We need more of these people saving these fantastic war planes. Rod Lewis and Avspecs should be congratulated

“We’re not saving the world but we’re honouring the people that did”. I was already welling up, but this finished me off! Great work, great video.

"We're not saving the world by doing it, but we're honouring the people that did".... Fantastic quote!! How wonderful to see her in the air after all that dedication & hardwork

The " Mossie " she were the finest MRCA of the period. Bar none. Well done gentlemen. Well done , indeed.

Not all the Mosquito yellow birch came from Finland. If I have my information right, the Canadian-built Mossies were made from yellow birch harvested by the Hays Lumber Company, Kennisis Lake in Haliburton Ontario. The mill is gone but the land is now called Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve with a new mill as well as a popular camping, snowmobiling, and forest research center.

HOLY SMOKES !!! This is so totally amazing !!! I have been telling this story for 55 years never dreaming I WOULD EVER SEE THE PLANE AGAIN!!. When I saw it in the video I jumped up and said "THERES MY MOSQUITO!!!!!!!" My cousin and I use to play on that Plane at Whiteman in Pacoima 55 years ago when we were Kids!!! we rode our bikes there … The airport manager came up to us one day and said "if you kids love this thing so much , I will sell it to you for a hundred bucks, but you gotta get it out of here!!" . We got our paper route money and bought It.. my dad wouldn't let me take it home and put it in the back yard ,,lol.! About 6 months later, the airport guy gave us our money back . He told us he was going to cut it up!!! We were devastated !! But there was a B25 that we started playing on next !!! I never thought in a million years it was saved !!! A great ending to our experiences THANKS

A beautiful comment “We’re not saving the world but we’re honouring the people that did” The Mozzie and the Hunter have the most beautiful lines.

I used to work in the factory with blokes that built them during the war. I used to love it when the company mosquito would park up in the flight test hangar.

A family friend is a Mosquito fighter ace named Russell Bannock...he just turned 100...Man, he would probably love to fly in this model for one last hurrah! Russell lives in Toronto but visits his son in California frequently...

Kudos to all who designed , built , flew and maintained the magnificent Mosquito back in the day and through to the present.

My father Flt Allan Smith Jr flew Mossies in WW2 and I have learned so much since his passing. This video is a wonderful tribute to those brave aviators.... Incredible

That is the aircraft, one of them anyways, that my uncle flew in WWII: fighter, fighter bomber, and radar jammer variants. He did not fly the anti shipping version. Flew the B25D bomber as well for the RCAF

If I just had a billion dollars, I would love to own one like that. A labor of love to restore a beautiful aircraft.

As a little boy I climbed all over this plane at Whiteman Airport we had a Stearman and my father said This Plane wood never fly again because it was rotted wood. call that 1967. Great to see it went to some good hands and back in the air instead of a static Museum peace.

Beyond incredible. Love these guys for making the enormous effort. A tribute to those that flew the Mosquito in wartime.

They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Mossie is a beaut.

people wax lyrical over the spitfire and mustang.... if i had the resources, i'd have a new build one of these in a heartbeat. just so beautiful an aircraft.

Many planes can lay claim to be the best plane of their time, but only one is totally unchallenged: the Mosquito. Unarmed bomber, reconnaissance, fighter bomber, night fighter, ground attack, maritime patrol: unrivalled versatility.

Thanks for the video,My Dad was involved with the making the wooden frames for the first prototype,Very proud

Went to the first mosquito spectacular at Ardmore airfield and still watch the video I made of it occasionally. I followed it’s rebuild at Ardmore over a year and a half and wasn’t unwelcome. An awesome team at Avspec.

Stunning, absolutely totally stunning and deadly. What a tribute to those who flew them. My uncle flew them. He always said there was nothing to touch them. Like the Beaufighter a real tank buster as well as the many other roles successfully undertaken. A truly great aircraft.

Utterly beautiful. De Havilland, created shapes that belong nowhere else, but up in the clouds , but with deadly intent.

My Grandad was a navigator in one of those flying low level strikes for RAF 613 Squadron during 1944 - 1945. Beautiful aircraft, but terrifying missions. It's really good to see one flying again.

Just fantastic, that plane looks like a model it is so clean

one of the finest aircraft ever made , and stunningly beautiful too.

As weird as this sounds-she looks happy in the air.

Superb workmanship, thankyou Kiwis.

A beautiful sight to behold. I've always thought this aircraft should be in the "Battle of Britain" squadron. While it wasn't in the actual battle of Britain, but nor was the Lancaster.

Magnificent. I was moved not just by watching the building and flying of this aircraft but also those words honouring the aircrew that flew these beautiful machines in such horrifying circumstances.

A truly great tribute to the many who fought and died for the freedom that permits projects like this to be completed.

One of the most amazing, versatile aircraft of WW2. Probably my personal favourite - and how fantastic it is to see this. A real, honest to god, flying Mossie. Absolutely brilliant.

Massive love and respect to the AvSpecs guys in New Zealand for doing what they've done, restoring Mosquitos. It's a shame that we haven't had one flying here in Britain for many years. In America, they generally fly slowly in straight lines with the announcer shouting how amazing it is. Still, they have been financing it, so much love to them too - and thanks for the great videos from Rod Lewis Inc so us people can enjoy a little bit of it.

Honoring the people that did. Wipes tears from eyes.

Another stunning Mossie from New Zealand. I like the updates like this - but much more satisfying would be a detailed interview/build movie with Avspec people as to how they achieve such results. There are so many questions like metal hardware - how much left and how was it restored, paint process - why was it chosen and how applied. Cockpit detail - surely most of it was missing...etc. Here's hoping.

The Timber Terror, or Wooden Wonder has been my favourite aeroplane, for almost 60 years, since I saw one as a child. Very happy to see some being restored. There is a man, not many miles away from here, who has built one from scratch, using original parts from all around the world. It was being taxied along with a Lancaster which is being restored to airworthy condition, earlier his year. It would be really something to see both of them flying again. Thanks to all of the people who have rebuilt this example to airworthy condition, and of course, thanks to the men who first flew them, about 80 years ago.

The best multi-role aircraft of WW II. Consider the "Tsetse" Mosquito which mounted a 50mm auto load cannon, which extended back into the bomb bay and ended many a U-boats day.

What a project. Congratulations to all involved.

I read the plywood was made in Wisconsin using presses sourced from Germany! I'm glad that people can work on these types of things. Thanks for sharing.

I was in Auckland a few months ago and stopped in at Avspecs, they have good group of passionate guys.

My favourite plane . Thank for making them . They are a beauty....

Superb work, always loved the 'mossie' as a kid and was first introduced to it reading the victor comic which always had real life hero stories on the front page.

Wow, just wow. Thanks to the owner and all those who rebuild this plane. Wow.....

She looks so perfect, she looks like a model! You've done an amazing job :)

Our house was on the Hatfield flight path for de haviland. We saw /heard lots Very proud

Great job of recontructing this magnificiently designed aircraft that defies time. The airframe match with the Merlin engine was an absolute success.

Still as beautiful as ever.

A beautiful flying machine gentlemen. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.Just look what you gave this generation and future generations to enjoy seeing a part of history.

Mossy is a beauty imo. And the Hurricane, Spitfire, p38 Lightning, p40Kittyhawk, and the p51Mustang. A few others too.

Powerful stuff. May engineers like these be eternally blessed. We need more epic people like these,for we need more legendary machines like the Mosquito in the air.

Like so many British aircraft designs, the de Havilland Mosquito looks graceful in flight that it seems to be floating.

Well done, a truly incredible restoration, worthy of honouring those heroes.

The engineering is AMAZING! A lot of the ideas created back then are still in use today!

What a beautiful machine

Stunning job, brilliant work and restoration project, no wonder you feel privileged. Quality!!

She is magnificent .. well done to the restorers.

A BEAUTIFUL PLANE & it worked beyond expectations.....2 thumbs up for RAF.

I applaud these people who have the skill, passion, and not least financial backing to restore those old, iconic aircraft.

Sad to see this plane was left to rot initially. Good thing it got restored.

Utterly magnificent. So thank you all involved and for posting this. It's very stirring.

lovely - the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (I know it was later but so are the Spitfires which have Griffins) should have one of these built in NZ by this team. Good use of lottery money I reckon.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Awesome! Loved seeing this at Airventure 2019.

They made it in Coastal Command variant. My favorite type.

That last comment was spot on.

DeHavilland may well have used metal for construction of the Mossie but the Department of War would not allocate alloy for the prototype as it was in short supply. That is the primary reason for the adoption of wood and with their previous experience in this form of manufacture DH made one helluva job of it in short order. I have to congratulate these Kiwis though - having rebuilt two light aircraft, much smaller and simpler than a Mossie, I know the difficulties one can meet - these guys must be a very determined and talented bunch!

We're not saving the world by doing it but we're honouring the people who did. The perfect way to describe why these aircraft must be saved and why those who flew them should never be forgotten. Those 19 and 20 year olds who routinely risked their lives whenever they took off and often never returned really were the greatest generation.

Fantastic dedication! Great job,! Thanks for posting! Cheers!

Sorry you are wrong, you are saving the world by doing it. Projects like yours are the heart beat of the human race.

I heard this from a WW2 Mossie pilot: An aircraft had been grounded a few times with very odd cockpit readings, the erks couldn't find anything wrong on the ground. He's at high altitude and it happens again, the dials are saying zero airspeed and descending fast even though he's visibly in a climb. He gets the erks to remove the pitot system and they find a family of wood boring larva happily munching their way through his aircraft. They were expanding with the reduced air pressure and blocking the tubes. After that all mossies in tropical places had to have little dowling rods inserted into gaps and holes while on the ground.

Honoring the people who saved the the world is a grand gesture of worth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

"We're not saving the world by doing it, but we're honoring the people that did" - You sir, your team, and everyone in the world who think and do the same, are real heroes too!

My favourite Aircraft. Well done guys. Epic job.

What a stunning example of a truly beatuiful aircraft! Well done chaps!

Next one a Bristol Beaufighter please! They are both my WW2 fave British fighter/bomber types. Awesome work guys. Never stop.

She is a Sweet Heart . Thank you .

Beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing!

The last flying "Mosquito" in G.B. crashed at an airshow near me in 1996, while pulling out of a loop: the accident was said to have been caused by a power-loss (possibly a carburettor design-fault that hadn't been discovered until then (1996!) Let's hope that none of the flyable "Mosquito" restorations/new-builds gets wrecked when a pilot is tempted to do aerobatics.

What a great story, and a fantastic achievement

One Word--Beautiful

My grandfather worked in the factory building these during the war. He got a commendation for a modification he made to the wing. I had a tool box made from off cuts of the ply, wish I had kept it, didn't realize how special it was at the time. Once he was on the roof of the factory making repairs after a raid and got shot at by another raid, he came down off the roof a bit quick.

What a great story - you are very talented people, well done lads, my old auntie worked in a woodworking factory that made parts for the Mosquito in North East England. Geoffrey De Havilland was a genius

These People are awe inspiring I would love to see a DEHAVILLAND SEA HORNET RESTORED GOD BLESS THESE GENIUSES

Awesome restoration!

Absolutely great. Well done all involved.

I highly recommend watching the RAF documentary on KZfaq about "Operation Jericho" the successful low level bombing raid on Ameins Prison in German occupied France on February 18, 1944 with an attack force of 18 Mosquito FB Mk VI's and 1 photo recon Mosquito that filmed the operation, and also included 14 Hawker Typhoons.

Every time I see something to do with Mosquitos, I'm reminded of a remark the late Australian cricket all-rounder Keith Miller made. In the process of paying out on young modern cricketers who moan about being under pressure, Miller, who flew Mosquitos in WW2, said, "Pressure is when you're almost out of fuel and you've got an M.E.109 up your arse. That's pressure, son!" I bet in times like that, Keith was glad he was in a Mosquito!

Fantastic and fascinating aircraft.

My favorite all time bird!

Thank you for doing this!

Well done thank you cal. for taking care of it ...and you guys history comes alive.....

People mostly think it was the spitfire and the Lancaster that won the war, no there all wrong, the mosquitoes did every role in the history of flying, fighter, bomber, reconnaissance and passenger (all be it two people in the bomb bay) but it’s role covered everything. The best airplane in WW2 in my eyes, I fly an rc mosquito and every time I fly it it puts a lump in my throat. I wish we could get one flying again in the UK as we tragically lost ours in a display crash years ago.

Fan Bloody tastic this is awesome , great vid on an incredible Aircraft that should never be forgotten .

Little NZ , Thank You.

Awesome...absolutely brilliant. 👍🏻👏🏻

My favorite plane of all.

Much love to Warren Denholm and the AvSpecs team - and to the wealthy benefactors like Rod Lewis who fund their super restorations.

Thanks for a great summary, and for the work you are doing in preservation of real living history.

The Mosquito and the Hurricane are my two favourite planes from WWII

Just magic. Thanks for doing this.

Fantastic work, guys. You're doing a great thing.