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The Goblin Screams -- Vampire Jets In New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2018
- Powered by the de Havilland Goblin jet engine, the prototype Vampire first flew in 1943, but the type didn't reach RAF operational squadrons until 1946, after the end
of the Second World War. A total of 58 Vampires were operated by the RNZAF between 1951 and 1972, and it was that service's first operational jet aircraft.
During the 1940's, Vampires achieved some notable firsts - the first crossing of the Atlantic by jet fighters, altitude records and the first jet aircraft landing on an aircraft carrier. Over 4300 Vampires were built and flown by many countries in both the single seat fighter and the twin seat trainer variant seen here.
On returning from Japan in the late 1940's, RNZAF No. 14 Squadron was initially re-equipped with de Havilland Mosquitos, but they were nearing the end of their operational life. So in 1952 the unit was re-equipped with sixteen Vampires and shortly thereafter flew to the Middle East to be based in Cyprus (until 1955) as part of the RAF Middle East Air Force.
The RNZAF retired its last Vampires in 1970, as No 75 Squadron began to re-equip with the newer McDonnell-Douglas A4 Skyhawks. A number of the New Zealand Vampires still exist -- many in various museums around the country and others are held by private collectors.
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Yes great aircraft , I sat in one at air 57/58 on a display ...at Ohakea ...
In the 70/71 they buzzed around valleys and lakes of Suisse awesome ...
That whistle they make is so unique :) heard it years ago at an airshow :)
Thank you! As a very interested child, (father was a pilot), I remember seeing on a regular basis, a partially dismantled Vampire sitting in the “Glider Hanger” at the Tocumwal aerodrome, which was part of the enormous ex WW2 USAAF McIntyre airfield in southern New South Wales, (NSW,) Australia, it was close to home, during the late 1970s to early and mid 1980s, . As a young boy I was filled with fascination and wonderment of this static, pioneer jet fighter, PaulB
Fantastic!... there is a Vampire at Southward Car Museum near Wgtn.. thanks mate! 👍🇳🇿✈️
You can almost see a little bit of Mosquito in the Vampires's 'face'! Always admired de Havilland's aircraft.
As a kid in Feilding (and, yes, that is the correct spelling) we used to see these flying out of Ohakea Air force Base. They also had Canberra bombers, Harvard trainers, and, I think, Mustangs amongst the other aircraft we saw regularly...
A lovely aircraft , and a brilliant display,
Wonderful video. One of my favorite jets with such amazing sound from the turbojet engine. Also love the detailed notes, great job and thanks for sharing!
sweet!!! little jet p-38's i want to own a p-38 i think i was a pilot of one in a former life, i knew what they were called when i was 5 years old and didn't know anything about airplanes then, the first time i saw a picture of the cockpit i knew it like the back of my hand
I always thought that the fins looked too small for that big fat bubble-pod. The big sister, the Sea Vixen was better balanced, visually.
WOW!
Just, WOW!
Kind of rare!
Aeronave espetacular !
Do those ejector seats still work? I ask because I recall the commentator at Classic Fighters Omaka 2015, when a Strikemaster was displaying, saying that regulations require that the ejector seats be disabled.
Correct -- the ejector seats on the Vampire are also disabled.
@@historicalmachines Difficult to bail out of, then.
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Fix it & finish it.
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