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originally posted by: kenzohattori69
Didn't DeHavilland build a plane out of plywood? Was it the mosquito?
The ministry was also considering using non-strategic materials for aircraft production, which, in 1938, had led to specification B.9/38 and the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle medium bomber, largely constructed from spruce and plywood attached to a steel-tube frame. The idea of a small, fast bomber gained support at a much earlier stage than sometimes acknowledged though it was likely that the Air Ministry envisaged it using light alloy components.[15]
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Blackfinger
Here's a You Tube of the 'other' Mosquito at this year's Oshkosh airshow. Quite a few differences...
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originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Blackfinger
Apparently, 'pedia' is wrong about the metal shortage being the reason for the wood construction. de Havilland built racing monoplanes as early as the thirties out of wood.
The documentary in the video following the Oshkosh vid of the other Mossie describes the history behind the Mosquito.