Early Vampires
Mar 27, 2021 15:40:53 GMT
Post by mickywest on Mar 27, 2021 15:40:53 GMT
De Havilland's move into jet power, the Vampire
The prototype Spider Crab as yet to be marked LZ548 and have its name changed to Vampire
2nd prototype Vampire LZ551/G The story is that Geoffrey deHavilland, convinced that the Vampires tendency to 'snake' was due to too large a fin area, had a fitter successfully hacksaw the top few inches off the original 'de Havilland' shaped 'pointy' fins hence the 'squarer' fins of the early production Vampires
5th production Vampire F.1 TG278 (built by English Electric at Samlesbury)
Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr (blazer) brings TG278 to the Oct45 Royal Navy air display at Heston
Early Vampire production at English Electric Samlesbury plant
'Winkle' Brown in a hooked Vampire LZ551 doing the first ever carrier jet landings on HMS Ocean, photographed by Charles E Brown
John Cunningham ,in a lightened Vampire F.1 TG278 with an extended wingspan, achieved a new altitude record of 59,446feet on 23MAR1948
The prototype Spider Crab as yet to be marked LZ548 and have its name changed to Vampire
2nd prototype Vampire LZ551/G The story is that Geoffrey deHavilland, convinced that the Vampires tendency to 'snake' was due to too large a fin area, had a fitter successfully hacksaw the top few inches off the original 'de Havilland' shaped 'pointy' fins hence the 'squarer' fins of the early production Vampires
5th production Vampire F.1 TG278 (built by English Electric at Samlesbury)
Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr (blazer) brings TG278 to the Oct45 Royal Navy air display at Heston
Early Vampire production at English Electric Samlesbury plant
'Winkle' Brown in a hooked Vampire LZ551 doing the first ever carrier jet landings on HMS Ocean, photographed by Charles E Brown
John Cunningham ,in a lightened Vampire F.1 TG278 with an extended wingspan, achieved a new altitude record of 59,446feet on 23MAR1948
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