On the 23rd March 1948 a RAF " de Havilland Ghost" powered de Havilland Vampire piloted by Group Captain John Cunningham achieved a world altitude record of 59,446 ft (18,119 m). Later on, it was developed into a fighter-bomber, a twin-seat night fighter, and there was a Navy variant, the Sea Vampire. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire. It is of note that the Royal Navy's first air-to-air missile equipped fighter, the de Havilland Sea Vixen, clearly had it's design clearly rooted with the venerable de Havilland Sea Vampire. The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited (/ d h æ v l n d /) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.
The last example, a Sea Vampire T22, was withdrawn from Royal Navy service in 1970. Along with the MiG-15, we have another highly successful fighter jet model available with a Western counterpart, the British de Havilland Vampire. History: The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was built as a single-seat, jet-propelled, interceptor and the prototype (LZ548/G) was flown for the first time on 20 September 1943 powered by a de Havilland Goblin turbojet. Fondly referred to by many post-war pilots as the aerial kiddy car, the Vampire day fighter was certainly the last unsophisticated single-engine front line. A navalised version of the de Havilland Vampire, the Sea Vampire, was built for the Royal Navy as an all weather radar interceptor, and was the first jet aircraft to be operated from an aircraft carrier, both single and twin seat configurations were used. The de Havilland DH 112 Venom is a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
The de Havilland Vampire entered RAF service in the summer of 1946, it was the first RAF standard service aircraft to exceed 500mph and it soon became the RAF's front-line fighter in both the United Kingdom and Germany and remained so until 1955, the trainer version remaining in RAF service until 1966. The definitive book on an iconic aircraft Illustrated throughout with a varied and interesting selection of images, many previously unpublished An early jet aircraft that collected many notable firsts including the first jet fighter to cross the Atlantic and the first jet to land on an aircraft carrier.
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