Wings of Valor: Restoring A De Havilland Mosquito For Future Generations | Gaining Altitude | Spark

It's great to see this restoration. My father was a cabinet maker in North London before the war and, although he volunteered for the armed forces, he was mobilised into the workforce to build Mosquitos at Hatfield. He would have been very pleased to see one flying again.

Well here I am a year later watching this again and I can only imagine the joy and accomplishment of what you all achieved. I take my hat off to all those involved.

Beautiful. My dad was a Mosquito pilot and I wish he could have seen this. RIP Dad.

I’m in tears as the engines start and the plane is reborn. I cannot thank you guys enough.

Not only astonishing you could restore it so meticulously but to have it fly again is way beyond incredible. Gives me goosebumps to see her take to the air again...

The greatest aircraft of WWII - thank you so much for getting this beauty back into the skies...

It's 2023, I'm a guy who is an ENGINE man.. I can hear the sound of my friends vehicles by the tone of their engine.. To this day there is no more beautiful sound than a Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine.. I live near an air museum, near Chino Airport, so I hear them regularly and it always makes me look up to see the aircraft...

massive thankyou to everyone involved for keeping this beautiful aeroplane flying in perfect condition.

The Mosquito is one of the flight masterpieces in WWII. amazing restoration.

For all those involved over the many years and the no expense spared to restore this magnificent plane, I and all true aviation enthusiasts thank you, you have brought a piece of art back to life

What can you say to all the people involved except THANK YOU for bringing these wonderful machines to life again. Too many iconic aircraft down the years have been consigned to the scrap heap by successive governments an absolute disgrace.

What a great documentary. The Mossy is such a beautiful plane and there is no mistaking the two 12 cylinder Merlin engines for anything else. Congrats to all those involved in the project, thanks to all the veterans who are still with us who flew these lovely machines and RIP to all those crew who never made it home, we owe you a great deal.

You can see that a lot of love. passion and emotion went into restoring that aircraft.

De Havilland had a penchant for building beautiful airplanes. From the Dragon Rapide to the Mossie, the Comet and even the old DH-4 of WWI had it's own beauty. I've long thought the Mossie to be the best most versatile all round British twin of WWII. My British and Canadian cousins knew how to put together an airplane. Well done lads. Well done indeed.

no loud continous music drowning out the voices, that alone makes that great documentation special by itself

To me, this is THE iconic warbird of WWII. Such a radical, brilliant design. And the lowest casualty rate of any plane in Bomber Command despite the demanding roles it was assigned. As someone who was brought up on the Biggles books, it is exciting to see one flying again.

Well done, guys, for keeping history alive. Awesome job!

3:49... "I don't consider this a REAL JOB. It's a hobby and we get paid!" This guy loves his work. That is also the story of MY life.. Nobody could be so lucky.. I RETIRED when I left school and just continued my hobby as a source of income...Radio & TV engineer, but developing into Radio Comms. my hobby as Radio Ham. BUT I did it twice...As a sax/clarinet player, I had a parallel career (er.. hobby!) taking me all around EU and two gigs in USA, playing jazz and Blues in Memphis and New Orleans. To be frank, I never did an honest day's work in my life! Retirement? Still hobbying with Ham Radio and gigging jazz until Covid 19 said "I'll put a stop to HIS little gallop!" and closed down all the venues. Great video. I used to own and operate a radio set which was used in the the Mosquito and the Lanc. The Marconi 1154/1155 combination. It was in my bedroom at my mother's house..If she'd known just how much voltage I'd got in there, I would have instantly become a homeless teenager! Great Video...Thank you!

The de Havilland Mosquito was, in my humble opinion the very best, most succesful, and most outstanding aeroplane of WW 2.

I cried when I saw one in a museum. I never thought I would ever see one. What a treat.