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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: Nico Braas on January 21, 2007, 11:59:29 AM

Title: De Havilland Vampire
Post by: Nico Braas on January 21, 2007, 11:59:29 AM: I found this original De Havilland photo yesterday on an aviation fair and it was just too nice to leave it there!
It shows the Vampire Mk. III.
It is one of a series of publicity air-to-air shots taken late fourties/early fifties.
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Post by: santynus on January 21, 2007, 01:39:15 PM: very interesting photo :)
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Post by: No.1 on January 21, 2007, 01:48:33 PM: Beautifull- clean-inspiring!!! Thank you for sharing :) :)
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Post by: mfg495 on January 21, 2007, 05:24:10 PM: Excellent shot, I've just purcahse a photo of a Canberra PR3, it was taken the day after I joined the RAF, over 30 years ago.
I will post it soon.
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Post by: mfg495 on April 02, 2007, 10:27:42 PM: 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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Post by: No.1 on April 02, 2007, 10:47:54 PM: 4400 build- this is great number :)
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Post by: santynus on April 03, 2007, 09:53:32 AM: the DH Vampire it's the first Jet fighter of the Italian Air force (AMI) :-love :-wave
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Post by: No.1 on April 03, 2007, 01:09:54 PM: Did not know for this- any story?
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Post by: mfg495 on April 03, 2007, 08:20:33 PM: Quote from: No.1 on April 03, 2007, 01:09:54 PM
Did not know for this- any story?
Vampire FB 52A. Single-seat fighter-bomber, 80 built in Italy.
Vampire NF 54. Export version of Vampire NF 10 for the Italian Air Force, 29 being built.
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Post by: santynus on April 03, 2007, 09:52:50 PM: the first vampires arrived (and rested) in italy on September 25th, 1949 when five of DH100 RAF No.73 Squadron came from Malta to Milano-Linate airport for one acrobatic show.
Unfortunately all of them emergency landed because ran out of fuel on fields near the airport because of cloudy and heavy fog.:-/

The VF345 landed without damages, VT813 and VT809 broke their undercarriage... :(
the others two after very hard landed, one of them finished in a ditch with a lot of damages... :-/ the last one broke and lost its wings... :-eek

all four damages aircraft was given to the Italian air force(AMI) for tranning and fulfils the skills of the personal on these new airplanes. VF345 was ripped off by the RAF's technicians and sent to the Orio al Serio Airport for rebuild because they want to send this aircraft back to Malta... but after the first fly test this aircraft had emergency landed... this time made a lot of damages and didn't worth to repair then this airplane was given to the AMI too...

the AMI's tecnicians rebuilded "ex-novo" three new vampire from all good pieces that were left after all damaging but without engine because after engine revision and testing, for safety they decided to hold the project until the new engine arrive.

So Italian Air Force got three DH100 Vapire for free. :-tri :-wave
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Post by: mfg495 on April 03, 2007, 11:14:44 PM: Great information :-ok :-obey
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Post by: No.1 on April 04, 2007, 07:40:03 AM: Santyno the Great :))
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Post by: santynus on April 04, 2007, 07:51:08 AM: thank you mgf495&No.1 :) :-red I have to say thank you to my wife too, she correct all my post from "spaghetti english" in english... :-love :-wave
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Post by: mfg495 on April 19, 2007, 10:28:52 PM: An usually shot of the Vampire
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Post by: No.1 on April 19, 2007, 11:12:08 PM: I just wanted to make stupid question... "where did you get it"... I like this view mate :-ok Do you have any info about this image ? Thank you for sharing mate :-wave