My all-time favourite airoplane, for more than 55 years. It's a shame that it is not intended to be flown again. But at least this country will have a working example of a Mosquito, for the first time in far too long. Off to watch the other videos now. Found this one first. A big 'Well done!' to all of the team. Thank-you.

A lot of the comments about this aircraft are extraordinary in their inability to grasp the nature of the entire ‘mosquito concept’, this is a wooden aeroplane built under conditions of ‘wartime emergency’ when all of the ‘experts’ said that ‘modern’ aircraft should be built of aluminium, it is held together by ‘aerolite’ urea formaldehyde glue, such wooden structures are immensely tough, but of limited life, we are now in 2019, world war 2 started in 1939, nearly 80 years ago, if you want a mosquito to fly again you really need to build a new one and not expect this venerable antique to fly anymore than you would contemplate taking HMS Victory to sea. (If you built a new mosquito you would probably have to meet modern specifications). As regard engine assembly and cleanliness:- the modern engine I find in my car appears to use no oil, it is a brilliant piece of engineering, it is NOT an engine of the 1930s and 40s - I know those old engines well because as a young person. I had to rebuild them to keep my family getting to work, they went well for about 60,000 miles, then you had to rebuild them, they burnt oil at a steady rate, advice on engine work was to maintain ‘cleanliness’, no one mentioned a dust free environment (the engines of the thirties were essentially the same as those of the 50s, 60s and 70s in many cases). My mother, father, uncles and aunts were the ‘service personnel’ of world war 2, they suffered in later life from their sacrifice, mother ptsd, from the violence she witnessed, her brother ptsd, deafness and malaria from service in India and Malaya, father nitrate poisoning and other problems, the preservation of these aircraft is a wonderful monument to their service, if a mosquito could fly that would be wonderful, but this ‘old lady’ should simply be maintained as she was built, accepting that she is no longer airworthy, congratulations to those who maintain her!

Father worked for De Haviland's during the war. Plane builder then ferry pilot and service engineer. Flew planes from tropics Darwin etc to a strip near Alice Springs, he stayed with the plane for about a week for major service then back for the next plane. This was to dry out the plywood as the glues and ply suffered with delamination. "Extreme humidity" After the war for about 5 years flew the mosquitos over the entire continent photo graphing and mapping. I miss the old boy he would cry all day on ANZAC day. All but a few friends never came home. "LEST WE FORGET"

Thanks to all of you involved in this project. Back in the day if you were not flying in it, I am sure you'd have been making, servicing or otherwise involved in keeping it operational and effective. Thank you all for what you're doing :)

Fantastic aircraft. I am somewhat stunned by the criticisms leveled here. It's not a complete rebuild and restoration, it's a display piece. Maybe one day someone will buy it and do a total, who knows? I can't even begin to imagine the cost of such a project. Just maintaining it in it's current state is a major undertaking and very expensive. Hat tip to the mechanics for their dedication.

No hard hats, high viz and goggles, what an absolute delight to see. Thank you gentlemen.

Saw this by chance, thanks for a great overview of the dedication and work involved in rebuilding/ restoring the aircraft, nothing but admiration for the Team.

Thanks for doing all the vids and posting Nev. I know this "Mossie" will never fly again, but better a "Hangar Queen" than termite food. Great work by Tony and his crew.

Would love to see a fund raiser to restore this breathtaking example to flying condition, but have masses of respect for the numerous skilled hands that have brought her this far.

WOW, brought back memories of watching the "Greasies" work on the Dakotas back in Winnipeg. Daks all gone now as are the T-33s. Great video, thanks.

I recently was privileged to visit the Ardmore and see the latest Mossie to be built there. Superb job

Always a tough job watching someone else working… I think I need a beer and a lie down …phew!!

Great vid and it's nice to see that wurzel gummidge has come out of retirement to help 👍🏻

Thanks for preserving some history,would be nice to have it airworthy but what the heck,its still there. Great dedication!

Congratulations to all those at East Kirkby, what a wonderful job you have done. All without the help of the "experts" posting on here.

My Grandfather was a Navigator in these during the war, 692 Squadron, specifically in a MK IV and then the MK.XVI with the high altitude props, he spoke so fondly of these aircraft, it earnt him a DFC and brought him home everytime.

OUTSTANDING project completion. An aircraft as beautiful as it is legendary. Simply outstanding. Thank you for sharing this video!

Well this Mosquito series has gone into my favourites box...proud you must be, I'm honoured just to watch it, fantastic filming

Lovely, elegant, flying machine built for war. My first choice as a 7 yr old in what a cool model (circa 66) one should try to build. Well put together video shown here. Thank you for this rebuild, and all this effort. Bless. Parks worker, Miami, FL

How wonderful to be able to appreciate a restored version of this beautiful and successful aircraft.

The Best Piece OF British furniture ever built. BAR NONE!!!!

thankyou for allowing us to see everyone working so hard on this marvelous aircraft.

Thank you for posting this, Neville. It ranks as one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed along with the Spitfire, Mustang, P-38 and Lockheed Constellation (my choices at any rate).

What a great museum this is I have visited many times and it was lovely to see this nut and bolt restoration. Thanks all 👍

All that different works, parts and solutions combined in one machine ... drawn up, built and maintained under conditions vividly explained below .. and it beautifully went up there into the elements under shortage and fire . judging the existence from here and now one would have to call it a myth 🌹☮️

Was lucky to see Tony in June when visiting East Kirkby, total dedication..Great achievement Tony and team .

Seen it start up...MAGNIFICENT MERLIN ENGINES...had my lunch in the NAFFI..looking out of the window...there is the Mosquito...how many people can say lunch with a Mosquito outside...what a classic aeroplane ...good work East Kirby 👍

A Very Important and grossly underrated aircraft

Superb Videos, Neville.Thank you for the uploads.

Its interesting to note the Mosquito and Dove have the same propeller control system and the required tools are also made bt DeHavilland.

Intensely absorbing - fascinating, to see how the propeller feathering system works. Could almost feel the smooth curves of the gearing, feel a film of oil on my fingers. Thank you for posting.

Marvelous. What an exquisite machine. I was just reading the Wiki Beaufighter entry and I was introduced to the notion of an exhaust shroud for night fighters so that the flames would not be seen and I thought "exhaust shroud on a Merlin - what does that look like?" - I will stay tuned.

My greatest dream has always been to see a Convair B-36 fly once again. I realize that will never happen but, like this project, I fully support every bit of time and money that has been spent to restore these planes. Even if they never fly again, the B-36 at Pima Air Museum in Tucson, and this Mosquito, each represent a living window into the past. Looking at a photo or watching an old 16 mm film are simply not the same as walking up to one of these old war birds and taking a close look, blemishes and all. For that matter, you never know what the future will hold. A decade ago, I would have bet good money we would never see a Union Pacific Big Boy run under its own power again. Ten years later, and quite a few millions of dollars spent by UP, and the Big Boy lives again! Let's hope something similar happens to the few remaining Mosquitos [and, yes, the B-36!].

30 people hated this ,Respect to those who flew the Wooden wonder ,Lest we Forget 💕💕💕

Beautiful aircraft... worth every hour of hard work to see it flying again.

I find it amazing that both Mosquito and Hornet production only ended in 1950 (when I was two years old).

Nice one Tony, good to see its in a better home now, lets get a tune out of it ;)

Stephen Diskin. Well done for keeping history alive.

Fascinating to watch. Kudos to that lift driver - quite the light hand on the levers!

I always tell everybody take a look at a mosquito it looks like it's going 300 mph on the ground it has such a gorgeous shape to it and to think this plane is made mostly of wood and it can fly so fast and maneuver so well. And I love the sound of Merlin engines there's nothing like it I could be in a house that's all the windows are closed and if a plane with a Merlin engine is flying by I know it there's nothing like the sound of a Merlin

Stunning an beautiful work on the Mosquito. Thank you, I do wish to see the Vulcan fly again, I understand it has a main wing spar problem.

Absolutely fantastic video. What I would do to see this beauty fly again. It only shows what a great human effort and a nation's effort to manufacture these crafts during wartime.

Got tickets to see just Jayne and the gorgeous mossie in August. Can’t wait to see them 👍

Fabulous aircraft with a fabulous, unique history.

What a MAGNIFICENT aircraft!!! 🏆🏆🏆

What a great aircraft, seems a shame that it is not being restored to airworthy status, but for static display and taxi runs instead. Would be great to have a flyable Mosquito in England.

What an amazing team 👏

tribute to the mechanics who kept these birds flying.... amazing video..

Hats off to the effort and commitment of all involved ......fantastic video

Fab. Looks like an Airfix 1:1 scale model!

Really great fantastic thanks for showing us this ..what a lovely aircraft just amazing ..cheers

Was 8 minutes in before I noticed the Lancaster behind it. Very few aircraft can steal the limelight from a Lancaster and this Mosquito is full value for the attention, great machine, intruder, pathfinder, night fighter, photo reconnaissance, "cookie" delivery system (hello, Berlin!) the de Havilland Mosquito was a war winner.

BLOODY HELL, SUCH COMPLEX WORK, THE MIND BOGGLES. BRILLIANT , WELL DONE MEN.

That is just plain AWESOME!!!

My dad was a radar operator/navigator in one of these, only his had the more advanced radar where you couldn't have the .303's. When he used this type of AI they operated Beaufighters.

Best piece of wood furniture the Brits ever built !

Classic warbird a real beauty

The Mosquito had something right which some modern light aircraft still don't. The undercarriage lever has a wheel shaped know, the flap lever has a flap shaped lever. No chance of confusing them even if you don't look.

What an amazing experience. Thank you to all for sharing this. I can’t wait to visit hopefully in 2021 COVID a permitting. All the very best to you all for Christmas and a bumper 2021 with hopefully many visitors.

An irreplaceable Mosquito and a Lancaster in the same hangar plus loads of bits and pieces Is there a sprinkler system in that hangar ?

There should be a special "clean room" before unwrapping engine components and for all engine assembly work to ensure and keep to a minimum any chance of contamination to bearing parts of the engine. A simple polythene tent would suffice, there is no way I would have bare engine components handled on a contaminated wooden pallet, plus all engine fitters should be clothed in clean overalls at all time when engine fitting. One little piece of grit on a plain/roller bearing will be it's destruction, they should have had me re-building both engines, they would be perfectly assembled.

Good video! I am sorry, but it is not clear to me...is this Mossie being restored to flying condition? Also, can the fighter bomber be flown with a yoke instead if a stick? Thanks!

Great work being done here. Those who appreciate this superb aeroplane and its achievements owe the team a debt of thanks. I wonder if anyone ever considered trying the Mosquito with Napier Sabre engines?

wow super interesting video of a beautiful airchraft .but no use of torque when mounting the propeller hub . ore was it just not filmed.

They need to get it flying ✈ and the Lancaster bomber not just going up and down a runway

She's a real beauty.

Original NAAFI van in there as well? What an amazing collection.

Only just found this so a bit late to the party - but great job! I think I'd have put a 'Top' mark on the plate behind the prop though, so it goes on the right way up every time.

Cracking stuff, and so easy for us here to comment on the lack of proper equipment, but imagine how they had to do it in the field? amazing.

Excellent to see this Mosquito on it's way towards flying again? And 👍 to the footage of the bits & bobs being reassembled.

Niice. Keep up the great work.

I have loved the mosquito since watching 633 squadron film years ago.My other plane I loved was the P51 mosquito.

Send it to New Zealand. They will do a meticulous rebuild and get it flying

All very well said, but even MORE IMPORTANT that we have flying examples. Te remember the sacrifice of those who flew and those who supported them.

Poetry in motion worthy of man's passion

Outstanding job by guys of an iconic 'ship' lets see her fly soon

Wow it is great to watch

What a wonderful job...

And not a maintenance manual or a torque wrench anywhere? When's the ground runs? Outstanding work guy's, keep it up...

best ww2 aeroplane by far superb would love to see it fly again

Beautiful aircraft.. great to see one still alive😊

We need to get apprentices shadowing the men to learn the trades , Once these craftsmen retire or sadly pass away who’s to pick up the tools? Great video ...

What an engineering marvel. Perfection!!!!

I photographed this beauty a few weeks ago.

I have a throttle box from one of these, wish I could find the rest of it

Awesome aircraft

Will she fly? I’ve been on at the Canadians for years to hand their one over but they won’t.

I wonder if the on-board radar is in the cockpit - can see the antenna or dipoles.

Thank you for making and sharing this excellent video and thank you, Tony, for preserving this aircraft, a magnificent achievement. I too wait to see a Mossie flying again in this country but fully understand why it wont be this one. Hope to see her soon in person.

Please forgive my ignorance. I was wondering why this fabulous war bird cannot be restored to flying status?

I don't see any ejection slots for the machine gun empty cartridge cases and belt links. When the guns were fired did the empties just fall into the bottom of the gun bay?

I remember seeing one flying over Prestwood, High Wycombe around 1980ish. Wonder what happened to it. Any ideas, please?

FROM a loyal YANK, WE love the Mossy too !!!!!! Long live the R.A.F.

Lovely lovely lovely

Great video bro it is slowly coming together. Interesting it has exhaust shrouds as others I have seen the exhausts are out in the open. All the best and hope you are keeping cool.

This is an excellent vid.! Hub reassemble - by memory?! Heck, I need a manual to replace my spark plugs! Amazing dudes. Question - there is a lot of heavy ammo in the nose. During battle, is there a serious change in CG as it is used up?

Interesting. And well done. But I thought all night fighters were painted black?

Lovely to see nice video

I have some contacts world wide, and my have found a wing spar for the vulcan, we are trying to locate the 3 Vulcan rumored to be in South America, how they got there I haven't the foggest idea, but I was sent a picture of them at the end of a runway, as soon as we locate them I'll contact the guys that flew the last flight, I am an American but love different aircraft. The One aircraft I'd live to see fly is the Sunderland. But I don't know if any are still around. My dad flew B24s out of North Sheffield 1943-1945

What a wonderful rebuild. Is the Mosquito the one that stalls if the throttle is opened too quickly or was that the Blenheim . Remember seeing a Mosquito on an RAF station about 1962, they were still flying then.