De Havilland Mosquito - Tour Part 3 - Kermie Cam

[@BackwardFinesse]

I came straight to this video after the Kermit Cam with the WW1 Sopwith Snipe. Those two aircraft are only about 25 years apart but the Mosquito demonstrates the astonishing progress in those 25 years. Both video sets are absolutely fascinating insights into warplanes of those huge World Wars.

[@stalker0661]

Thank You...I'm flying the Mosquito MK VI for Eagle Dynamics, and nice to hear from someone who has flown her, and knows little "Tid-Bits"... And Loves her... Thank You for your care and respect she deserves. Please keep her "flight worthy"... You're awesome!

[@warrenjbrown4898]

Might be good to remember that, he is doing us this big favor of the inspection, we need him more than he needs us. All the little corrections and snide remarks and petty observations are not appropriate. He has no script and doing everything off the cuff, I'd say he did a great job and I thank him. Also, he's really putting down the pilots and their arrogance more than he is the 'serfs'. Thanks for listening!

[@bushpilotexplorer1920]

Hey Flash Gordon’s, lighten up and loosen your panties with your criticisms here on his minor inaccuracy when describing the Euro vs. American altimeters. You can always count on hearing from a couple of insecure and jealous self proclaimed “experts” crowing from the peanut gallery.

[@dbaider9467]

Warren J Brown, I think he actually said Expendable Smurfs at one point, but I get ya...

[@petergibbs]

Well this is one 62 year old Brit that really enjoyed Kermit's off the cuff 3 videos of the old girl. And people really should lighten up. You think Pilots and Nav's didn't joke between themselves and call each other names. All crews do and the rudest one's always being what the crew call the Captain behind his back! And to his face! No harm intended to anyone. So get a life, Kermit was not being rude to anyone.

[@rogerwhittle2078]

Given that Kermit does these 'walk around tours' on lots of his aeroplanes, I'd say his knowledge of and 'feel for' them all is encyclopedic. If he occasionally jumbles pounds for gallons or inches of Mercury for millibars, then he still knows more about them than anyone here does. It is a lovely aeroplane and yes, he is lucky to have one, they are almost as rare as Hawker Hurricanes and they are like rocking horse pooh. Strange, he mentioned the 'termites holding hands', but he never used "two enormous engines, hotly pursued by an aeroplane" often used for the DH98. My father never went in to combat (thank goodness) but he did spend a lot of time training to navigate at low level, by being flung around all over Lincolnshire in one of these or a Beaufighter. He hated them!

[@UAPJedi]

Dont think he’s putting anyone down, he has quite a British sense of humour we often take the Mickey out of ourselves before we do other people. So I appreciate his sense of humour. Anyway who cares he is preserving our history and heritage so give the guy some slack please. AND yes Im a BRIT!

[@gbk574]

Thanks Kermie for taking the time to show us this piece of history...

[@seagraver]

Mr. Weeks, Thanks for taking the time to do these excellent tours of your aircraft! It's the closest many of us viewers will ever get to climbing in some of these great planes. Keep up the great work!

[@slikster86]

Thank you for these great videos on such a historic WWII fighter bomber. I built a model of one when I was a kid but have never seen one in the flesh so to speak. I should really jump in the car as there’s the De Havilland museum a hour and a half away by car. I’m certain I wouldn’t get a cockpit tour though, so thanks again for that. I turned fifty last year and I was starting to feel old. So I re- bought the very same mosquito model kit I built as a boy of flea-bay. It’s now complete and looking pretty impressive , if I say so myself. I thought it would make me feel younger, it didn’t. What I have found again though is my love for these old WWII planes again, like I had as a boy... Thank again for these great videos.

[@MJMC56]

Thanks for these videos, great to see the plane in detail. My uncle (Robert) Stanley Wheaton piloted a mossie with Bomber Command (Pathfinders) in WW2. They would fly low over the channel at night and he reckoned on the lowest part of the aircraft (the bottom of the props) was 10 feet above the top of the waves. They then fly into enemy territory where everyone wants to kill them, mark the target for the heavy bombers and back home. Not a lot of scope for tea! He and his navigator serf(?) originally flew Lancasters: after multiple tours the best (surviving) pilots and navigators were chosen for the Pathfinders because without marking, night bombing accuracy was really poor. My uncle was no toff but a working class young man from a seriously poor background and rose through the ranks - it wasn't uncommon given the loss rate. Brave men, wonderful aircraft.

[@waltergreif4836]

Fantastic View of the Mossey!! Thank You!!

[@peter9180]

My uncle flew Mosquitoes from Horsham St Faith aerodrome during the war, Horsham St Faith is now Norwich airport. He had a navigator come bomb aimer but no serfs or tea makers.

[@spanky2888]

Kermit's colorful (if not slightly derisive) terms for the navigator-come-bombardier and ground personnel are hysterical. The Brits are just eccentric enough to where they fit.

[@daveglover6115]

Mozzie instruments for Dummies: ie @ 15.00 - 'cabin heater, wouldn't need that in Florida' - and many other jems! By the way, your 'serf' navigator was a highly trained piece of personnel - to guide the pilot to and from the mission, with the intent of coming home safely, often under perilous conditions. The pilot and navigator were a bonded team and thus would fly each mission together, along with their Mozzie plane, often dying together. Brave men. Please respect.

[@UAPJedi]

dave glover Aren’t Navvies surfs? Come on give the guy some slack its just humour!

[@mickd6942]

dave glover you need an urgent sense of humour transplant .

[@stevekeen946]

Hi. I actually sat in this Mosquito, when it was at booker airfield, with my late Father who was an LAC airframes in 140 sqn. PRU during the war and worked on spitfires and mosquitoes. Great aircraft. Great videos

[@rolandalfonso6954]

Again, another wonderful story about an airplane. "Thought he was going out of the airplane. ..laughing my butt off..." Thank for your videos. You make my day. All the best. (But let it not be forgotten that this was a very versatile combat aircraft. Attack missions over Germany at night. And crew members lost their lives...)

[@Ryanboy2020]

Last item on the checklist is all the termites have to hold hands on take off...LMAO!!!

[@randalbloomquist7812]

Beautiful airplane! From what I understand is that you are very fortunate to have one as there are very few left in the world! I hope that you have the opportunity to get this beauty back up in flying condition! I live in JAX and am planning on visiting your museum. Thanks for the great videos!

[@markmayer7495]

Kermit, Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it. As a fellow pilot, I think its really great what you are doing for aviation. I really enjoyed passing by your museum last year, Its nice to see that your airplanes, although in a museum get a chance to fly every now and then. keep up the good work

[@pascalcoole2725]

Kermit, again thanks verry much for this tour, it's almost a Mosquito ground school ;) The Mosquito always had a place in my hart, dunno why. However... your tour learnt me from a pilots point of view this aircraft is horror. Messy uncomfortable cockpit layout, and then people are shooting at you. There must have been beter places in the middle of the night when you are 21yo. greatest respect for the boys that flew this marvelous machine.

[@andrewhoward9870]

What an interesting tour. Thank you Kermit. What an experience it would be to fly one of those!

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

A fascinating set of three videos. Thanks for sharing your plane with us. After watching all of Tony Agar's Mosquito HJ711 rebuild videos, you begin to understand the shear amount of work involved in keeping a vintage plane like this, even though theirs is only for taxiing around the airfield on show days. It'll never get a certificate of airworthiness because it has the original laminated air-frame which apparently has a nasty habit of de-laminating due to the poor glues used during the war years. I guess the wooden laminated parts on your plane aren't the originals, you'll have to correct me if I'm wrong, but as you said that you flew this plane with the correct documentation it must have been totally rebuilt at some point since the end of WW2. I'm going to watch your Lockheed Vega vids now. Keep up the great work.

[@Bikerbob59]

Love what you do thanks.Mossy is one of my favorite aircraft of ww2 next to Hurricane.Another one we built in Canada.:)

[@pacalvotan3380]

Be sure to make another video when you get this plane operational again. I would love to see it flown from the inside.

[@notwocdivad]

Sir thank you for a look around my favourite all time aircraft. re the navigators seat, my boss at work years ago was an ex Mosquito navigator, he told me that the used to sit on their parachutes so there was no need for a cushion. Hope this helps.

[@klarjaeger6564]

Man, I like to take a ride in that machine. Keep 'em flying Kermit!

[@dbaider9467]

These 3 videos on the Mosquito are safely in a public archive - KZbin. Love the Vega updates also.

[@jimradix4767]

I was in Hamilton at the airport the day you brought this through!!! Very fond memories!

[@ronchambers2085]

Loved this series of videos....lots of great info on a cool airplane....I’ve never seen one in person and enjoyed the tour....thanks for sharing

[@tm4300]

Great insight to what was an incredible combat aircraft. Thanks for showing us around Kermit. It must of been nice to put some flying time on that one. I hope they had cream and jam with their scone rations.

[@skalli1064]

just found your channel at this week, love watching your videos. absolute insane and a must have seen for any warbird fans around this world. thanks for sharing all this

[@KermitWeeks444]

Welcome aboard! Be sure to subscribe, and pass the word around. Thanks!

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Excellent film footage and sound. Great commentary.

[@Crashtruk2]

Thanks Kermit. I thoroughly enjoyed the series. I was amazed by the control required on the throttles during take off. Having that much power at your finger tips.

[@LowEarthOrbitPilot]

GREAT videos, Kermit! Thank you for all that you share with us... YOU understand that we, as pilots, would love to crawl all over these wonderful aircraft, and understand the unique characteristics of each one. So many pilots have never even seen the interior of a Mosquito, so thank you for sharing a perspective so very rare ... It was fascinating! VERY cool indeed! Thanks for taking us along!

[@mikeratliff2812]

"Surf with the singed hair" LOL

[@Cheezsoup]

sErf

[@TrBo1736]

I think he was kidding about the serfs and the crompets and stuff,dude

[@lawrencecaile]

I'm enjoying every bit of this.

[@rejiceman]

I believe that most of the "seat cushions" in WWII was actually the parachute packs worn by the navigators in the mosquito. I remember watching a documentary about the Mosquito's and that is what they said

[@MarkInArizona]

Hopefully one day you will get this into the restoration queue and into the air again!

[@paulgerald5808]

That is where some radios were kept ,navigator / bombardier sat radios behind the pilot and some navigation equipment . Bomb bay held a 4000lb Block Buster called a " Cookie " .

[@notwocdivad]

snippet of information Paul, the Mosquito could carry a 4000lb bomb to Berlin, the Boeing B17g was restricted to a similar 4000lb bomb load for that sort of distance! Go figure eh??

[@kh40yr]

Hope it flys soon. Always loved the DeHav Mosquitos,,for the lightweight ingenuity and definite speed advantage. a old AF test pilot that used to fly for my dad's volcano flights out of Toledo Wa, called it the balsa wood bullet. Nice catch on the camera btw,,little time space continuum spiral of doom, and then all was well.

[@barrysheridan9186]

Very interesting video. Thank you for posting these walkarounds.

[@mattsta1964]

Fascinating set of videos. Never seen anything like that before on the Mosquito. Hope we get something similar for the Tempest V when it get's reassembled

[@afghancontractor6561]

Thank you for the tour of your beautiful Mosquito! It is my favorite airplane and yes probably because of the movie. We have a Mosquito locally at the US Air Force Museum and every time I visit I’m sure to swing by and see her. Is yours still on display?

[@EmilyHeathcliff]

I really enjoyed this tour of the Mosquito --- thank you so much!

[@cicero2]

Thank you, Kermit. Very enjoyable tour. Good luck flying her!

[@mickd6942]

Thank god for the national union of serfs , Thank you for these videos kermit.

[@andrewcampbell9080]

There is a man in Auckland New Zealand making Mosquito fuselage and wings, with epoxy resin and covered with dynel. The shipped a completed aircraft to Canada, so its now possible to get new wood, if you want .

[@bardenaviation]

Love these Kermie Cam videos! Thanks for posting them!

[@786philb]

Great walk around. Enjoyed this. Thank you

[@bubs10163]

Awsome tour video Mr Weeks! Always interesting.

[@SpektrumDX9]

Great vid, as usual, Kermit! Can't wait to see the GoPro on one of the GeeBees...!

[@Infidel7153]

It's good to be Kermit Weeks .There was a seat for the Navigator/Bombardier .Plywood and two cushions.

[@markboss70]

Kermit,Thanks for doing the many videos, Great to share history with others.... Love the airplane....

[@jean-mariemason3361]

that was great good luck getting this plane up. loved the show.

[@Pilotc180]

Would be nice to see this old Mossy back in the air

[@hartmancrest]

Thanks Kermit. Enjoyed very much!!

[@RonMalec]

Great Videos. Look forward at some time in the future to seeing two Mossies in the air together.

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Very interesting tour Kermit, thank you for sharing it.

[@tmjacks1]

Thanks for everything you do with vids,Ready for the next walkaround.

[@DonbAyers]

Great educational video! Really enjoy seeing things we would normally never get a chance to view or know about. Keep it going. Doing any Japanese WW II aircraft in the future??

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Altimeter inches of static pressure not manifold pressure. Good video subscribed.

[@KermitWeeks444]

Thanks for the sub!

[@thx113868]

Great video Kermit What a cool aircraft !

[@ThomasDeLello]

Is this the guy who owned the aircraft museum at the Tamiami Airport before Hurricane Andrew blew it up...?

[@williamkeith8944]

Yes

[@mikeroberts7775]

Manifold pressure would be 14.7 lbs per square inch at sea level so unless your runway was below sea level i would assume that the supercharger was constantly providing 1 lbs of boost. The p51 would have had a Packard built Merlin where as the Mossy would have had a real Rolls Royce Merlin unless it was one of the few built in Canada. I should not nit pick my hat goes off too you for giving us such a great look at such a beautiful aircraft. You should be very proud of your self. I pray that this was not the one lost at an air show some years ago.

[@doncarlo5]

love your videos ... if you're asking me, the DeHavilland Mosquito is without any doubt the crown jewel in your collection .. nice tour ... and , by the way the " serve" was sitting on top of his own chute (at least, that is what I was told) : )

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

it's "serf"

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

Could someone familiar with the RAF in WW2 tell us the rank of the navigator.... most likely not an officer but certainly no "serf". It's his airplane of course, but it's damn disrespectful.

[@eddieforce2341]

Thanks for the tour.

[@av8tore71]

@0:35 Inches Of Mercury for barometric pressure

[@MrBook123456]

good video

[@schlutorflyer]

Any idea of the time frame for restoring you Mossie?? Also how long would the restoration take?? Love ya work and hope to see you in Australia some time...

[@alcash65]

I remember your article in Sport Aviation about this bird -- now I know what happened to it. -- thx

[@turbonutst5r]

Cant wait to see you fly this

[@gogogeedus]

It looks to be in pretty good nick.

[@Persojet]

Great tour! You should actually point the flashlight next to item you are showing because it's quite blinding.

[@larrycarroll8686]

Persojet was

[@stevem7868-y4l]

So kermit, how many likes do we need to get you to finance, and get this fantastic Mosquito back flying ?

[@kabbey30]

Great videos! Thank you for taking the time to share your 'baby' with us all. Not many people would bother.

[@sr633]

Great tour. These planes were used unarmed for photo recon work. They were so fast and hard to shoot down..

[@geoffaries]

The original Mosquito was an unarmed bomber and then deveolped into a variety of roles - truly one of the first MRCA Stealth aircraft (it's wooden construction did not reflect german radar as much as all metal aircraft)

[@peter9180]

What is a "typical British compass"? Don't all compasses have 360 degrees. My uncle was a Mosquito pilot during WW2. Good videos, thanks.

[@davidrenton]

why you just need 2 directions, to the target and back again :)

[@TheHanzel41]

Most enjoyable!!!! Keep up the good work!

[@hawkeyed77]

Your so called expendable serf in the cockpit was the navigator and an officer !

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

they retracted the landing gear on the ground in 633 Squadron

[@LA6UOA]

Thanks for the tour!

[@coldlakealta4043]

as you might guess by the video shot at the aircraft's entry and inside the cockpit, evacuating the aircraft was extremely problematic and resulted in many losses

[@MarcvanExel]

Fantastic! Thanks a bunch for sharing this.

[@TonyGardnerRC]

Could I ask whether this is the aircraft that used to fly out of Booker Aerodrome in the UK back in the 80's...? If so I remember it flying there many years ago and always wondered what happened to it. If it is the one, its great to know its still out there...

[@simon40607]

Looks so small in the cockpit bet it was loud on a long mission must have been terrible when things went bad those crews were incredible

[@snickers100dg]

Thanks Kermit. Great videos..

[@AdmiralQuality]

Hey Kermit. How do you cage the attitude indicator gyro in this and the Spitfire?

[@jdhart111]

fantastic!lucky they were all young fellas in those planes...imagine the old fellas trying to work in that tight space...bernie oh bernie..stop ive done my shoulder.......(pilot)well basil i told you not to put so much water in the thermos.....abort abort!

[@dorfsteen]

I swear I was checking that out and watching the old black and white footage and I just checked it out again and they showed one engine from each side and they both turned clockwise but then I've seen other footage where they both turned opposite starting I know maybe it was a camera trick or something I don't know

[@BobHUK]

The mark XV111 or mark 18 to you and me, had 'handed' engines, but everything prior to that had them all turning the same way. It meant that on take off the right wing would try to lift, and the pilots had to be aware of this and make sure they had the ailerons set correctly as the wheels left the ground, or it would try to roll to the left.

[@visservanstad]

Please Kermit, you are e fantastic pilot. Woud jou let her fly again?????

[@neiswestnij]

Kermit, One question. I'm building the Mk VI Mosquito as model. I'm confused about the pilot's seat. Was there a cushion for the pilot on pilot's seat? Or was it obsolete because of parachute etc?

[@timorvet1]

The parachute was the seat cushion , and there was also a back cushion supplied in most variants.

[@transampete79]

Great job sir

[@AlexDonnett]

how do u no all this? wow

[@williamkeith8944]

The navigator sat on his parachute, mayhaps that is why there is no cushion on that right hand seat ?

[@TeamYankee2]

wow.. my father used to be an armourer on these during WWII... 8-)

[@Merlinemryys]

probably used his parachute as a cushion.

[@dorfsteen]

About the cushion I just saw that it look like the guy brought his own cushion he carried it in after the pilot when he went in behind him with the cushion in his hand maybe the pilot throws it down to him before he gets in I don't know he didn't show that

[@sarge245]

He would have sat on his parachute, as would the pilot. There were no cushions. There was a recess in the seat pan that the parachute fit into.That was typical for WWII Allied aircraft. If you look at WWII parachutes you'll see that they aren't worn on the back but rather the chute pack hangs down low. Crews said it was like sitting on a rock.

[@jonadkins8007]

Did the Mosquito have superchargers, turbochargers, or turbosuperchargers?

[@captpugwash3510]

Superchargers

[@mikeratliff2812]

"Extra expendable surf" LOL

[@Cheezsoup]

sErf

[@dorfsteen]

Wow you're lucky it didn't tear the Rudder off or damage it real bad probably would have still flown though

[@shaynesmak3862]

Thanks for sharing . Really enjoyed it . Shayne Adelaide

[@hassegreiner9675]

On March 21st, 1945, 20 DH Mosquitoes supplied by RAF, RAAF and RNZAF respectively as well as 30 P51A's supplied by RAF succesfully attacked the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen with severe civilian as well as military casualties in what is known as Operation Carthage. One of the lighter civilian casualties was my dear mother now, sadly, departed. She carried a piece of shrapnel in her lower body for the rest of her life, which is why that particular raid plays a role in the family 'saga', and the 'saga' includes the persistent but unlikly claim that the Mosquito pilots, flying so low over the North Sea (known as the Westernly Sea in DK by the way) had to wipe the salt off the wind screens in flight by sticking their gloved hands out through the side window. Please feel free to comment on the plausibility of such an action while flying 525km/h.

[@alexbenzin1932]

I am going to make a scale model of dh98 (nmusaf with red tail (mk35) ) in 1/32 scale.There is no a lot of information about the coponents behind pilots seat in internet.((