de Havilland Sea Vixen

The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a 1950s1960s British two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (the air component of the Royal Navy) designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s. Initially produced by de Havilland it was later known as the Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen when de Havilland became a part of the Hawker Siddeley group.

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[Bitsforboats]

British Government prevaricating?? Surely shome mishtake...

[flyinportopotty]

just got an rc one of these today!

[evilintel]

Resurrect the long-range proposal of this, upgrade the engines, and the Sea Vixen could have a second life. Funny that this was one of the only FAA jets they didn't need to jack up the front prior to launch.

[NickNZ]

The Americans have a lot of F-14s sat in the Arizona desert, I wonmder how much they would cost?

[tomburley]

@kempmt1 More likely to revert back to the Fairy Swordfish....I mean it did OK against the Italian Navy and the Bismark so it IS a proven design!!!

[kempmt1]

With the Sea Harriers out of service, and the JSF is having problems of its own, the new QE-class carriers will need aircraft. I know...SEA VIXEN!

[BluTrilobite]

Cool jet, I want to get the new Airfix kit of the Sea Vixen.