Mosquito KA114 Flight: May 17

[@MrTroposphere]

My father navigated a Mosquito and was invalided out of the RAF with his neck full of fragments of Nazi steel. For a time he was paralysed, with doctors saying his case was inoperable. Eventually he recovered but his neck was never 100%. I believe there was no armour-plating in the the Mosquito except for one strip of metal which ran up the back of the chairs to protect the spine. My father lost his best friend in action, he was also a navigator. Thank you, Jeff Farrow, for this video, it's a very emotional experience. As Richard Smith says below, it takes your breath away. When those two Merlins open up it's time to remember the nightfighters. Thanks again...

[@nigeldewallens1115]

I just loved every second of this! Why? My mum died last year aged 95. Mum was in the W.R.A.F back in WWII and whilst my uncles did not fly this aircraft! I just love seeing this wonderful, even magical aircraft in the air! Well done to the guys that made this possible as it keeps the memory of those that gave us our freedom today! Thanks mum and the other souls too! sigh

[@British-Dragon-Simulations]

Thank you for your family's service!

[@nigeldewallens1115]

@@British-Dragon-Simulations Thank you kindly! I appreciate your kind words but there are sadly lots of folk that did not return! One of my uncles on his first raid did not come back so I say thank you on his behalf too! I hope you have a nice weekend

[@ShevillMathers]

A great British product, one of many produced just when Britain needed them. Forever thanks to the designers, construction workers and the brave souls who took to the skies during those dark days of war. I salute you all. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. 👍🇬🇧🇦🇺🦘

[@stevebradshaw4024]

FYI, the Mosquito was built in Canada, for the RAF, RCAF, and others.

[@ShevillMathers]

Many British designed aircraft were indeed built in Canada, the USA etc, they were also built in the UK and shipped overseas in ‘kit’ form to be assembled-often under difficult conditions at the bases they were flown. It is great to see that Canada takes such pride in restoring these Warbirds and putting on many displays and flights.

[@janetward5449]

THE best warbird in the world, just the sound of those engines brings me up in instant goosebumps and as important as the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster but so sadly overlooked and underappreciated. Long live the Wooden Wonder ❤️

[@beagle7622]

Never unappreciated certainly not by Gen Adolph Galland & i believe Goering himself.

[@vwcamperjeff]

I have always wanted to be in the cockpit of a Mosquito. I have now done that via this video. My dad flew these with 692 sqd being shot down eight days after D-Day. He has now passed but we watched if together. Many thanks for that thrill.

[@aleksandraaleksandra7600]

Great !

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Thanks to your Dad for his service. While the Spitfire to me is just obscenely beautiful, the mosquito was just a badge of honour for Britain. So fast, so cheap, so effective. If I had the choice, I probably would have chosen the Mossi, i just think it’s cooler to fly. The spit was cooler to look it. Put it like this: the Spit is the beautiful one night girl, the Mossi is the one you marry :-)

[@British-Dragon-Simulations]

You can also do it in DCS/ Digital Combat Simulator. A flight study simulator that's extremely realistic. Made by pilot's for pilot's or learning pilot's. Even the military uses it for training young pilot's in virtual reality.

[@shadowjack8]

Thank you so much for not talking and just letting the plane speak for itself. Awesome video, awesome plane.

[@anonymouse1309]

My uncle W/O John Leonard MULHALL (pilot) RAAF and F/O James Douglas JONES (nav.) RAF were killed whilst on a anti V-1 patrol in November1944 flying a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II from 456 Sqn RAAF. He was 21 yo. I was named after him. Some day I hope to sit in one. Thanks for the video.

[@lauriestlyon8773]

The DeHavilland a/c museum is just up the road from me. They are restoring a "Mossie" amongst other a/c. Wonderful a/c and a great video. Thanks.

[@Paul-tg4xg]

All the musicians in the world could never replicate the sound of those engines. they purr like a predatory cat on the ground and roar like a predatory bird in the air. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE MEMORY OF THE PILOTS WHO FLEW THES ALIVE AND PRESERVING THESE AIRCRAFT SO WE NEVER FORGET.

[@johnmason6625]

A very underrated aircraft, in my humble opinion probably the best ww2 aeroplane, one that saved Britain.

[@mkdy218]

Well that’s the closest I will ever get to flying in that magnificent aircraft... thank you, great video.

[@British-Dragon-Simulations]

DCS/ DIGITAL COMBAT SIMULATOR. I recommend using a VR head set, as well as a 20cm/ 40cm flight stick and rudder pedals and throttle levers. A HOTAS/ Hands Off Throttle And Stick, Virpil or Warthog will do.

[@diagorosmelos3187]

I could listen to that sound all day and night.

[@hansvandijk1487]

I’m jealous, just jealous. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@AArcticAA]

Wow... Bravo guys! I like how there's no music aside from the mechanical symphony tuning up & playing onboard. Great video. For a while nothing could catch these DeHaviland Mosquitoes, I've heard or read somewhere.

[@Paggerd]

Well I had the theme to 633 Squadron going on in my head 😊

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

Got many original photos from ww2 my father took of this beautiful creature ,This planes restoring job is just magnificent Thankyou for the flight .

[@simonthompson251]

A privilege too have watched this short bit of footage. Well done. Sweet engines.

[@Gervie007]

Closest I will ever get to fly in a Mosquito, bloody great sent a shiver right through me. Most beautiful aircraft ever built.

[@mark3863]

Fantastic video with brilliant sound too, thank you for taking us with you.

[@duggiebader1798]

A great uncle flew these with 107 Sqn. He also flew Bostons on the same Sqn. I have his Irvin jacket and maps. He survived the war but drank a lot. He never got over his experiences. A casualty, so to speak, that isn't recorded. Other aircraft he flew was the Defiant, Oxford, Anson, Beaufort, Mitchell and Beaufighter. His flying jacket is an early pattern but rather well worn!

[@blairguinea6811]

Gotta love those V12 humming the way they do ! ,,,,,,,,,thankyou Sir

[@karlaiken6152]

Great video. Thank you so much. My father's brother F/O Aston Karl Aiken from little Jamaica in the West Indies served in WW2 in RAF 107 & 105 Squadrons as navigator with his Canadian pilot F/O William Taylor and the video is from what would have been his navigator's seat position, and what must have been the same sights and sounds make me really appreciate his service. Sadly, they were both killed on 8th August 1944 on a night intruder mission to bomb railroad traffic east of Paris. I was named after him. Thanks again guys. God bless. Keep 'em flying.

[@jarlestorm1428]

I got goose bumbs anytime I hear those two RR merlins!!! near mystical event... :-) hope you get my point...

[@michaelbliss1240]

I had a very good friend that flew with the the RCAF,HE FIEW WITH THE RAF NIGHT FIGHTERS!! 1941.AMAZING!

[@rodneycollman169]

There is nothing like the sound of twin merlins

[@Antverva1]

My all time favorite and the most beautiful aircraft ever made. My apologies to the P51 and F104 ! Great planes as well !

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Fantastic vid and a fantastic plane! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands.

[@gregsiska8599]

What a glorious sound!

[@edgaraquino2324]

Good video, although it would have been nice to have more shots of the pilot flying the plane....😊 thanks!

[@chrisj1906]

How on earth do you get your head round the fact that this amazing aircraft is primarily made out of wood and glue when you look at how much weight it carries the manoeuvres if can pull mind blowing

[@spigot993]

I would happily watch through an entire HOUR of a whole flight.

[@zyphod]

God you can feel the power! ....Beautiful.

[@RadianMeasure]

thanks for this perspective! can't imagine being in that little cabin at night & low altitude

[@mikewazowski6161]

i love the wooden wonder...such a cool old warbird...greetings from 🇩🇪

[@sneakinggodzilla6328]

Fantastic video! Thank you for taking on a ride along!!

[@lordrichardboon6609]

The best way to listen and watch this is to put it on full screen and turn up the volume and your sitting in the cockpit with the pilot,if you have a pair of virtual reality headset it's even better the mosquito is the best air frame ever built and little is said about all it's missions during WW11 because the lanc's and spitfires get all the glory which is a shame.

[@British-Dragon-Simulations]

It's in DCS now. I fly it in VR and it's amazing. She so stable and easy to fly compared to the Spitfire. Even though the propellers spin in the same direction. Great stamina from the fuel tanks, agile and them 4 Hispano cannons in the middle! Wow! No plane can survive a direct hit from them guns! The hardest part is being the navigator and trying to work out the huge radio transmitter and receiver in the back! Overwhelmingly complex for me at the moment. Thanks to people like Mark Felton more people know about the missions during WWII. The attack in Berlin during the tenth anniversary of the Third Reich and even the rogue pilot that went to Paris stick out.

[@scotteam9687]

Fantastic video .Watched the vid of the RAF hitting shipping in Norway .Wow they had balls of steel.Nice to see the plane in colour. Thanks again men.

[@thefredFreddy]

Very nice video. thank you for what current testimony. The mosquito resonates for me SPECIFIC way. My mother saw them fly so low to escape the radars in northern France during WW2, that she could see the pilot say hello.

[@sneakinggodzilla6328]

Is she sure the pilot didn't say "yellow" ?

[@peternewton8506]

My father is flying his Mosquito(RCAF) everyday forever "on the other side now". Well done!

[@mogaman28]

Peter Newton Sorry for your lose dude.

[@peternewton8506]

Thanks much.

[@mcgurkg1]

My Uncle is probably there fixing it for him. He was a mechanic on these plane with the RAF, he was from NFLD.

[@daleleslie1049]

Peter Newton and G McGurk, Cheers Gentleman. My Grand Father is there with them, Group Captain Donald Harvey MacCall, RCAF, he flew "The Mosi" combat in Europe and went on to be a Flight Instructor and finished his duties at 6RD in Trenton, Ontario. RD stands for Repair Depot,.Cheers to you,

[@jan-ericloquist1144]

@@mcgurkg1 .

[@bjornjohansson4911]

What sounds better than a Merlin? Well I guess two Merlins. Wonderful sight with a Hurricane at the wingtip, also.

[@richardsmith9509]

My father, Allan Smith, flew these raids into Germany from Holland in WW2 ....Absolutely takes my breath away

[@michaelbliss1240]

Right on bra!

[@richardsmith9509]

@@michaelbliss1240 Right on BRA??? whaaaaa? maybe BRO?

[@robleary3353]

Poetry in motion! (by the by Glen, I think you'll find it was a Yak that passed her on the starboard side)

[@joevanseeters2873]

WOW, that cockpit looked like it was brand new. Must have been one hell of a restoration job on that Mosquito. What a thrill it must have been in early 1940's as a late teen or early twentysomething RAF pilot and being told you are being assigned to fly one of these bad boys! Terrifying, yes, knowing you are going to most likely encounter a Luftwaffe ME109 or FW190, but thrilling and exciting none the less. And with the speed to say "BYE BYE Luftwaffe ace trying to catch me right now!"

[@josipvrandecic2472]

Fantastic feeling..... like time shifted backwards ......appreciate CAP

[@geoffreyfrederickgerringcr9706]

De escala rc

[@richarddrum9970]

One of the coolest aircraft built during WWII........great video, thanks for sharing.

[@michaelrimmington4981]

As some one who has flown in a variety of a/c. from Tiger Moths to Canberras , I am green with envy!

[@steffanfrench4266]

Ahh Two of my Favourites together !! Perfect.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Such an awesome and versatile aircraft. You'd think they'd still be manufacturing variants today.

[@lambdacalculus8316]

It looks the same as the Mosquito model in DCS. Beautiful!

[@allgood6760]

A Mosquito is an emotional plane. I saw the Mosquito over Wgtin in 2012... beautiful plane 👍✈️🇳🇿

[@trav2SS]

Wish I could go on a flight

[@mattsta1964]

What a terrible life these guys have flying all these wonderful vintage aircraft. I don't envy them at all!

[@woooster17]

Ye Olde Sausage Machine Come now sausage man.. I think you doth kid so.. ;-)

[@mattsta1964]

Indeed! I am beyond jealous!

[@johnc6919]

Bloody marvellous...

[@davidpeppert9168]

Great sounding Merlin engines!

[@lenswork4]

A fine aircraft! On my bucket list of things to fly. Hopefully, someday.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

To those that want to really see this and many more make the pilgrimage to Pungo, VIrginia. The best flying museum around . Be there for Friday that is the day everything is flying, pilots getting recurrent. That's 3 takeoffs and landings per pilot, per acft, you see that's a lot of photo ops!. This show can be found under the title of "Warbirds over the Beach". Well worth it.

[@Fsrjtyttzma]

Not one but two Merlin’s grumbling away. Love it! Deafening but love it! 👏

[@johncrispin2118]

Fabulous . Just a taste of the sensory overload of a ww2 aircraft thanks boys from NZ we ( UK )still have not got a flyer, KA 114 is ten years old now ? Ten years well done , way more than the service life of most of the Hatfield built originals through ww2 and into the fifties .thanks fellas

[@tkelly411]

what a machine

[@billdunmill8426]

Tom Kelly vègg gr ojo

[@boenhiantan8747]

Tom Kelly g

[@hairyoldhippy]

Absolutely superb. Maybe the only aircraft in history which opposing design teams unsuccessfully failed to counter. And greater than the sum of its parts, like The Millennium Falcon, Hood, Ducatis, C47, 2N3055, War horse, the eagles (LOTR), etc. Spirit raisers.

[@highatruthart]

Very smooth running.

[@MrDravenLee]

Fave plane of ww2.Be great if they made a movie with it.633 squadron remake!

[@Swan197]

Now that would be a great idea 😀

[@kennedysingh3916]

Thank you for the ride

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Come and visit the best show in Virginia Beach at Pungo.

[@nicholaspratt7934]

Surprised by the amount of reverberation for a good bit of the time.

[@johnbartholomew8399]

Lot of shoulder room in the cockpit.

[@daveglover6115]

Two man crew - the nav sat just behind the pilot, right hand side.

[@normanfeinberg9968]

Brings back old memories of my recip days on C-97s as a flt engineer trainee out of Floyd Bennet field (Brooklyn Naval Air)Now Defunct.I was 23years old.Great people.Thank's

[@nigel900]

Fabulous!

[@karolpofficial9307]

I feel almost like a navigator in Mosquito :D

[@copee2960]

My late father was in the RAF cadets and he was always telling me and my brothers about the fun he had when he went up with pilots, some of whom had flown aircraft during ww2, in chipmunks.......is that a chipmonk I spy through the starboard cockpit window at 13.02 ?.

[@noelmajers6369]

This is great - more people should do helmet cam videos of this iconic aircraft (for as long as they are still flying !). Although I think the Luftwaffe respected the RAF in general, the Mosquito was one plane that did made them green with envy in particular (especially Goering who berated the Luftwaffe for not coming with anything nearly as good in its role). The Australians actually preferred the Bristol Beaufighter (dubbed the 'Whispering Death' by the Japanese) although they had Mosquitos as well.

[@ShaneScott69]

this sounded good through my stereo with the sub woofer turned up

[@wordlog860]

What's nuts is with half a second view of the cockpit I thought: what is that a misquito.? Aces over Europe baller from back in the 90's a

[@claudedettori3664]

Supers vidéo cela me fait rappeler des souvenirs de la dernière guerre des Année 42/43 sur voler au dessus de ma tête bravo a tous ces pilotes de l’époque.. ( 1931 CLAUDIUS)

[@bobbyduke777]

I have been playing a game called warthunder, I am now wondering how many years of grinding it would take me to get a machine like that in the game. I think I have fallen in love again, at my old age

[@happysawfish]

Looks like an AVQ radar from the 1970's at 2:31. I don't think I would want to fly that big Biatch IFR !! lol

[@nrborod1]

great plane

[@poly_hexamethyl]

0:37 Why are the exhaust pipes crimped flat like that? Wouldn't you get better engine performance if they were fully open for less back-pressure?

[@daveglover6115]

Poly - I think for demonstration flights only perhaps? In war time they would be fully open for max power!

[@nightjarflying]

The five [inboard] + six [outboard] exhausts on each engine - each with a flat oval opening is the normal shape. It's more aerodynamic & less flame is visible from the cockpit, saving the night-vision of the aircrew. A shrouded system that hid the exhaust flame totally cost up to 14 knots speed. You can easily check the shape of wartime Mosquito exhausts on Google & you'll see the shape on KA114 is normal.

[@British-Dragon-Simulations]

You can fly this plane virtually in DCS/ Digital Combat Simulator. It's free to play and you get the modern version of the P-51D Mustang all for free! It is a flight study simulator that works with a museum that owns and flies the aircraft. It feels like a pilot's sim because of the aircraft manual reading you need to do after you buy a plane, but it's also great for beginners like me to learn all about the physics that go with flying propeller, tail dragging fighter-bomber's. Pilot's that fly the plane's and helicopter's in real life agree that the flight model's are extremely accurate. I have met a few ex-RAF and USAAF and Navy pilots that fly in this simulation and some even work for the developer's. They also have a lot of modern fighter jets as well, but only ones that are public knowledge. Like the F-16C Block 50 etc. I'm guessing he used the right engine torque to control the sway on take off as he didn't apply right rudder trim until airborne?

[@leevihalme4615]

What switch do you flip at 0:18 on the right side panel?

[@nigelyorkshiremanwadeley6263]

How many of my children do I have to sell to get flight in one of these? I could die a happy man after a ride in this beauty...

[@francais70]

What was the self-sufficiency ot the Mosquitos ? These aeroplanes have been employed for the tracking of the strategic bombing and especially the dropping of the Christmas Trees (Magnesium bombs) such as Dresden and that requires a long autonomy, and what about the weigth taken on board ?

[@josephking7948]

They could take 4,000lbs to Berlin with a crew of two. About the same load a B17 could carry to the same target with 10 crew and at half the speed.

[@ernestodejosue607]

Impresionante que un diseño en madera de 1937 superase los 700 km/hora. Lo que se podrá hacer hoy día con madera y las nuevas colas y tecnologías composite. La madera volverá a la construcción aeronáutica. Al menos a las velocidades subsónicas.

[@ckom9]

Beautiful. Just make sure the pilot is good and don't let him / her do a barrel roll, not safe in a mosquito. I want to go for a ride!

[@josephking7948]

Not safe to roll?? Really? Look at the Mosquito video in here that show a Mozzie rolling with OEI (and feathered). They roll quite nicely.

[@tomd7861]

I think full power with the brakes on sped up the rotation of the earth for a few seconds

[@harwoods11]

Gotta be just the best thing to ever do....and have a pal fly fly along with his hurricane of course. :-):-):-)

[@korgen-rock]

Take off and he is filming outside the plane....omg.

[@searchthetruth1981]

This is cool!!!😀👍

[@STEVEHARLEY1956]

Really great....

[@MrAndrew1953]

Brilliant video, from the pilots viewpoint. Great in terms of getting an idea what these people had to do. Cockpit video Value 109/190?

[@timmayer8723]

I could listen to those engines all day long. 12 And 16 cylinder inline

[@spigot993]

Well it's from the navigator/observer seat, but yes absolutely fantastic.

[@ROYGBIVphoto]

Two thumbs up!

[@brand1068]

Now i'd kill to get a view like that - thanks for sharing

[@roadsweeper1]

has the seating arrangement been modified or did some models have the seats fore and aft? I thought the mossies seats were side by side.

[@tomjackson1045]

roadsweeper1 The Mosquito's seats were slightly offset from one another, probably for a couple of reasons, it makes extra space for the crew, makes entry and egress easier and leaves space for all the buttons the Navigator has to press.

[@arthurferland170]

I wonder if they can make a mosquito with two tp400 on it talk about a tank bus buster

[@maxemomaxemo6250]

666 SQUADRON....wood...nails...glue...glass...and other metals.....WOW

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

Brilliant aircraft. Could carry a 4000 lb. "Cookie" to Berlin while flying higher and faster than the German fighters

[@sblack48]

Anybody know what is the big black knob on the glareshield in front of the navigator with the white arrow just to its right? I have never seen that on any other airplane.

[@ClassicAircraftPhotography]

Rudder trim.

[@sblack48]

Classic Aircraft Photography wow, I guess DH felt that was important!

[@kenbobca]

Great video. Very irritating to keep seeing a camera in front of the video.

[@ClassicAircraftPhotography]

Oh well that is the way it goes, just thought I would share the experience of flying in the Mossie with others, was never out to win any awards for it.

[@kenbobca]

Great video, thank you for sharing it with everyone. You're very lucky to have flown in that Magnificent Bird.

[@danyajoedo5351]

❤❤❤🌞❤🌞❤🌞❤🌞❤🌞❤🌞❤🌞

[@johnmagelus6895]

I would like to ser a mosqito with a pair of modern turboprop engenes.

[@mudkow5092]

Was that at the Fantasy of Flight?

[@Peaceforallmankind67]

That was what I was thinking too.

[@eternelretour6380]

les avions anglais sont tous magnifiques