gkainz
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One of the first aviation books I recall as a youngster was about the Mosquito.
This vid is beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvp2AeM68iM
This vid is beautiful.
The Mossie flies again
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Geico266
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Wow!
Thanks!
There are an impressive war bird.
Thanks!
There are an impressive war bird.
Threefingeredjack
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Great photography of one of the truly great planes of WWII. Now wiping the drool off my laptop.
Geico266
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If I remember right the Mosquito was made out of wood. Very impressive record.
gkainz
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Yep, plywood and glue laminate laid over forms, two halves then glued together (simplistic summary of what I read elsewhere)
Geico266
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They took available materials, and made one hell of light fighter bomber.
maddog52
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Always been one of my favorite British aircraft. Very nice to see one flying. The lines just beg for somone to build a composite version in 75% scale.
wby0nder
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Which reminds me of that beautiful 2/3 scale P38 recently flown in TX. Havent seen any new pics or details on it
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One fast plane. I think I remember reading about some mission flying ball bearings unarmed, at night, just its speed for protection, maybe more than any fighter pursuit?
JasonCT
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Great video what were the power plants, Allisons?
NM, I just wiki'd it and found they had RR Merlin V12s. Pretty neat machines!
NM, I just wiki'd it and found they had RR Merlin V12s. Pretty neat machines!
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MSPAviator
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Holy crap that thing is fast. 
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Outstanding low and fast video.
Wonder what the vents on the inboard leading edge of the wings are?
Wonder what the vents on the inboard leading edge of the wings are?
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I always called the Mosquito the first composite airplane. Even if was plywood and not carbon epoxy.
Well... wood's a carbon composite, is it not?
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Saw one fly at Oshkosh about 20 years ago. If you think a Mustang is the best sounding airplane out there you haven't heard a Mosquito go by with two Merlins in sync
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JasonCT
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Saw one fly at Oshkosh about 20 years ago. If you think a Mustang is the best sounding airplane out there you haven't heard a Mosquito go by with two Merlins in sync
Brian
Man I bet you felt it in your chest! Good stuff!
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I'm only counting 5 exhaust ports per side on this one in above video....
Fast n' Furious
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There were many, many variants of the Mosquito powered by an equally large number of Merlin engines some built by Rolls Royce and some by Packard. What ever the variant is that's being flown here....it's a thing of beauty. Thanks for the video post.
Seanaldinho
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Saw one fly at Oshkosh about 20 years ago. If you think a Mustang is the best sounding airplane out there you haven't heard a Mosquito go by with two Merlins in sync
Brian
Mustang is a beautiful machine to behold.