DH Mosquito Takes to The Sky! New Zealand 2016

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND September 29, 2016. A restored
de Havilland Mosquito completed its second test flight today at Ardmore Airport with Keith Skilling and Dave Phillips at the controls for a very successful flight. This is the second Mosquito restored by Avspecs Limited and is one of three airworthy in the whole World.

[PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Thank you so much for NOT putting awful music on this. The only music that fits is the sound of 2 wonderful Merlins in full song!!

[georgebrown]

Simply stunning, these people who restore these aircraft are a truly special breed, how magnificent is it to see a mosquito in the air. Huge congratulatons and thanks for sharing.

[alexandermccarthy]

The engine noise. Honestly, brings a tear to my eye. Superb effort by everyone involved in bringing this ageless beauty back to flying condition.

[carolinemartin-knowles]

My late father was an aeronautical engineer apprentice at de Havillands in 1939 prior to joining the RAF. He was rather fond of the Mosquito and used the plywood construction for a trimaran he designed in the late '60s in-between designing the UK's nuclear reactors. During school holidays in the early '70s I used to sail our prototype fiberglass-sheathed plywood ""Mosquito" around Anglesea and to the Isle of Man. Like it's namesake it was light, fast and adaptable.
When I was 13 he bought me a plywood canoe kit and he helped with the difficult parts as he was talented with his hands but I never thought to tease information out of him about aircraft design or his time working on the DH Mosquito. He was a private man, a dreadful teacher and impatient with people who could not keep up with his considerable intellect.

Although he was recognised as an aero-engineer, civil and nuclear engineer he had no formal qualifications and always retained great respect for the people on the tools and he would have been absolutely stoked to see your monumental efforts. Well done to all concerned.

[murrayangus]

Superb!  You guys in New Zealand have done a terrific job on this Mossie.  We salute you all!

[PJF]

The Mossie was the first aircraft my dad flew, that was after WW2. He said no aircraft ever took his breath away or was such a joy to fly and he retired from ther RAF after flying many aircraft, his last being the Vulcan B2. Awesome job NZ, respect to you guys.

[Jnny]

What a stunning piece of aviation history, brilliant.

[michaelsanchez]

An iconic warrior back in the skies. Such a beautiful sight and sound.

[SuperEdge]

Great to see New Zealand leading the way in terms of restoring Mossies. New Zealand Mossie squadrons served with distinction in WW2 with 487 squadron taking part in the famous Operation Jericho raid.

[trev]

I would like the thank the hole team that put this together and sharing free to thousands of people who otherwise would not experience this for physical and financial reasons Great content much appreciated

[rc-fannl]

Nice to see another "wooden wonder" take to the skies. Kudos to all involved in restoring this beauty.

[phillipiacobacci]

BEAUTIFUL, one of the best planes of the era. Thanks for bringing the lady back to life.

[misterspitfire]

Such a wonderful aircraft! I'm so pleased that I found this video - thank you. Oh... the sound of those Merlins sends a shiver down my spine!

[PacoOtis]

Thanks for the video and thanks very much for NOT having music in place of, or on top of, the sounds of flight. Well done!!

[smiley]

Oh my God what a beautiful plane. Thank you all for all your super hard work.

[davelee]

My father worked for de havilland during the war on mosquitoes at Hatfield it's nice to see this thank you

[sparkleybitz]

AWESOME!!! Congratz to the restoration team. One of my all time favourites. Thank you for putting the video up :)

[marklittle]

Beautiful to see another Mossie ready for the sky...

The music of two Merlins made my day

[NRT]

I've always thought the "Mossie" was such a beautiful, elegant design. Kudos to you, Mr. DeHavilland!

[WychardNL]

Thanks for this wonderful visual report of a Mosquito flight. Indeed, thanks for not using background music and let these Merlins sing their song 🥰