Ochroma
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Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as balsa, is a large, fast-growing tree native to the Americas. It is the sole member of the genus Ochroma, and is classified in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the ma
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Balsa in Limbe Botanical Garden, Cameroon
Three different sizes of balsa wood stock
Painting by Frances W. Horne from the Flora Borinqueña
De Havilland Mosquito
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The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British twin-engined, multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nick
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…valuable for free-flight model aircraft. However, it is also valued as a component of full-sized light wooden aeroplanes, most notably the World War II de Havilland Mosquito. Balsa is used to make wooden crankbaits for fishing, especially Rapala lures…
Mosquito B Mk IV Series 2 bomber with No. 105 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Construction concepts pioneered in the DH.88 Comet were later used in the Mosquito.
One of de Havilland's proposals was to adapt the de Havilland Albatross design to create a fast bomber.
1943 advertisement for de Havilland taken from Flight & Aircraft Engineer magazine highlights the speed of the B Mk.IV.