISON RODS TO "LIVE" UNDER "HIGH LOAD/HIGH SPEED" CONTINUOUS OPERATION. YOU WON'T FIND A "MERLIN " MOTORSPORTS" ENGINE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OR EVEN ONE "REBUILT" FOR A "RESTORED" AIRCRAFT OWNED/OPERATED BY ANYBODY WITH A CLUE STILL RUNNING MERLIN CONNECTING RODS. MOST OF THEM HAVE ALLISON "VALVETRAINS" UNDER THOSE FANCY "ROLLS-ROYCE" VALVE COVERS, TOO. OVERALL, THAT "MERLIN" LOOKS A HELL OF A LOT LIKE...ANYTHING BUT A "MERLIN" MADE BY THE ONLY COMPANY THAT MADE "GOOD" MERLINS WHICH WAS PACKARD. MIGHT BE AN "EARLY" MERLIN WHICH WASN'T A "MERLIN" AT ALL OR THE LATER "MERLINS" WEREN'T SINCE THE "EARLY MERLIN" WAS/IS ESSENTIALLY A "COPY" OF THE U.S. "LIBERTY V-12". WHICH DID NOT "BECOME" THE "ALLISON". WHATEVER THE POWERPLANTS ARE, THAT PILE OF SHIT COULD NO MORE "BREAK 400 MPH" IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT WITHOUT BEING TOWED BY A B-29 THAN IT COULD CARRY A "GRAND SLAM" BOMB OR OR WHATEVER ::SUPPOSEDLY "WORLDS LARGEST" BOMB IT SUPPOSEDLY "CARRIED". With less than 4000 lbs. difference between its supposed "empty weight" and its "maximum takeoff weight", it wouldn't carry jack shit besides a coupe of little bombs, some fuel, the aircrew and a few prayers that plywood piece of shit didn't "splinter" in mid-air. That any "engineer" thought "plywood" is LIGHTER AND CHEAPER than "aluminum" only provides another "inconsistency" between "reality" per the "British" and the REAL WORLD where you don't do anything but SHEET ROOFS AND FLOORS WITH PLYWOOD AND YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY "MOLD" IT LIKE FIBERGLASS BECAUSE THE WOOD FIBERS AREN'T FLEXIBLE AND CANNOT BE "WET" WHEN "LAYERED: AND "GLUED" BECAUSE THE "PANEL" WILL SHRINK, WARP AND CRACK IF IT EVER "CURES" AT ALL SINCE "WOOD GLUE" AND "WET WOOD": DO NOT FUCKING MIX.

[@lesfox2010]

The principal reason the plane was made of wood was because of the scarcity of metal in Britain to make them. The wood worked well for the most part and the approval to build them in the first place would probably never have been granted for an all metal aircraft, as the design was seen as rather radical. So wood was used out of necessity, not because it was considered superior. The Mosquito outperformed all expectations and then some. The American planes like the Mitchell were also good, but were designed for different theatres of operations. They may have done similar tasks, but in different circumstances. The aircraft built in Canada mainly used the Packard version of the Merlin engines, which also worked fairly well.

[@MarsFKA]

​@@deeremeyer1749 Your comment looks like some lamebrain who knew very little about the Merlin and the Mosquito made some stupid, ill-informed observations on another KZbin clip and you read what he wrote and then forgot most of it when you made your own comment here. Nothing you said here sounds even remotely intelligent or accurate and shouting about it doesn't improve the "quality" of your comment.

[@LEGOpachinko]

it's in caps so it must be true

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@deeremeyer1749 get your medication checked --add cyanide while your at it.

[@randyporter3491]

Two Merlins singing HAS to be a beautiful sound !

[@alpearson9158]

it is!

[@prontoworld5963]

Crazy, warrens my fathers mate. Has a hanger in Auckland full of warbirds. Small world

[@zaynevanday142]

Any chance of restoring one for little ole New Zealand 🇳🇿 ? Please

[@clintadams8451]

There's one at MOTAT in Auckland.

[@johno9507]

Why does each V12 Merlin engine have only 10 exhaust stubs? 🤔

[@MarsFKA]

The last two exhaust ports on each side were joined into one stub because of the way the engine is mounted in the aircraft. Other models, with different marks of the Merlin had the engines set further forward and had six exhaust stubs per side.

[@williammorris584]

Haven’t heard anyone refer to speed in “milenour” since I was a child. Is this still a regional usage somewhere?

[@rogerpattube]

In little old 1940s Britain.

[@hogey74]

I don't know much yiddish but I was thinking shiznit and shizzle all through that.

[@philc4520]

Amazing

[@richardanthonygilbey]

What's better than having two merlins. Yes it was twin 2200😎 hp Griffons with rytol 5 blades, especially the single seat Night Fighter with advanced radar, 4 30mm Canon, 4 50cal Ap machine guns, 8 radar guided rockets and 2 500lb HE Bombs. With a top speed of nearly 600mph it made the twin merlin look a bit girlie. Unfortunately the meteors arrival parked it straight up. After that mossies became rare mainly due to woodworm. HND.

[@cicero2]

More than 8000 were produced, Paul.

[@MrDaiseymay]

perhaps he was thinking of Canadian out-put--or New Zealand ?

[@MarsFKA]

It sound like he said "seventy-eight hundred."

[@jennydiazvigneault5548]

My companies owner has one, and a Spitfire to boot. Cool British planes.

[@pinecone9619]

I thought there were over 7000 of these planes built?

[@rogerpattube]

Is that a question?

[@bjornlukas4936]

what a nice airplane👍👍👍👍

[@pup1008]

Frightening the planes on both sides lost in ground accidents. The Me 109 had a terrible loss rate, I think more that that suffered in combat!

[@ARCOFJUPITER]

How much does this cost to restore...?

[@slammerf16]

If you have to ask....

[@MrDaiseymay]

many millions, but , now on their 4th, so maybe less, BUT THEN, it must depend on how much original parts are found, or reconstructed.

[@bammond1325]

7,781 Mosquitos were made, the main reason they are not found is that they are made from wood.

[@MrDaiseymay]

yep--but--many were used in tropical parts of the world, and, it was the GLUE that caused most of the problem; it was not water-proof. I read that some Mossies' actually fell apart in flight.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Philip Croft- first time I have ever read that. Link to reference please ?

[@Dokker62]

No. 45 Squadron (RAF), based at Burma and equipped with FB MK VI-Mossies, suffered a series of unexpected crashes during 1944, including one on May 13th killing Wing Commander Harley C. Stumm, the squadron's commanding officer, which where officially blamed on the glue caused by the heat and humidity in India. In November 1944 all Mosquito operations over Burma were cancelled for about four weeks while the aircraft were checked for air worthiness.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Still no link to evidence.

[@Dokker62]

The far east mossies "glue-issues" are common facts, reported on several websites and other publishings for decades. Give Google a try...

[@marsgal42]

Too cool! That 190 MPH Vmc makes my (limited) multi flying in a Seneca (Vmc = 80 MPH) sound kind of sad. :-) How much of the original plane do you need to preserve for it to legally be the same plane, not a replica?

[@MikeKobb]

Laura Halliday Effectively? There's a data plate that was attached to the original airplane at the factory. If you have the data plate, you can replace just about anything else.

[@MrDaiseymay]

It's a bit like classic cars--matching chassis and engine, issued by maker--your ok.

[@Kimoto504]

Airplane of Thesius...

[@hendrickotto103]

Was it ever considered if these planes could be (partly) re-constructed out of modern synthetic materials to replace wooden parts ? Wooden Wonder to Carbon Conundrum.....

[@davidkeim5775]

haha

[@peachtrees27]

Flat out no cooler airplane. Okay, maybe one or two. But still!

[@Bjornontour]

Nope,this is it,second to none!

[@otisbedford5720]

The only better planes are different variants of this plane

[@MikeKobb]

What a magnificent restoration! One thing I spotted, though: there's a switch labeled "Pitot Head"! That seems like it must be a mistake.

[@dantheman7357]

Hi Mike, thats not a mistake. That is simply the switch that turns on the heat to the Pitot-Head. Quite common.

[@MikeKobb]

***** I'd never heard of a pitot head before! So, this is the "Pitot Head Heat" switch! :-)

[@grahamjordan1040]

@@MikeKobb 🙄

[@gunnareriksen8756]

That's what I call a airplane!!!!.

[@jakob252]

Magnificent build by Glynn Powell of NZ and AvSpecs. But as it is a new build airframe, it is by any museum definition, a replica, not a restoration. You get to decide what that means.

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHO GIVES A ?

[@carlroff3181]

I do do FO.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@carlroff3181 onyer own mate

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol this what us kiwis call No8 wireg flying on the seat of your your pants..

[@alejandrorodriguez2380]

I like a mosquito...very much !

[@turkey0165]

Well if they can completely rebuild a mosquito, then Rebuild a B-36 Gate guardian to flying status!’

[@rustykilt]

Like all high performance military aircraft, very testing. I dont understand why the Brits gave no thought to Pilot ergonomics , as if the Pilot was simply an afterthought. Magnificent aircraft, but did not suffer fools.

[@critchley3819]

Guy Gibson was killed flying a Mosquito..

[@fishaholiclures]

He was killed by a combination of over ego and under training. it wasn't the planes fault.

[@johnmclean6498]

Stick to fishing mate. Brian means the Dambusters hero and VC winner who was shot down as a Pathfinder by a nightfighter while flying a mossie.

[@johnmclean6498]

Apart from anything else, Gibson could have navigated his way home blindfolded from anywhere on the continent. It was his backyard by then. The other thing is where his aircraft came down - in the Holland/Belgium area I think? Enemy fighter territory. The last thing is the speed differential between a bomber and Mossie. They would have practically had gear and flaps out to formate. Then the extra fuel needed. No - much better to get out quickly and home in a gentle dive at high power setting. Thats what they were trained to do. I think your story is a myth.

[@Designer22]

John McLean Yes. Possibly. This is the link. www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8817932/Dambusters-hero-killed-by-friendly-fire.html

[@johnmclean6498]

Thanks Peter. Your link certainly adds new perspective to the claim. The verification of the red target indicator by the other Lanc and that no enemy ac were seen and that the location was roughly where the Mosquito fell - all adds to the credence. Terrible burden for the lanc crew. What a great shame to lose that crew to friendly fire. Sad story all around.

[@zaynevanday142]

New 633 Sqdn movie 🎥 🍿

[@skylark17]

BUtafull

[@josephlakas1320]

Mm

[@geofffisher1906]

Female singer in the background sounds awful, shame

[@emersoncaicedo3146]

GEOFF FISHER ww2 era you idiot. It's fitting for all these ww2 warbirds

[@davidrenton]

unless that was a tribute singer , it's hard to tell, that was Dame Vera Lynn who is the voice of WW2 with "We'll meet again", and sadly just died in 2020 at the grand age of 103.