All metal Mosquito ??

[Six Nifty .50s]

Originally Posted by MarkRS

Another quote from the site:

"The beautifully rounded shape of the Spitfire's fuselage is built with the same "balsa-ply-balsa" sandwich construction technique as used on the famous De Havilland Mosquito, giving tremendous stiffness and strength, but a lot less weight than metal."

I rest my case.

Have you considered termites, beetles, worms, fungus?

Maybe the RAF could save some coin by building a fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons made of less expensive stealthy materials, like balsa-wood.