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De Havilland Sea Vampire |
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Aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy |
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The de Havilland Vampire was a
British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland
Aircraft Company. Work on the aircraft began during the Second World War
as a largely experimental aircraft suitable for combat that harnessed
the groundbreaking innovation of jet propulsion; it was quickly decided
to opt for a single-engine, twin-boom aircraft equipped with the Halford
H.1 turbojet engine (later the de Havilland Goblin). Originally ordered
as an experimental aircraft only, the decision to mass-produce the
aircraft as an interceptor for the Royal Air Force was finalised in May
1944. In 1946, the first production aircraft entered service with the RAF, only months after the conflict had come to a close. The Vampire was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF and the first to be powered by one jet engine. Aside from its propulsion system and twin-boom configuration, it was a relatively conventional aircraft. The Vampire quickly replaced many wartime piston-engine fighter aircraft and was in front-line service until 1953, after which the Vampire was primarily assigned to secondary roles such as pilot training and ground attack, for which specialist variants of the type were produced. In 1966, the type was retired by the RAF, after being replaced by more capable jet-powered fighters such as the Hawker Hunter and Gloster Javelin. |
Die de Havilland Vampire war ein
britischer Jet-Jäger, der von der de Havilland Aircraft Company entwickelt
und hergestellt wurde. Die Arbeit am Flugzeug begann im Zweiten Weltkrieg
als weitgehend experimentelles Flugzeug, das für die Jagd geeignet war, der
die bahnbrechende Innovation des Strahlantriebs nutzte; Es wurde schnell
beschlossen, sich für ein einzelnes, Zweiswänziges-Flugzeug zu entscheiden,
das mit dem Halford H.1 Turbojet-Motor (später der de Havilland Goblin)
ausgestattet war. Ursprünglich als Versuchsflugzeug bestellt, wurde im Mai
1944 die Entscheidung zur Massenproduktion des Flugzeugs als Abfangjäger für
die RAF abgeschlossen. Im Jahr 1946 trat die erste Serienmaschine in den Dienste der RAF, nur wenige Monate nach dem Konflikt. Der Vampire war der zweite Jet-Jäger nach dem Gloster Meteor, der von der RAF betrieben wurde und der erste, der von einem Jet-Triebwerk angetrieben wurde. Abgesehen von seinem Antriebssystem und Doppel-Heckausleger-Konfiguration war es ein relativ konventionelles Flugzeug. Der Vampire ersetzte schnell viele Kriegs-Kampfflugzeuge und war bis 1953 im Front-Einsatz, danach wurde der Vampire vorrangig auf Nebenrollen wie Pilottraining und Bodenangriff, für die Fachvarianten des Typs produziert wurden, verwendet. Im Jahr 1966 wurde der Typ von der RAF zurückgezogen, nachdem sie durch mehr fähige Jet-Jäger wie der Hawker Hunter und Gloster Javelin ersetzt wurden. |
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T.11 |
two-seat training version. Powered by a Goblin 35 turbojet; 731 built. |
T.11 |
Zweisitzige Trainingsversion. Angetrieben von einem Goblin 35 Turbojet; 731 Maschinen. |
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