Look Ma! no Rivets, Wooden Wonder

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Look Ma! no Rivets, Wooden Wonder

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The sleek "no rivets" fuselage of the Mosquito bomber.

The all-wood Mosquito bomber was designed with war in mind. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the Mosquito was as fast as a fighter and could carry the payload of a medium bomber. Flying high and fast, it was believed it could perform the mission without defensive armament. In a display of incredible foresight, deHavilland constructed the airplane almost entirely out of balsa and plywood in case strategic metals became scarce. The Air Ministry originally wanted nothing to do with the aircraft, and rejected it as unsuitable because of its wooden construction.

Victoria Air Maintenance is restoring one of the few surviving deHavilland Mosquitos.