Flying DH Mosquito KA114.
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- In October 2012 Warren Denholm put our POV camera on his helmet to record the photo shoot we conducted from Ardmore with the Mosquito and a DH Vampire over Auckland city in New Zealand, photo plane was the Spitfire in the footage.
Take off - 1:49
Vampire & Spitfire Formation - 4:35
Spitfire Close Formation - 6:07
Landing - 13:55
The beeping sound you can hear sometimes is caused by the throttles being pulled back to a certain point with the undercarriage up, it is a warning for the pilot during the landing phase but in certain stages of flight it is ok to hear it and can see and hear how much skill and attention is needed to fly the Mosquito in formation.
Dave Phillips is the test pilot during this flight.
Taken and Recorded by Gavin Conroy.
My Great Uncle was a Beaufighter Pilot ( Rank Sgt P/O A ) - ( also flying for RAAF No 456 Mosquito Squadron on Night Fighters/Intruders out of RAF 10 and 11 Group in late 1943-44 ) - in RAF No 46 Squadron and RAF 108 Sqd in the North African campaign he was one of 4 Australians in a Unit. No 108 Sqd flew Night Fighter patrols over Egypt, Libya, Malta, Greece and the Aegean generally. His personal file shows the destruction of Ships, Trains, motor vehicles and a Heinkel HE. 111 among other victims. Through 1943-44, flying out of an airfield in Athens - after the HE. 111 was intercepted and destroyed - records statehis Beau harassed a German retreat by strafing Railway and Motor Transport following this up with nightly 'Intruder Missions' over the wider Aegean ( Salonika, Crete, Rhodes, Melos, Leros and Cos ) - Beau Pilots were cut from a particular cloth - Gods bless them all!
Great man. One of a great generation 👍
Massive in-flight footage and sounds. And no stupid music competing with 24 cylinders of RR Merlin! Just wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
What sounds? Microphone is literally damaged on this video
fizzer....... Whoa.... the merlin is a V12 that 12 cylinders NOT 24, where you been, under a rock ???
Who needs a soundtrack when the Merlin engines can create their own beautiful music
ABSOLUTELY - I watched - and quickly muted - a Steam Train video which had music instead of the real thing!!!
Thinking about me ol Dad ---255 Mosquito Sqdn, North Africa, Sicily and Italy---how he would have loved one last flight before he died..........
Thanks to your dad.
Absolutely stunning. Many who flew in the wooden wonder, and Hawker Typhoon and Tempest thrilled to the shear speed of the aircraft. One pilot who hails from Tauranga was quoted as saying that he was sorry the war had ended, as he would no longer be flying in this case the Tempest. Thanks to all who made this possible.
I cannot get over how immaculate this aircraft is. Those RR Merlins speak to my soul. Stunning video, thanks for posting.
JetMechMA
According to Wiki (which of course is never wrong {:o) Griffons where in Supermarine Spitfires and Shackletons. I doubt the Mosquito, being plywood & Irish linen and never carrying much weight, would need twin 37 litre engines.The Shackleton had contra-rotating propellers and needed the extra grunt. That said, the Griffon had lots of low altitude power and was mainly used by aircraft in the Fleet Air Arm so I could be totally wrong!
Prince Westerburg The lightweight construction and powerful engines allowed the Mosquito to be multi-role. An excellent dayfighter, plus a sublime ground attack platform able to carry multi combinations of rockets and bombs.
*****
I've actually walked up to one of these aircraft at an air show, they are tiny, and must have been a complete adrenalin rush to fly - No wonder so many guys committed suicide after the war, I heard from an old soldier that some where sick of the lack of thrills on civy street!
18tangles WRONG ! ! ! the Spitfire MkXVI 16 used the Packard built Merlin 266 engine...try and keep up and quit spreading dingo shit....
Prince Westerburg WRONG ! ! ! On all accounts, dummy.. not sad at all very happy, and a realist, don't wear rose colored glasses, and I call 'em as I see 'em.. And I am far from living on the street, own my own little farm free and clear and my car and truck and equiptment. owe nobody a single dime., and have lived the American dream and did it all by myself....NOBODY gave me anything...I got off my ass and worked for it. and enjoyed all the toys, but now age has slowed me down. I take shit from NOBODY....In person or on the internet and I call it as I see it. IF you have a problem with that TOUGH SHIT ! ! ! and I'll tell that to your ugly ass face ! ! !
OMG! What a treat!. The only thing better would be to have been in the cockpit. Thank you for posting this! It's fantastic.
Wonderful video - the sound of those Merlins is amazing. Even more amazing to see 80 year birds still flying
What a plane! What a team, well done for saving such a beautuful beast. To me, the mist iconic of all the ww2 planes.
So good to see to see the others flying with her in formation. Brilliant!
The best airplane to which propellers were ever fitted. A transfer to a Mossie squadron saw one's life expectancy go up in years, not the more usual hours or minutes..
I'll only disagree insofar as the Hornet was a thing. What's better than a Mosquito? An IMPROVED Mosquito.
Well it's clear to see from the footage what a fantastic and immaculate aircraft this is! It was such a sad thing to lose the UK example with its pilots all those years ago so to know another is in the sky where it belongs is truly superb. The Kiwis really do know how to restore an aircraft - and properly too! Great video, thanks for sharing!
Wow, uncle Derrick, who passed away flew as RAF pilot one of these (and others), this is very nice to see this view, where he was telling about. Thank you! God bless you!
Wonderful. Thanks for not putting music on this. The Merlins are all the music needed.
Agreed.
So true i agree
Yep!!!
absolutely!!
Well said.
Proud to say that my dad was radar operator on Mosquito NFII's with 25 Squadron RAF in 1943. He always said it was a wonderful aircraft. It was so well heated that they often didn't even bother to wear flying jackets or boots.
My favorite warbird of all time.
Couldn`t agree more.Balsa wood and plywood. WOW.
Breathtaking speed.
Abso-bloody-lutely!!!
Mind you, when I was four in 1948 I saw a Vampire do a high speed low pass over an airfield in Devon. That made a huge impression and I’ve loved all DH aeroplanes, ever since.
Yes, she has gone to Jerry Yagen's Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Va
The pilot in the video is Dave Phillips, who flies an A330 for Cathay for an income and an FGA9 Hawker Hunter for fun.
He also flies one of the best demonstrations of a DH82a Tiger Moth that you will ever see and is a real nice guy to boot.
Thank you so much. What a superb aircraft. Makes one think of the incredible talent of the aeronautical engineers of World War II in most of the warring countries: Canada, U.S., U.K., Japan, Russia, Germany. But they were trained in a hard school. We are not likely to see such an array of talent again.
The guys at Tesla should design aircraft.
Just incredible. What an adventure! You guys are not only pilots, but you get to fly the greatest twin-engined plane of WWII. What I wouldn't give to be one of you guys for this flight!
Thanks for sharing.
That was incredibly exciting - especially just pre-take off. All so calm and precise here. Imagine the rush of wartime. Heros! Never thought I'd experience a flight in a Mosquito. Thanks to all concerned.
Just amazing, absolutely amazing to see the "Mossie" back where it belongs, up in the clouds, long may the "wooden wonder" delight us, and remind us of the debt we all owe to the many brave men and women who sadly are no longer with us.
This superb Mossie looks brand new...and it is. The Fighter Factory and AVspecs in New Zealand made a huge effort to get this wooden wonder airborne from a truckload of ancient Canadian bits. It's amazing the level of restoration that these folks get into and the result is a work of art. Bravo!
(Currently under restoration at Avspecs, New Zealand
She is absolutely marvellous. Some birds just never cease to amaze me.
This unpretentious aircraft helped liberate the world.
the only thing in the world i can think of better than looking out of your Spitfires window and seeing a Mosquito , is
looking out of your Mosquito''s window and seeing a Spitfire ..
perfection , and just its own music too , totally brilliant.
Bloody marvelous! Gave me goosebumps, thanks for sharing the flight.
What a beautiful example,it looks as though it has just rolled off the production line.Fabulous !
total eargasm. You guys are amongst the luckiest on the planet... to be able to enjoy the Mossy, with or without the awesome escorts, without fear of being fired upon is beyond comprehension. To be able to enjoy the plane in all its glory is beyond my ability to describe.
Beautiful !!! simply Beautiful!!!
Mike
Just like the spitfire, a machine designed to do an unpleasant job, that transcends this, as a sleek, graceful, hotrod - an absolute joy!
I don't know why,as I have been in and around 'Mossies' but the Cockpits always seem so small!In full 'Irving' suits,'Mae Wests',radio and O2 kit,plus Nav. kit etc. long missions must have been a nightmare for two average size crew,never mind if one or both were bigger!I wonder if physical size was ever a filter for ' mossie Crew selection? What a privilege though to be able to fly one in such perfect nick in peacetime! Fantastic Hero plane and Outstanding Video,thanks for sharing this!
grassfuse d
It certainly was for Spitfires. My Dad was to tall at 5 ‘ 11 for spits, flew hurricanes & Mustang 111’s for the RAF. The mosquitoes were sent on some very dangerous missions like the Copenhagen Gestapo Headquarters. Certainly versatile in its various roles.
Brilliant video. My friend's dad used to make these during WWII and Brian later ran the plant where they had the original hidden at the back of a hanger for several decades. It is marvelous to see one flying again. I was lucky enough to see the last one flying in Britain around 1995 as it passed over Bedford. I ran outside just in time to meet half my neighbors also coming out to see what that glorious sound was.
Thank you. What a marvelous and beautiful piece of aviation history. Thanks again for the ride. Cheers!
as you were coming up on Rangitoto I was looking for my favorite place on the planet - Takapuna... have great memories of going there. love this type of thing. thanks
Thanks for this posting,I have just watched Battle Stations about the Mosquito,and it all goes to show how much is owed to the few...
the rumble of the engines just when you were taxiing was lovely
Wow, what a beast!
I knew it is among the fastest prop planes ever . But that take off really hammers it in.
Reading the comments, those who are asking why the horn is going off during flight apparently never read the descriptions.
couldn't have said it better myself.
What a wonderful aeroplane, and perhaps the most versatile type in WWII.
A scene from Frederick Forsyth's novel, "The Shepherd" with the Mosquito and Vampire...
YES YES!!!! Great job reminding me! Thanks!
"thrupbeats" same here, my dad flew in the reconnaissance version of the mossie as a navigator at the tail end of WWII. Great footage of inside the mosquito, gave me chills what it was like for my dad especially since the cameraman is in the navigator's seat.
That engine sound just raises my hair, just beautiful music to me. Thanks Warren.
The sweet sound of the Rolls Royce Merlins
What a bird!! Not one but two Rolls-Royce Merlins singing! Oh so sweet. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Indeed!
My Gt. Uncle Kenny Pathfinder WW2 was shot down ,killed and buried on a Dutch Island somewhere whilst flying operations about 70 years ago in a DH Mosquito.The only picture I have of him is in his flying suit. Great video, thanks for sharing.
You know you're flying something special when a Spitfire becomes a camera ship.
My father was a Mosquito pilot with 219 Squadron 1944-1945 - night fighter - I was sitting with him when he saw the film footage of it crashing in 1994 - his immediate reaction was "Why on earth did he do that wingover ? It was drilled into our heads that wingovers were dangerous but one side more dangerous than the other because it starved one engine of fuel and may well stall." True story.
Brilliant! Well done to all those involved. I saw this aircraft undergoing restoration in February this year when on holiday there. I can hardly believe you got it flying so quickly! A Mossie used to fly over my house regularly around 20 years ago, but it was lost in a crash in Manchester in 1996. Fantastic to see this one flying from the seat I'd give my eye teeth to occupy!
Gavin,can't thank you enough for uploading this.Its something I never thought Id get to see and even a short video has made my week.
Was that the stall horn or is that you honking a horn? Cockpit is mint, what a time machine.
I think you are hearing proximity warnings, not stall alarms. After all, a Vampire should stall out well before a Mosquito, Eh? They're in close formation at this point, and, btw, I doubt that that particular noise would be coming from a 1944-based alert siren!
Beautiful airplane, in so many aspects, from form to performance, and of course, it's proper place in history! Awesome video, and, yes, btw, blast those damn little Cessnas off your flightline, get Up and Fight!!
Thank you so much for posting this. This is the closest I will ever be to a ride in one of my favourite aircraft. What a rush that must have been.
I just loved the way she seemed to leap into the air...
Watching for years still the best
WOW! Thank you for documenting this historic flight. What a wonderful plane the Mosquito is.
Wonderful footage in HD by the looks of it. My paternal uncle F.O. A.K.Aiken, from Kingston, Jamaica, RAF Volunteer Reserve was navigator in a Mk.IV FB with RAF107 flying intruder missions over occupied France in 1994. Sadly he and his Canadian pilot F.O. William Taylor, were killed in action on a night mission on 8 August 1944 to bomb railway sidings near Paris. Now I know the sights he must have seen from the navigator's seat during the war. Thank you TH-cam.
5 years later and I still love it
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful footage the cameraman and the pilot as well.
The sound of the superchargers just before the take off roll is awesome.
Beautiful plane and awesome sound from the double Merlin - best sounding piston engine I have ever heard.
Indeed! The Merlin was such a great engine....sound and all.
To quote Jackie Gleason, "How sweet it is!" Those Merlins just purr. Thanks for the video and good job--no music. Never seen a flying version, but my dad may have. He was a U.S. Army Scout/Ranger in WWII.
Why was that stall warning sounding and for so long? The pilot did't appear to do anything to pick up speed. Unless,of course it's something quite different,
Not too sure which point in the video you are referring to - it maybe when the aircraft was descending and the pilot had reduced to idle at which point you will get an alarm that you haven't lowered your landing gear (simple warning to the pilot).
oesau You can hear it at 10. 59. Perhaps, as you say, there is a stall type warning sound if the A/C does not deploy the U/C below a certain speed. If it was a genuine stall warning, surely the pilot would take immediate action which is clearly not the case here AND with THE crown jewel of aircraft too!!!
Adrian Larkins oesau I know nothing about planes really but can I take a random guess at the stall warning being calibrated at the speed at which the plane would have stalled if it was full of the Ammo for the guns and the rockets under the wings or it's bombs inside it's belly or even full fuel tank? I don't know if this is a good guess but yea.
oesau
That wasn't a proximity warning? I only heard it what they were flying in formation.
OK - had a listen to that and that sounds like the alarm for engine in idle whilst the landing gear is up. It's a "common" alert on aircraft to avoid landing without the gear down as well as a reminder when you are in descent that you need to lower your gear on finals.
This is the video I have been waiting for since I was a little kid. Oh what I would have done for this back then! Great video, and I echo- thank you from the bottom of my heart for not putting music on this!
fantastic video ,just a shame we have people bickering about the pissing engines i know for a fact this mossie is fitted with rolls royce merlins originally packard merlins , but who gives a shite packard made the merlin under licence and did a good job and did make 1 3rd of the merlins produced and us brits would of struggled with out help i have been watching a number of classic aircraft videos and certain people are just ruining it with their pathetic facts bla bla the packard was completely different ermm brainflash ballshitt parts were interchangeable no american built one was better than British and the same the other way just enjoy the pissing engine while there still left .
Dan Clifford It's just Wilbur Finniagan aka Soaring Tractor he trolls every British video and creates arguments. He's a farmer from Washington State. He's from an Irish background so is an IRA supporter and was a draft dodger in Vietnam. All in all a pretty despicable character.
Love it when the propellers are trimmed just before take off and then the Merlins are brought right up. Can you imagine flying that as a Mk.18 packing a 57mm auto-loading field gun? Oh, the power :) Awesome video. Thank you.
This had me in tears! I am a huge WWII enthusiast and am such a fan of he Mosquito and all its exploits. So much so I have a saving account nice and ready if I can convince someone to give me a ride in one. It's one of my life goals! I wore my Drone goggles just to watch this and make it more fun. Thanks again and @AussieMark909 couldn't be more correct.
You lucky lucky sod! Said in the nicest way possible of course. Just a fantastic clip that makes you feel as though you were one of the crew. Thank you so much for posting this.
OMG I was looking at them flying formation, and you can hear the minute throttle adjustments that he is making, I love airplanes all kinds scared to death to fly in one. But I know how much it takes to fly one and be good at it. These people are awesome.
Others have commented on the sound of the engines, and I think it is true to say that there isnt a Brit, a Canadian, Australian or New Zealander, probably every person in the entire commonwealth that doesn’t thrill to the sound of Merlin engines and the sight of these miraculous aeroplanes flying.
Flies pretty well for a block of wood.
The flying killer piano!
zolikof
Heheh. Reminds me of a comment someone once made about the F-4 Phantom: "Put a big enough engine into a brick and it will fly."
zolikoff Bit like saying flies pretty well for a block of aluminium! But in all seriousness, wood allowed quick manufacture by boat building craftsmen, it also allowed for scarce resources like aluminium to be rationed, it also allowed for very high strength, it also allowed for very, very quick repair. The hurricane has fabric covered wings, which helped for very quick turn around in repairs unlike the spitfire which needed complex and time consuming repairs. Being built in plywood was far from a negative!
muppetnumpty65
Your points are well made. The Mosquito's construction was made possible by the wealth of skilled cabinet makers available, who needed little training to make the shift from building furniture to constructing a revolutionary aircraft.
The Hurricane's design was kept simpler than that of the Spitfire by being based on the rear half of a Hawker Fury biplane fighter's fuselage, to which Sidney Camm attached the all-metal front end of his new fighter. The very early Hurricanes had fabric covered wings, but were quickly converted to metal skin, with the fuselage aft of the cockpit and the rear control surfaces still fabric covered. As a result, as you have said, battle damage was often quicker to repair than in the spitfire.
That was simply brilliant! Felt like part of the crew! My heart skipped a beat when the pilot throttled up those two naying merlins. I love that sound. Nothing beats it. Oh and everyone, please stop saying that the wooden wonder should return to the U.K. We're lucky that after 15years and with this amazing restoration to even be able to see one fly again! Having said that, always wished this beaut was part of Battle of Britain Memorial flight. Stunning, simply stunning! Thanks again. =)
if the british can build a wonder aircraft like this then why cant they build a decent car?
+Robert Maybeth Aston Martin, Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Mclaren, Land Rover.. the list goes on
How about a Morgan, for one with structural Wood.
christobeh c
In the 1960s I did my mechanic apprenticeship on Rovers, Landrovers and Jaguars. We mechanics reckoned that if the designers had to actually work on their cars for a few months, the designs would rapidly change. Very labour-intensive, those cars.
I never worked on, nor saw, a single Jaguar that I would want to own, but I have always liked the shape and style of the P4 and P5 Rovers, especially as my parents owned one of each - not at the same time, though....
A Merlin at each shoulder and the sky around you. It must be the next best feeling to being Thor. What a glorious machine!
Thanks for taking the time to give me a piece of your mind considering you have so little to share. It may by now have occurred to you that I hadnt bothered to read the description.
What a fantastic video, really clear and shows just how superbly presented KA114 is! Very cosy in the cockpit, I can't imagine what that would have been like in combat. That gizmo dangling off the canopy framing by the cameramans head distracted me a bit. Fantastic sound as well, just the camera choice makes the prop blades 'freeze' in that odd curly way. 10/10 though!
The quality of this video is amazing. Watching in 3D on my TV looks as if I was there. I will probably never have a chance to enjoy this in real life. But thank you for sharing and bringing into our livingroom
Its mentioned in the description. It is the gear warning - ie the gear is up and the throttles at at or near idle, as they would be in the landing phase. While in formation speed needs to be controlled thus sometimes there is momentary 'throttling back' causing the 'gear' warning
one of the best books I have read was by a kiwi pilot who flew a reconnaissance version of the mossie, incredible long flights.
The beep is not the stall warning horn, it's the gear warning horn. When you pull the throttles back far enough, the gear horn goes off to let you know that the gear is not down.
My God what a beautiful machine. Thank you.
The spitfire escort view is fantastic!
Fantastic plane, superb restoration. Really glad to see a mosquito flying again. My favourite war film has always been 633 squadron.
great,,, looks like they needed power till the last , fantastic well done all of you who had a part in this build you and us are very prowed
I talked to Keith Skilling who did a lot of the test flying of KA114. He tells me that the rudder authority was woeful at low speed, the fin and rudder are really a bit small for the aircraft. At anything less than 195 knots at take-off power and low down, an engine failure pretty much means you have lost the aeroplane. He remarked that on take-off Warren and he only got their pulses back to normal after they got past 195 knots, but oh, it is a lovely thing to see. Pity it has gone to the States
Watching the attention Mr Phillips pays to the Spitfire while in formation really brings home to me how dangerous the RAFs early WW2 insistence on their fighters patrolling in close Vic formation was!
Can you imagine how vulnerable an aircraft was to "being bounced"when the pilot has to stare intently at his squadron mates?
I'd wager a good pilot could fly a 747 up behind without being seen!
Great video, thank you for putting it up, I'm sure it's the closest I'll ever get to getting into one never lone flying one.
Wow , This is just fantastic flying in a Mosquito who would of thought . Its no a quiet plane to fly in is it . But it looks brand new inside . Thears a lot of workmanship gone into restoring this old war bird .
Thanx for video. A shared experience I will otherwise never had. What a privaledge. Thank you.
I remember when this old girl came to Ardmore for an airshow, one of the best noise I've heard
Lovely plane. . nice to see good old Ardmore again!
Awesome video! What a beautiful aircraft with such a sweet sound. Simply amazing...
Be good if the BBMF got funds to purchase this aircraft. Although not such an iconic aircraft such as the Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane, it was way ahead of its time in its day, and deserves some sort of recognition, not only for its performance, but also to the cabinet makers and carpenters who built it.
My Dad was a navigator in one of these. I will take this to show him.....brilliant
a gun pass with live rounds on a randomly chosen pleasure craft would have sealed the deal for me. very nice video never the less!
I have a copy of 633 squadron beside my bed,and I love the sound of those engines.What a plane the hum puts me to sleep.Best to all.
I felt as if actually on board for a moment. Except when the camera went straight up 😂 nice sound and beautiful ride
Thank you so very much! Almost as being part of the crew. This will be the closest I get to my dream of flying the Mossie! Again, thanks for posting the video.
A pure dream to watch and listen!
Nice to have one flying. The Mosquito has to some extent been sidestepped in history. It's an excellent example of composite materials that were available at the time to get a competent aircraft. One interesting thing is that it was actually very fast and could outrun most planes of the time.
One of the best "human natural cockpit view flyght/ sound /vibrations RR Merlins v12 -record video on HD quality ( GoPro) " Superb machine restauration details-state of Art, Nota benne maestros !
wow shes fast even at low power settings, a truly high performance aircraft.. no probs holding 250 and forming with the vampire (so cool the way they packaged the cetrifugal compressor into that aircraft and left it sleek and elegant), and the hurricane.. great vid, gonna fly em on my sim right now
Thanks for letting us get some sense of what it is like to fly the old girl. Great video.
Amazing! I was down at a place called Lulworth Cove in England a few years ago. Sitting above the cove when a Mitsubishi Zero flew over and disappeared out to sea! :0)