De Havilland Mosquito | In-Flight & Walk Around | Planes of Fame

COCKPIT VIEW IN FLIGHT! Steve Hinton discusses flying the de Havilland Mosquito, the aircraft history, and restoration.

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[thomasdillon]

It's very important that iconic aircraft of history be preserved.

[bertmacdonald]

One time, long time ago, I was a technician apprentice at Liverpool Airport for a firm called British Eagle International Airways.
In an old, disused hangar there was a Mozzy. It had been donated to the City of Liverpool after the war and had been parked there for at least twenty years, covered in pigeon shit. Tyres were flat because the rubber was perished, hydraulics had mostly leaked over the hangar floor, as the hoses had failed, the amount of crap on the cockpit glass made it impossible to see out of, lots of the wiring loom had cracked exposing bare wires etc etc etc. Someone decided it would make a good project for the apprentices to try and get airworthy again. And so, we set about the task. My part was the oleo legs on the undercarriage .Upon dismantling them, I found they were in almost perfect condition. I remember the first time we cranked the bomb bay doors open and I looked up into the bay. The four longerons looked like house joists! Mosquitos were built largely in furniture factories to offset the shortage of aluminium. I remember the day we hosed all the shite off her and she looked pristine ! Her appearance belied the reality though and we had many months of hard work ahead. Cut short by the policies of the Labour government which killed the charter airline industry and with it, our jobs.
Eventually she was made airworthy and took part in the 1969 movie, Mosquito Squadron. Using multi-shot cameras it looks like wave after wave of aircraft took off but in every scene I could see 'our ' Mozzy. By the way, I don`t know who painted the Mosquito in your vid, but the colour scheme is completely off. Your comment regarding Mozzys as being not particularly good fighters does not agree with the many British and Polish pilots who came to see our work and they almost to a man loved the 'chuckabillity' of this airframe. They felt untouchable to a degree they hadn`t felt driving Spitfires or Hurricanes. Most fighter jocks love height, the advantage it brings. Mosquito drivers were the initiators of nap of the earth flying and their speed took away the height advantage.

All of the pilots we talked to back then are obviously dead. The fact that the British Government of today acts the way it does, is shameful to their memory .Never have so many been lied to so much by so few, to paraphrase me old mate Winston.

[flypawels]

Love the De Havilland Mosquito. Nice restoration.

[colehara]

My father was in Lancasters in WW2 and he once got to go up in a Mosquito for a ride along after it had been serviced.
He always had a hig smile on his face when he recalled that flight.
"That thing was so fast" he would say..

[okrajoe]

Such a beautiful aircraft. One of my favorites since I built as a model kit as a kid! Hope she flies in 2023.

[u]

Wonderful, can't believe we don't have a few flying here in the UK.

[angusmcangus]

My father flew “Mossies”, the pure bomber version in the Pathfinder Force of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2. He would have loved this. It really was the original “Multi-Rôle Combat Aircraft” and it probably inspired the thinking behind the development of Panavia Tornado in the 1970s.

[caswellfaulkner]

Wow, respect, a fantastic plane and you've kept it in mint condition, looks brand new!

[foxlake]

My Dad worked at Dehavilland building Mosquito’s, he was a tool and die maker. Later worked at A V Roe building the Avro Arrow.

[coldlakealta]

nearly 1500 Mosquitoes were built at the De Havilland Canada plant in Downsview, Ontario - just north of Toronto - for shipment across the North Atlantic to the UK. My Mom worked shifts on the line - my very own Rosie the Riveter. The "girls" carried bits of chalk and left little mash notes in the a/c for the crews who would maintain and fly them. I belong to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and it was very emotional at one of our shows a few years ago when a Mosquito flown by Kermit Weeks joined our Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster for a fly-past. A gorgeous a/c - maybe my favourite.

[agp]

Steve, living the dream. I appreciate the unique history you seem to always provide in your videos.

[soppdrake]

The Mosquito is really, really something and being an old Brit, and a Brit just potty about WWII warbirds, this legendary aircraft has it all: looks, performance, merlins (2!), grace, versatility, stealth along with its use on some spectacular missions only made possible by this veritable beast of an aeroplane and its impressive specs. This vid was a joy to behövde! Well done, you lot. Take care and thank you for making this angel fly.

[kevinhedspeth]

Great in flight perspective from inside the cockpit!

[jeff]

Great stuff guys, beautiful aircraft !

[aviationavenue]

Awesome, I saw the mosquito during the live demo/hanger talk last year, Steve did an amazing job flying! Hope to see it again in the future, keep up the great work!! 👏👏👏

[cal-native]

Great to see these incredible planes coming back to life. Seems to me that not long ago there were none flyable, or maybe only one. Hopefully even more are coming👍❤️

[vintagecornet]

Great video! Is there a modern day pilot with more warbird flight hours (not to mention range of types) than Steve Hinton? I doubt it!

[MCW]

Started watching Steve on Roaring Glory Warbirds. He’s the greatest!

[cinellixa]

Glad to see a new video, you guys have the coolest planes.

[SteveS-hckm]

The next one to fly will be tomorrow (March 29, practice day) at Warbirds over Wanaka (March 30, 31) in New Zealand. Discovered in Blenheim, NZ, an ex RNZAF aircraft, it too was restored in NZ and will head to the UK after its first air show in Wanaka