De Havilland Mosquito - Tour Part 2 - Kermie Cam 

Kermit has such a wonderful voice, he could be saying anything and I would be enthralled.

I’ve always liked the Mosquito,its really good looking bird.It reminds me of the boys comic “Victor” i used to read as a kid.

Kermit, your very gracious with your comments, about this fantastic aircraft, but also, your delight in mentioning Vera Lynn, who sang at the airshow, you mentioned her name with glee and excitement, thank you, from a brit

Just brilliant. October 1994 you visited a restoration workshop at Bankstown airport in Sydney Australia, I was 15 and there doing work experience for a fortnight. For a kid like me at the time who read all that I could about warbirds, it was great to shake you hand. Can't recall what you were there to check out, but they had a Harvard, Wirraway, Boomerang project, Provost, and a few others.

Fantastic. My father was a navigator on these in WW2. My favourite aeroplane

Thanks for the tour. As a Canadian this aircraft is one of my all time favorites. I never imagined the cockpit to be set up the way it was. You're very lucky to have the ability to fly this amazing aircraft.

When someone gives a detailed 'TOUR' of these complicated flying wonder's, it sure brings home the reality, of possible causes of your demise, when being shot at. HELLS BELLS !

The first scoop under the nose of the nacelle is for the supercharger intercooler used on the two stage Merlins and seen with the paddle blade props. Enjoying the channel. Keep'em coming!

What a blast from the past. When you mentioned Strathallan . I visited aviation museum as a kid.

Hi Kermit. You mentioned Cliff Robertson while showing your Mosquito. I well remember seeing Cliff's Spitfire on many occasions ; demonstrated by Jerry Billing, a fellow Windsorite, who likely has more time in Spits than anyone. He's 94 and thankfully, still with us. The Spit was retired and resides in a museum somewhere in the US. Thanks for sharing your videos of these wonderful aircraft. I find them fascinating and to learn about these aircraft through your videos is very much appreciated. Most of us will never get close to many of these aircraft but we can live and learn vicariously through what you've created and through your videos. Thank you, Sir!! Stay safe!!!!

Well done...this is by far my favorite aircraft from WWII. I used to work for a forestry company called Weldwood...when there I learned that they supplied a lot of plywood that was used in these planes...at least the Canadian built ones.

Thanks for the comments. Glad you're all enjoying these. Look for Part 3 soon... and other Kermie Cams to come.

Kermit, thank you for giving us a very special glimpse back in history!

Wow, thank you Mr.Weeks! Another amazing video, and such an intimate glimpse into the tail section of that balsa and plywood marvel of WWII fame!

Great video tour! Your cockpit briefing reminded me of stories told by my dad who flew in the Polish night fighter squadron in WWII. He said the hatch was so small that most pilots got into their parachutes only after getting on board. Secondly, the job of switching tanks was done by the radar operator because the pilot could hardly reach the switches. Many crews died because the tanks weren't changed in time. And, finally, the cockpit was tight, with shoulders overlapping. They used their oxygen masks at all times because it was so claustrophobic.

It always amazes me how complex these Aircraft are on the inside... They look sort of simple from the outside esp if you are not a pilot. Amazing

It is so great to be able to see these planes from the inside. When you're not actually flying them (which is amazing) your passion for aviation history makes your highly detailed and informative videos an exceptional educational experience, and one that is--like the planes themselves--quite rare, indeed (e.g., how many documentaries ever mention the olfactory characteristics of a wooden plane made almost a century agol?). Thank you so much for having the love, and taking the time.

Kermit.. I do believe that is the "Pathfinder" variant of the Mosquito. You've got those fuel tanks under the wing (don't know if they can be jettisoned) The bulged bomb bay would be for dropping a big fat incidiary/marker bomb for the Lancasters to use as a aim point.

You ask the termites to all please hold hands that was funny

Beautiful aircraft and the sooner you can get it back in the air the better in my humble opinion!

Thanks for doing the walk around,of your Mosquito :). In my book the best twin engine prop plane of it's time.

Really enjoyed this insight into the Mosquito, never seen the interior or into the fuselage like that before.

The two stage Merlins had both an intercooler and aftercooler. These were air to liquid heat exchange using prestone just like the engine cooling system but completely independent. The scoop in question fed the radiator for these coolers (on the Merlin P-51s this radiator was with the engine cooling system radiator in the belly scoop).

Hey great vid. I was just there this past weekend for the EAA Chapter Leaders meeting. I got to sit in several of the planes, including Paul's P-51! Anyway, I got a tour of the Mosquito by Jeff Skiles and it was way fun. I can for sure say though, the Mosquito had a certain stinch about it.

Wonderful machine .Thanks so much for showing. I'm very green .

HaHa loved the termite comment. Awesome video Kermit. Thanks so very much for all your videos and the technical info. For some reason nobody does that? Sure glad you do.

A great walk-around as a war bird model maker it's great great to see the real thing .

Cool tour and it helps that you know a little history about it too. The hell these guys went through knowing this flight might be your last.

I knew she looked familiar! I went to the Strathallan air museum when I was a nipper. I hope she is still flying.

Great video ! My Granddad worked on these during WW2, so wish we still had a mossie flying in the UK

Nice Tour Kermit!!! Bring us another´s tors this warbirds that still are great machines!!! Very nice!!! Hugs...

"...termites to hold hands..." Hah! Never knew how complex it was. I dunno, but it appears to be a busy cockpit for one guy. Especially during wartime.

Super cool plane

excellent!!!thank you!

Thanks!!! great video, keep them coming!! Rare aircraft!!

I really love these videos. Really makes me envy your job :)

Yes planes have a particular smell; it's one of the memory triggers that most pilots old a new instantly recognize. Some bring back great memories some horrific.

Great video, Kermit. I'm grooving on de Havilland Mosquito today, didn't know you had one. Brave to actually have it flown across the Atlantic even if it was just a "serf" British Aerospace test pilot. Knowing what you know now 33 years later, if you had it to do again, would you do that again or would you take the "safe" route and have it shipped? PS, your serf jokes were funny.

good video

Kermit, THANK YOU SO MUCH for showing all these airplanes on video for us. I dearly love the history of all these planes but unfortunately have not gotten to see a lot of them in person. When I do, I still can't get inside to see all the cool stuff! Thanks.

Wasn't the glue that held the plane together designated a 'Top Secret' weapon by the British? I thought I remember hearing an ox or cow parts were an integral part of the glue but I might be remembering wrong.

Informative. Thankyou

beautiful plane :)

Racking my brain trying to figure out why there would be ballast weights in the tail, and what looks to be a lot of them. This is a bomber version so you might expect it to be tail heavy without the guns and cannons, not nose heavy. Does anyone know why those weights are required? Are they on other mossies? Great tour!

Oh DeHavilland. The only good thing to come out of my town.

Aside from the fact that you seem to have acquired your view of British society from watching Downton Abbey - that was very interesting.

If I'm not mistaken, the Mosquito could carry the same bombload as a B17 Flying Fortress.

I have always retained the most sincere respect and admiration not only for the American aviation industry as a whole, but also for individuals like Kermit who no doubt spend much of their time and money restoring classical airframes for future generations to enjoy. However, is there really any need to get political over this? Yes, most Brits would openly admit that there is a distinct, hierarchical class system in the U.K. that many outsiders have great difficulty comprehending, but then again, we never had Jim Crow... something that many of us Brits will never understand... But that's life, anyway, I digress. The so-called 'serfs' who sat in that right seat were far from that, something that I though any serious aircraft historian would be more than aware of. In that seat sat individuals who performed some of the most demanding and arduous aerial tasks of the war including that of Pathfinder 'Master Bomber' and operators of the rather temperamental Mk.IV Airborne Interception radar. In fact, as far as the former is concerned, the U.S. 8th A.F. used the Mossie for exactly the same purpose, albeit equipped with the H2X development of the British H2S radar I might add.

Aziz Lights! Aziz Lights! Amazing plane. Congratulations Mr. Weeks. Thanks.

they used to sling a hammock in the bomb bay to carry a passenger, true story

It's good to be king, cause you can buy , 1 of the 2 mosquito still in existence ?? I think. Whao... What a performer this aircraft was ... That's a fast Wooden hotrod right there. ^_^

Kermit needs to complement this aeroplane with another- the one famous for shooting up the Paris Gestapo HQ- the equally superb Beaufighter. Comments, elsewhere, have mentioned that the USAAF flew Mosquitos. USAAF also flew Beaufighters. www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/9705446/The-RAF-pilot-who-dropped-the-Tricolor-on-occupied-Paris.html

Thanks, Kermit.

Balsa is stronger than steel by weight, But you need a lot of it, and of course it does deteriorate over time and can go rotten if to much moisture gets into it, but then steel rusts, aluminium can corrode as well. Balsa can get what they call shakes as well, which are cracks going across the grain, I have found shakes in Balsa I have bought from England, apparently it happens when the trees are being felled, the trees apparently can get these cracks if the tree hits the ground to hard, they can be very hard to see, you can only really see them when you flex the wood, you can sea them open up, there can be multiple shakes on one sheet of balsa and the sheet doesn't usually break but its strength is greatly reduced.

I probably have too much avoirdupois to enter through that hatch.

Indeed the landing struts did have rubber inside them.

When I went about a month ago i dident see the mosquito there.

I should have waited for part 2 before asking about the bomb bay.

0:30 yip the landing gear is just a pile of rubber. old Geoff could make the mosquito if he didnt use strategic supplies. there is also a minimal amount of forgings in the aircraft as well.

They didn't....the canopy has a release mechanism for emergencies.

I have a question: if the plane had to crash land with no gear ho did the occupants get out from the ventral door?

Not very authentic. Obviously a lot of modifications have been made to the instrument panel, position of starter buttons, rudder trim wheel, radiator flap control and so forth. The New Zealand KA114 is 100% true to manufacturer's design. I have 57 wartime Mosquito serial numbers in my logbook and flew Mk IIs,IIIs,IVs, VIs, XVIs,XIXs,XXs and 30s, Bombers, Fighters and Nightfighters, so have a fair idea where everything was located. Thanks all the same, Kermit, still good to see.

It was an Observer, Kermit, not a "serf."

the craft ted sismore and comrades flew in the bombing raid on german occupied shell house in denmark

How many girlfriends did you have? Mister Weeks?😂

Anyone know where this plane is now? Has Kermit been working on it?

ask the termites to hold hands before take off, I pissed myself

Absent friend, my dad flew this.

So complicated and full of instruments, especially for a wooden airplane.

Please let her fly!!!!!!

when I come back for my second life please let me be KW

Wish I had $$ so I could play around with aircraft...

Can I be your grand son? I am very smart, strong and useful...