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Mosquito

Mosquito in flight, over the clouds

Thats right mate the De Havilland Mosquito was a twin-engined aircraft of plywood monocoque construction.
Because of the glued-and-screwed wooden construction, early Mosquitoes were not suited to the tropics where exposure to high humidity and rain caused the airframe to warp and the glue to dissolve. (Y)
 

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