De Havilland Mosquito - Flight & Presentation
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- Here's a clip of when I took my De Havilland Mosquito to Oshkosh a number of years ago, back when my collection was based out of the Weeks Air Museum in Miami. There’s a plane side talk about the Mosquito, followed by some footage of a flight at Oshkosh, including take off, fly-bys, landing and some nice air to air shots.
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Thank you, Mr Weeks, for your lifetime of work restoring, preserving, and flying so many wonderful and fascinating aircraft. Seeing and hearing these airplanes in flight brings them to life in a way that no static museum display, film footage, or photographs could possibly do.
The filming (video capture, whatever) of this majestic beast was absolutely fantastic! I built a model of this wonderful bird when I was a kid. Love it.
Amazing aircraft! Thank you so much for taking care of historical aircraft like this!!
the absolute delight of my (sick days) is to receive Kermit's wonderful insights.
⚓️👍👍 Thanks Kermit ! Great show, I was only 3 years old when they rolled out this Beauty ! 🤛🤛⚓️
Me two. I was living near the Spitfire Factory at Castle Bromwich Birmingham. They used to fly over our house, some flown by those brave ladies of the ATA.
just a small point the picture at 1.37 is not the factory at Hatfield, the second picture is of the office building at Hatfield and is there to this day. Unfortunately the old Mossie 'dope shop' ( at the back of the Office building) ...production control and accounts in my day were demolished in the early '90's.
In my opinion one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built.
i do totally agree with you, this bird was a humble giant in it's time. question , is the A10 warthog his son?
@@robertburkhardt3506 The inspiration
She is an amazing aircraft!
It was the fastest prop driven plane in WWII. And was used for all types of missions: fighter, bomber, recon, cargo, and liaison.
Thank you again Kermit. Yes, a 14 month funk. You have been here for us all through it, and we are here for FOF too
Nothing like the sound of twin Merlin engines. Thanks for sharing.
👍👀👍
Almost as good as 4 on a Lancaster!
Missies flew from RAF Leuchars near St Andrew’s in Scotland on the ball bearing run to Sweden
Love the Mosquito ...
What a thrill to fly with the Lancaster too (you need one for the collection)😉
Saw the British Lancaster fly yesterday at Duxford👍
One of the best fighter bombers ever made during World War II
One of the best bombers.
Three Mosquitoes could carry a similar bomb load to two Lancasters with two fewer engines and six crewmen instead of 14.
Its speed not only made it a much more survivable aircraft, but greatly reduced crew fatigue as they were in the air for a much shorter time.
First MRCA. When 617 got a couple for target marking things went up a notch.
Its a proper beast, always been one of my favourite planes and soon to be released on DCS :)
Much appreciated, thank you for sharing a bit of a very important piece of history.
400 mph service ceiling 39000
The Royal Navy had a mosquito land on I'm one of their flat tops
A favorite of mine, just beautiful!
Hopefully Eagle Dynamics are watching. The man said '12 mins from engine crank to airborne, otherwise overheating problems.'
In higher temperatures... fly it in colder climates, I guess you'd have longer 😀
Beautiful aircraft in U.K. We will be having one flying again soon fingers crossed 🤞
Hopefully 2 😁
This was when Kermit had the only flying Mossy. There are 3 or 4 clones that are up in the air now. Do believe this to be the only all Original that could be flight worthy.
The Canadian one F for Freddie I think is original
Love this aircraft, one of the best!
The fighter version!...4 machine guns + 4 20mm CANNONS!!!...TALK ABOUT OVERKILL!
It’d be good to see this one airworthy again, there are too few Mosquitoes flying worldwide.
magnificent!
Such a brilliant aeroplane! Your Kermit cam mozzie tour is brilliant as well
Always loved these planes. Also enjoyed some fiction books about Squadron 633 by Frederic Smith.
I am sorry, my iPhone changes my spelling sometimes, I meant, “being a child “
The Mosquito epitomises the saying "if an aircraft looks right, it is right."
Will RS712 ever fly again?
Wasn't the hornet (up engined mosquito) one of the favourite wwii planes of Winkle Brown?
If its good enough for him, its good enough for me!
@@-few-fernando11 The Hornet was one of Brown's favourites, yes...but it wasn't an "up-engined Mosquito", it was a single seat fighter (later NF versions carried two), significantly smaller than the Mossie and with no commonality between the two airframes. Hornet, like the Mossie, had twin Merlins. One of the fastest piston twins ever built. Sadly it went extinct circa 1960, but there is an effort in the UK now to re-create one using the wreck of a postwar civilian air survey Hornet as a basis...
@@StudeSteve62 Oh, I wanst aware of this, thanks for the clarification!
Now if Kermit could find a Westland Whirlwind to pair with that Mosquito. Could you imagine?
It would have to be static. WESTLAND won't let their name be put to any airworthy restoration project due to liability issues if anything happend to the airframe during flight
@@Joes1989 Curious...several Lysanders have been restored and flown, Agusta Westland doesn't seem to have stood in the way of those restorations...
Imagine would be about all you could do. The last Whirlwind airframe was scrapped in the sixties. You could build a static lookalike. (Kermit's Mosquito itself has been static since around 1992.)
@@StudeSteve62 not sure but that's definitely the case with the whirlwind. There's a static one being built in the UK in Kent. That's where I saw it. Would be amazing to see one
Yeah, we knew how to build aircraft.
good video
I noticed it doesn't have counter-rotating props. Wouldn't they have made for more thrust balance?
the worlds fastest lumber
My grandfather in law was a navigator on the Mosquito and flew on the mission to bomb the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen. He came back from that mission but was subsequently shot down some months later off Bordeaux. He survived the ditching, was captured by the Germans, interrogated and ended up in Stalag Luft III. He survived as a POW and came home.
Hats off . . .
@American Patriot - thank you sir for your kind comments.
God bless America. 🇺🇸🇬🇧.
@American Patriot - you’re spot about the Hurricane - the plain but courageous sister who did most of the work. Yes - the Merlin engine in the P51 was superb. Cadillac of the skies!
My half Brother was shot down over the North Sea in August 1940, he spent the war in Stalag Luft 3, made 3 attempts at escaping, nearly got aboard a Ship For Sweden, and was part of the ''long March'' accross Germany in 1945, to freedom. he was awarded the MBE. His younger brother was killed on the last bombing raid of WW2, May 3rd '45.
Another member of a generation far too modest of their achievements
Once the bi-plane era was behind us, Sir Geoffrey, be came as much an artist as he was an engineer and designer. Everything he designed was so beautiful, and yet equally as deadly. Shortly after seeing a Harrier being tested, he said, " It stopped still, went backwards, vertical, and side to side. Not using it's wings. I've seen everything now". And died shortly after. The man will always be a legend in British aviation history.
You'll mean the Kestrel then!
If it looks right it'll fly right and de Havilland designs proved that
Can't believe we haven't got any flying in the UK we definitely should have one for our Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight along with the Lancaster Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane as they used this aircraft as a fighter as well as a light bomber and a pathfinder for the air raids.
So keep them flying Kermit.
Keep the memory of all that Fought for our freedom.
👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴
There will be 2 in due time. There's 2 mosquitos under construction/restoration that are UK owned, and will be UK based. The Peoples Mosquito are restoring RL249 to flight here in the UK, and The Mosquito Pathfinder Trust are restoring an Austrailian Mosquito NZ2308 via AvSpecs in New Zealand, before hopefully bringing it to the UK permently.
@@roadsweeper1
Thanks for the reply mate that's great news to hear
I shall be looking out for this
Top Man.👍👍👍👍
@@roadsweeper1 Thanks for the info I,m looking forward to seeing them.
The BBMF were offered one in the past but turned it down because it would have been too expensive.
@@xXAlphaGamingHDXx I didn't know that but thanks for the update.👍
Thank you Kermit and team for bringing this out of the archives. I truly hope we get to see RS712 fly again one day.
My dad's cousin flew these with the RCAF during the war. He was later brought back in during Korea to fly jets as the Mossie drivers were used to high speeds.
My favorite WWII airplane! The sound of those Merlins is like music to my ears! Thanks for sharing.
What's better than the sound of a Merlin... Why the sound of TWO Merlins of course.
@@longshot7601 powering that beauty!
@@longshot7601 The sound of four. Vera flys over my house regularly in the summer months.
@@robertpearson8798 I'd bet that something like that NEVER gets old.
@@longshot7601 Never.
Merlin engines were designed and built in my home town of Derby (UK), and my own company built a number of parts for them. We also constructed the radiators for the earliest Rolls Royce motor cars before they relocated manufacturing to Crewe. We are (Smith of Derby Ltd) a 6th generation public clock making company and are currently working on clocks for the Waldorf Astoria chain of hotels, as well as projects in the Middle East and Far East amongst many other projects in the UK. We maintain about 3000 public clocks. We have also made the World's largest pendulum clock (double the diameter of London's Big Ben), the highest (vertical height) clock (in Chicago) and the most 'remote' public clock in Tonga. Engineering skills passed down through the generations!
Smiths used to make distinguished timepieces for the wrist, the movements of which have found themselves in some current British watch manufacturers timepieces. It is testament to superior engineering skills of Smiths, that they were chosen for ‘War Work’ and that they could adapt to the needs of the war. It is a shame that the original Smiths company no longer exists, but the name appears to have been bought and they are currently building wrist watches again, with a highly reputable field watch model known as ‘Everest’. I understand that they are currently rarer than hens teeth and are subject to limitations in manufacturing. I also believe that Smiths used to build gauges for some of the old British car manufacturers as well as the distinguished clocks which they made. Thank you for this very interesting contribution🙏.
@@JamesAlexander14 My own company did not manufacture wrist watches and we have been in existence in Derby, UK for 6 generations. It can found under the name 'John Smith and Sons, Derby' or 'Smith of Derby' it remains under family ownership and continues to thrive to this day.
I live at the end of the old airfield they were built and flown from.
Need a cleener?
@@JamesAlexander14 Smiths clock's in cars guaranteed to fail 🤗
Imagine waking up in the morning trying to decide which airplane to fly today?
"Hmmm; It's been a while since I took the Mossie up and beat up my own airdrome..."
You, Mister Weeks and FoF are a national treasure!
If Kermit hadn't started his collection so early he never been able to collect so many great aircraft. Even in the 1980's was only 35-40 years past WW2 I don't know today if could even find all these aircraft.
I lived near the DH factory in the 60s, the Rolls Royce owned Mossie would fly in occasionally , fantasstic to see and hear. I also saw it displayed by Neil Williams , a man who realy knew how to show an aeroplane at its best. Great video , thanks.
Great vid thanks Kermit, and to hear those Merlins, fabulous
This brings back fond memories of Oshkosh. I have seen many Mosquito's in England and U.S. museums, I have heard them in movies and films but yours was the first one that I ever heard live. I was on the Airshow flight line and the experience was amazing, film or recordings do not do this aircraft Justus. Thank You Mr. Kermit.
Being I child, I went to the theater with my father to watch a movie “Mosquito Squadron “ with David McCallum , I am 60 years old now, this is a beautiful example of what I dreamed about in my childhood, I will never forget that movie 🍿, I the time spent with my father. I am glad there are still people around that cares about are past to remind those in the future generations where we coming from. Thanks 🙏
633 Squadron was another favourite Mosquito movie of mine.
"The Purple Plain" Movie from 1954 about operations in Burma in WW2, Not a Rah Rah war movie. More of a survival story.
Mosquito squadron used some of the flight scenes from 633. In 633 squadron they had some with the Perspex nose painted to look like fighter versions. 633 gave George Lucas lots of ideas for the 1st Star Wars film, there Are many scenes that are very similar
I am both so impressed and thankful for Kermit and what he has done with the worlds aviation history. Thank you for saving it’s history.
I am lucky that there is a flying example near me, and I have seen it fly a number of times. The sound of those two merlins is amazing.
Nothing better than the sound of Rolls Royce Merlin engines. Brings tears to the eyes of this old pilot.
Bless Kermit, one of the dwindling number of collectors for whom this is a passion, not just a particularly nifty form of investment...
To put that bomb load into perspective -- the Mosquito could carry nearly the same bomb load as the standard bomb load carried by B-17Gs into Germany during the war (4,000lb vs 4,500lb).
To put it into more perspective, the Mosquito could carry one, 4,000 pound bomb which wasn't quite as versatile as far as overall area damage in comparison to the B-17s 4,500 pounds of multiple bombs.
The B-17 could and did carry 8,000 pounds of bombs into Germany, (Britannica) or when heavily loaded up to 17,600 pounds, but it couldn't carry that type of load all the way to Berlin which is what this cute little comparison seems to have been originally based on.
Given that there were a whole lot of useful targets to bomb in Germany besides Berlin, the B-17 was very often loaded with more than 4,500 pounds of bombs. Or to put it another way, if you rig the contest in favor of the Mosquitos, by putting in one target at a certain range inside of Germany and ignore all the others, it might seem like they could carry almost as big a bomb load as the B-17s all the time, when the reality is, they couldn't and most of the time didn't.
The Mosquito is one of the greatest aircraft of WWII, and it had much more versatility in comparison, but it couldn't carry as heavy a bomb load into Germany as the B-17.
On another note, Kermit looks very young in this video, I had no idea he'd been doing this sort of thing for so long, kudos!
With a crew of two and was rarely shot down.
@@gordonfrickers5592 Was the fastest thing in the WWII skies for quite a few years which is probably why. Fantastic aircraft.
Kermit, we absolutely need Paul to do another Bf-108 restoration update
Yes we would like another!
We need that 109 assembled !
Second that ! Bf 108
Funny. I was thinking a few days ago that it had been awhile since we've seen anything about the bf108 restoration.
Cracking video
It's good I don't have access to your archival footage. I'd never get any work done.
Beautiful work. The younger Kermit. I wish it was still airworthy. Thanks for sharing!
I think even flying it back then would be risky,after all those years the wood is bound to have deteriorated, if you have a look at the landing 11.25 you can see how shaky the horizontal stab is and if that separates in flight you are toast, even when they were operational back in the 40s some were lost through structural failure,I know this because an old guy I used to work with who served in New Guinea told me one buzzed the field at Port Morsbey and as it pulled up it just disintegrate and the parts rained down into the surrounding jungle,I don't think there was any survivors, The old guys name was Bobby Sheils,great bloke he was Scottish and was full of stories like this, he was an old guy back in the late eighty's and has since passed away but he worked like a trooper and was a great motivator, I'm sure his early life experiences made him like that.
@@gogogeedus since Kermit has owned this , it's been stored inside, so sun and weather damage has been minimal. Age on the fabric has taken it toll. Kermit visited it a few years back, details the condition of the fabric.
Unlike the Kermits Wiinnie Mae that is being restored, this Mossy has had a fairly easy life. But I'm sure Kermit and the guys will give it a good once over before attempting a flight in her.
@@pat36a I think they maybe able to ex-ray it to check for rot ,they maybe able to vacuum infuse resin to bolster damaged areas without dismantling the structure,it's nice to know Kermit cares enough to keep it hangered.
@@gogogeedus it has been in the Museum at Oshkosh Wisconsin since I believe 9-11 .
@@pat36a that's a long time,time flies!
Oh Kermit, please get this beautiful aircraft back in the air.
Thanks Kermit, Nothing goes better with that first cup of coffee than the sound of a Rolls Merlin going by. Hahaha great way to start the day!
At 1:38 into the video is the De Havilland factory at Bankstown Aerodrome in Sydney, NSW. My uncle was a carpenter there building Mosquitos during WW11 and then went onto the De Havilland Vampires for the RAAF.
Loved seeing the younger Kermit. Mosquito has to be one of the best ww2 twins made. The British made a few dam fine looking planes- spitfire- mossi...I even find the Tempest sexy : )
Thanks for another video Kermit.
In the 1950's I used to play in a derelict Mosquito at the Las Vegas airport. I can still remember the odor of hydraulic fluid. People told me it was just a British bomber. Little did I know its legendary history at the time.
When I was at school in New Zealand, my English Teacher had flown Mosquitos during WW2 . On his desk as a paper weight was brass model of a mosquito.
If Kermit builds another hanger, the Mossy can come home.
The DeHavilland Mosquito is perfection in a piston engine aircraft. Nothing else comes close....maybe the Spitfire.
I've visited Fantasy of Flight dozens of times but the Mosquito has never been there when I was....to my great disappointment!
Absolutely love the Mosquito, has such appealing lines and sound. I can just imagine the little woodwork shops in Britain, getting the invitation to make parts for the mossie in the early war days. The airforce were ready to scoff at the backward step of making a wooden airplane, but when it took flight..........well, the rest is history. Congratulations Kirmit from a proud "geordie" from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
I believe all the wood came from Canada. Many "Mossies" were built by De Havilland Canada as well.
I've been fortunate enough to see the Flying Heritage Collection's Mosquito in flight several times. Definitely one of my favorite airplanes.
Amazing aircraft and video!!! 👏 Thanks for posting! Have sub your channel. Greetings KFV 👌😊👍
Appreciate the sub. Welcome aboard.
@@KermitWeeks444 Thanks! You have great stuff on your channel. So, I'll enjoy to watch your videos. 😊
What a sound! pleasure to see these beautiful aircraft.
Impressive Beautiful Aircraft with smooth sounding engines !!
Mosquitos were manufactured in Canada from 1942 to 1945. They were built in Downsview Ontario, which is north of Toronto. Individual Mosquitos were named after Canadian cities that raised the most money in the last Victory War Bond Drive. The Lancaster Bomber was also built in Canada the prototype KB-700 rolled off the Victory Aircraft line, Malton Ontario, August 1st 1943.
A fantastic contribution to the allied success.
If this is the one at the EAA museum, I was able to climb inside it. You have to be smaller and agile. Too bad it won't fly again without a major restoration. Several years ago the local newspaper interviewed a woman in Marshfield WI who made the plywood for the Mosquito.
I'm sure I read that the Mosquito was the "safest" allied aircraft to take into action.
Losses per operation were the lowest .
One of the few British aircraft used by the US.
It was, the loss rate of Mosquitos was factors below that of any other RAF aircraft in combat.
@@BrianWMay It certainly is one of my most favourite WW2 aircraft.
Simply awe inspiring.
When you look at its conception, made in part by the furniture industry, so fast so sleek, flown by the yanks too, the heroic missions it undertook, the low level film of them over the North sea, night fighter stories.
Just awe inspiring.
Built my first one 60 years ago an airfix kit.
ATB Brian.
One of their achilles was engine out just after takeoff fully loaded - my old friend was taught to just put the nose down, cut the live engine and land straight ahead! He had to do that in fact taking off from Changi, knowing that his best mate and Nav, who was down below and in front of him wouldn't survive but there we go, such wonderful gifted people giving their all to serve us!!! RIP
One great looking aircraft. It looks and sounds like it has to fly right now. Kermit sounds like a factory test pilot selling the best looking bomber of World War II. By the look on his face he obviously loves the airplane. Just a brilliant presentation Thanks
The best ever.
This is my favourite aircraft in your collection. I think the Mosquito with the bulged bomb bay looks prettier and more workmanlike than those without. Must have been great fun to fly and thanks for another great film.
I wouldn't mind a trip in the bomb bay
Great video! Keep thinking Kermit is doing a voiceover as that’s not the guy I’m used to seeing :)
Yeah, it's more than a couple weeks ago, for sure...
Beautiful. Hi Kermit I've owned a Sagar wood shaper, spindle moulder since 1983 which was used to produce components for the Mosquito
aircraft during WW2 in a commandeered furniture factory in Bradford England. It was then driven by a line shaft. This is a brilliant machine I
will never sell. Your Mosquito is a beautiful aeroplane it sounds and looks awesome, it's so sentimental watching your video. Thank You. Tony
stunning aircraft , did everything asked of it, my favourite of all time, hope we get 1 airworthy in the UK it's been too long without one .
For a Mossie to be airworthy, the wood parts pretty much have to be re-manufactured. I think there are 3 in the US, which were made by a company in New Zealand. One was restored in BC Canada, but not sure of it's status. Yes, the UK needs at least one flying.
The Mosquito was built in my hometown, Hanover, Ontario, Canada. Love this aircraft!! Thanks Kermit, you should fly there someday!
That would have been part of the de Havilland Canada production programme. You may be interested to know that the Mosquito flying from Jerry Yagen's museum in Virginia is based on one of the Canadian-built Mossies...
excellent
The Mosquito must be the only piece of cabinet makers art that can fly.
My father flew these out off little snoring Norfolk uk. Great plane.
Sr. Kermit , mi admiración y respeto por su labor y pasión, que es mi pasión, los aviones . Desde Argentina también cuna de incipientes aviadores y aviones apenas iniciada la aviación . Vivo cerca de la base aérea El Palomar cuna de nuestra aviación civil y militar . Sus vídeos me hacen " tocar" cada magnífica máquina aérea en detalle , solo lamento no tenga subtitulado en castellano . El material es un tesoro de historia e información . Gracias y abrazo fraterno a la distancia .
Superb, thank you.
Kermit. I've forwarded your video to my father,.102 year old.ex RAF Fl/Lt Colin Bell DFC who flew 50 Mk25 DH Mosquito bomber missions over Nazi Germany including 13 to heavily defended Berlin. It was a Canadian built version with US Packard Merlins. Before that he was a USAAC T6 Texan flying instructor at Napier Field Dothan AL and from there used to fly to Lakeland Army Airfield FL. Four years ago he went up in Rod Lewis's Mosquito FB out of San Antonio. There is a Lewis Air Legends TH-cam of his visit.
Kermit forgot to mention, that the Mosquito when it made its first appearance, was faster than any fighter in the European theater-it could outfly the Nazi's pride, the Me 109.
My father flew a Mossie in the Royal Canadian Air Force in WW2. Other than my mother (and sometimes I wondered) it was the love of his life.
So one problem with the "EU" or "European Union" as a military Force is that Great Britain determined to name the EU front line Fighter as the Eurofighter "Typhoon" which for obvious reasons Germany be made very non-plussed by as technically this would be the "Typhoon II" with same said similar be say US Air Force A-10 "Thunderbolt II" both respective homage to World War 2 fame or in the matter "Typhoon" infamy apparently.
Some get worked up over name calling ... some get worked up over an all too real name that is a synonym for actual mass murder and not just some put down or some such trifle.
I remember you flying your Mosquito around Homestead. The sound and sight was so cool. That was pre Hurricane Andrew ‘92.
Great video and knowledgeable commentary. I love these old aircraft from WW2, and I mean without prejudice.
Our dad put a lot of seat-time in them w/ the RCAF in Canada & England. Wish we had been able to learn more about his over-seas tour!
Great to see an earlier Kermit living his dream. And trying to put together an interesting intro in almost one take. From the hip! The quick math on the manifold pressure was epic. And for enthusiasts actually interesting schooling. The smile about the braking system said a lot and is evidenced by the huge amounts rudder being stepped on, in both landing sequences. Flying one of these with limited time is brave and getting this over to the museum and displaying it, is an inspiring story. Truelly an idea on a higher plane.
The Rolls Royce Merlin the best sounding engine ever and the engine that helped win the war for the allies. Even 80 years later those engines still sounds as sweet as it did when they were kicking nazis ass 80 years ago.
I'll say this, Kermit knows his stuff!
Hi great video of the famous aircraft this is my all time favourite aircraft thank you for sharing.cheers Gary from the UK 🇬🇧
Thank you for this video. An internal tour would be nice.
Thumbs up. radiators in propeller stream do produce add thrust (air expands and gives oomph)
Often wonder if we had built more of these magnificent aircraft rather than the Lancaster there would have been a more effective bomber force, two planes for ever Lancaster, smaller crew numbers ( less casualties) more precision, higher speed it was unable to be caught until the end of the war, It was no accident that they were used as Pathfinders, with the development of the higher bomb load they would have been even more effective.
These things had tons of power.
Small plane 2 huge engines. I think there are only a handful of these. Maybe 2 or 3 that actually fly.
Exeter, in Devon, UK was the last place from which Mosquitos were operated on a daily basis, flown by civilian pilots of 3 Civilian Anti Aircraft cooperation Unit (CAACU) until 1961. As a teen age air cadet I was fortunate enough to be able to appreciate these aircraft at close quarters in addition to the daily thrill of seeing and hearing them in the air. One day I was lucky enough to be invited to sit in the navigators seat whilst a member of the ground crew carried out a series of full throttle engine runs on both Merlins - unforgettable!
Sir fantastic video of the great mosquitoe , thank you, Jeff in LA USA
Beautiful aircraft.
Come on Kermit Weeks get the Lancaster flying! Also did you ever get a Beaufighter?
Man those brits sure knew how to make a elegant aircraft.