What Makes This Plane Great - De Havilland Hornet

[@mtacoustic1]

Absolutely beautiful aircraft! It's practically criminal that a few examples were not preserved!

[@allgood6760]

Thanks mate 👍✈️🇳🇿

[@bobrobinson1576]

Possibly the most beautiful aircraft ever.

[@lindasargent1873]

A really brilliant video ,with some superb a artwork, to celebrate a really amazing ,forgotten aircraft which ,I think, simply could not be improved upon - in the time when it was flying.

[@Slaktrax]

Eric Brown didn't say it was ''one of the best''. ...He said it was The Best plane he *ever* flew.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Wankle was a fool though

[@alantunbridge8919]

Whilst working at B.A.C. Stevenage in 1966 l was used to seeing a stream of Handley- Page Victors on the flight path from Radlett ,however one day imagine my surprise when in amongst these is what l took to be a Hornet. This is of particular interest to me as my father worked at D.H. in WW II building Mosquitoes & he may have worked on Hornets,l know that he worked on Vampires .

[@greva2904]

As I understand it, the Hornet’s Achilles heel in the far east vs Japan would have been that although it had long range, its range was still not long enough for the great distances that would have been involved. Other than that it was a fantastic aircraft which came on the scene just too late. And it was Eric Winkle Brown’s favourite aircraft, which is all you really need to know!

[@lucyenzed102]

One of the most beautiful aircraft to ever have air under its wings: after the Corsair (sentimental favourite because Dad flew them), it’s a tie between this and the Tigercat as to which is my absolute favourite…

[@classicreviews96180]

Two very similar aircraft.

[@jackfrost149]

Thanks mate. Cheers

[@nolotrippen2970]

Keep 'em coming

[@chrisknight6884]

Somewhat similar. If the Whirlwind had been fitted with decent engines rather than the underpowered Peregrines, it would have been outstanding. Eric Brown rated it highly - enough said!

[@Pablo668]

I'm a bit surprised that these aircraft didn't have problems with the bonding agents used in construction in tropical conditions. I had read somewhere that these bonding agents in the Mosquito stopped them from being used in tropical areas. Maybe I'm flat out wrong, or they changed the agents in the Hornet.

[@Pablo668]

@@Giloup92 Wiki says otherwise, or at least, 'took advantage of using the same construction techniques as the Mosquito.

[@martentrudeau6948]

The Hornet must have been right, because it sure looks right.

[@Stewart504]

Sweet looking bird

[@pietjepuk9408]

Counter-rotating props? And yes, fabulous looking bird!!

[@chrisknight6884]

Yes, and counter rotating engines - contributing to its sweet handling.

[@pietjepuk9408]

@@chrisknight6884 Agree. And better engine failure handling.

[@thewatcher5271]

That Was Great! Was It Wooden Or Metal? Thank You. (Like #42 - Comment #4)

[@mtacoustic1]

Mostly wood, but there was some metal used, largely in parts of the wing; where metal skinning was bonded to the wooden structure with 'Redux'; an early form of epoxy adhesive.

[@ianlaws3857]

This aircraft bears an uncanny resemblence to the Westland Whirland

[@SuperDiablo101]

Videos like this make me somewhat disappointed that jet engines ruined potential of such aircraft even though it was inevitable I'm sure I'm not the only one with this conviction

[@chrisknight6884]

Just some grammatical nitpicks .... the plural of cannon is cannon - not cannons. Similarly, the plural of aircraft is aircraft, not aircrafts. This poor use of the English language really detracts from an enjoyable short video on a forgotten and underrated aircraft.