Mike Spalding flies the Military Aviation Museum’s DeHavilland DH-98 Mosquito

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Mike Spalding, the chief pilot of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM), has more time flying DeHavilland’s Mosquito than any current warbird pilot. Just four of the twin, Merlin V-12-powered, wood airframe “Mossies” are airworthy today. The MAM’s DH-98, which first flew in 2012, has accumulated more flight time than any of the survivors, and 100 of those hours belong to Spalding. Known as one of the fastest fighters/bombers of WW II, the “Wooden Wonder” as...

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