..until now. we re the people s mosquito. so we re a uk charity- rebuilding, remanufacturing, a de havilland mosquito. aircraft to british skies. using traditional methods, the volunteers are following original technical drawings discovered in an old filing cabinet at the airbus factory in broughton in north wales, where mosquitoes were once built. george has come along to rye in east sussex to meet the volunteers. this plane will also feature original mosquito parts. we ve rescued this control column from canada. - i can t believe that they re being renovated, resurrected. making a plane out of wood was controversial at first. in world war two, most combat aircraft were made of metal. but for the designer, sir geoffrey de havilland, it wasn t
this plane will also feature original mosquito parts. we ve rescued this control column from canada. - obviously, your flaps, your gears, can all go in the mosquito. - a standard, eh. standard. ..instrument panel. yeah. which you would set from your compass. we ve got to bring it back to life as she was designed. what s it been like to see these pieces of equipment from original mosquitoes, and the thought that they re going to be going back in another mosquito? i can t believe that they re being renovated, resurrected, and going back to fly again. making a plane out of wood was controversial at first. in world war two, most combat aircraft were made of metal. but for the designer, sir geoffrey de havilland, it wasn t so much about saving money. he believed his wooden aircraft would be light, it would be streamlined
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