de Havilland Vampire - first look

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was the second jet-engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (the first being the Gloster Meteor), although it did not see combat in that conflict. The Vampire served with front-line RAF squadrons until 1955. It also served with numerous other air forces worldwide (see Operators). Almost 4,400 Vampires were built, a quarter of them under licence.

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[McLarenMercedes]

@GerbilEssences

The German Heinkel Arado in WW2, was mostly wood too despite being a jet bomber

Seeing as Germany was seriously short on raw material from 1943 onwards, it's not strange at all they used wood.

[binaway]

@freebeerfordworkers Geoffrey de Havilland jnr was killed flying the de Havilland Swollow not the Vampire.

[shizzle5150]

This is hands down one of the coolest little aircraft designs.

[andgate2000]

Got a drop tank in my garage..hehe...my dads helping restore a vampire.

[TheHorizonhobby]

Can I buy one of these plane without motor for my garden?

[safetychoice]

They would have done better to build ME 262s.

[4ingP]

@agwhitaker I figure it'd be like the P38, where the pilot goes under the wing (assuming, of course, he or she slides down the wing instead of jumping).

[pramboy09]

@freebeerfordworkers he was flying DH 108 which was a small delta winged aircraft which used the fuselage off a vampire but had a single fin and swept wings. there were two variants one used for low speed handling and de havillands variant was for high speed research, his aircraft broke up over gravesend.

[freebeerfordworkers]

@pramboy09 I read his aircraft broke up as a result of metal fatigue which was not fully understood then & I thought they said it was in a vampire. Out of curiosity what was it?

[pramboy09]

@freebeerfordworkers wasn't a vampire he was flying when he died