The de Havilland DH100 Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a single jet engine.

Nene-powered Vampire for the RAAF. Built by de Havilland Australia, powered by 5,000 lbst Australian-built RR Nene 2-VH. Initially with dorsal intakes, later removed. First Australian-built aircraft flown 29 June 1948.

2016年12月16日 · The diminutive Vampire was England’s second jet fighter and spawned a large number of subtypes. It enjoyed a lengthy career and was exported to no less than 25 nations. The British Air Ministry issued Specification E.6/41 in 1941 to obtain a jet fighter built around a single de Havilland Goblin centrifugal-flow turbojet.

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet fighter commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Following the Gloster Meteor, it was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF.

From 1949 to 1953, De Havilland Aircraft built eighty single-seat Vampires at the plant in Bankstown, NSW, for the Royal Australian Air Force. These Vampires were significantly different to most other Vampires built around the world in that they were powered by the Rolls-Royce Nene jet engine (built by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation).

2022年9月14日 · The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire held two key distinctions concerning aviation history - she was the first jet-powered aircraft anywhere to land on a moving aircraft carrier (this completed in her navalized "Sea Vampire" prototype guise) and she was the first jet aircraft in British service to be powered by a single turbojet engine - the ...

2023年9月14日 · Read more about the Vampire, particularly N4861K which served with the Irish Air Corps before becoming a Gold race winner, and check out the new De Havilland Vampire PlaneTags. What is the De Havilland Vampire? The De Havilland Vampire is a jet-powered aircraft that played a significant role in the early development of jet aviation.

On 3 December 1945 a Royal Navy "Sea Vampire" became the first jet-powered fighter to operate off the decks of an aircraft carrier. By 1946, the renamed DH 100 Vampire had entered active service. Later improvements lead to the Mk. III version with larger fuel tanks and an …

2024年2月27日 · The de Havilland Vampire, or DH.100, was the second jet engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during WW II, although it never saw combat. After the war, it served with the front-line RAF until 1955.

deHavilland T.35 Vampire N11930 (WH930 / ES930), owned and operated for many years by the late Ed Stead of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. History: In September 1943, one of the first jet fighters in history streaked skyward, with Geoffrey deHavilland at the controls.