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🚀✨ First Flight of the DH98 Mosquito! ✨🚀 On this day in 1940, the legendary "Wooden Wonder" soared for the first time! Built mostly from wood, the Mosquito became a WWII icon for its speed, versatility, and ingenuity. The Mosquito’s legacy reached across the Atlantic, as De Havilland Canada produced over 1,000 of these aircraft in Toronto, contributing to the Allied war effort and solidifying Canada’s reputation as a key player in aviation manufacturing. Today, the Mosquito remains a symbol of innovation and determination, reminding us of the extraordinary feats achieved under extraordinary circumstances. 🛠️ Fun Fact: The Mosquito was one of the fastest aircraft of its time, even outrunning enemy fighters on missions! Let’s celebrate the engineers, pilots, and visionaries who brought this beauty to life. Here’s to a masterpiece of aviation history! #WWII #Mosquito #AviationHistory
Good thing the right wood glue was available! THe Germans tried to duplicate the Mosquito and failed with the wings delaminating badly. I heard that Commonwealth Plywood in Renfrew County, Ontario was the source of much of the material
Using a concrete form to shape the magony and other wood specialities first application of composite molds or alternatives to shipping wood materials for a light weight bomber with exceptional speed and agility in a combat environment!
An amazing aircraft. I hope it can inspire many to explore more uses for natural wood products, a wonderful renewable material in unexpected applications no matter what industry they may be in .
I was lucky enough to see a stripped down version in CFB Namao in the 1970's.
An iconic aircraft, I remember building one plastic model of it when I was a kid, as a kid I remember, I was impressed with the beauty of its fuselage...
Insightful + the best airplane around for the era...!!!
Amazing aircraft.
Truly a wonderful aircraft.
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2wI had the pleasure of doing some small maintenance tasks on RR299 before emigrating to Canada. This a/c was sadly lost quite a few years later during an airshow with the loss of both crew. Growing up in the UK, and working in aviation, there were a few Mossie crew I befriended. One was a navigator and after completing his first tour on Lancasters, he transferred to the low level strike wings doing anti-shipping missions out of Banff, Scotland. He said he asked to be transferred back to Lancs, as at least in the dark he couldn't see the enemy shooting at him !