Flying de Havilland Vampire
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- On the 13th of August 2013, I had this rare chance to fly this beautiful Vampire. Her owner and pilot Matt Hampton demonstrates typical preflight walkaround, then we take off and do some basic aerobatics and low-level flying. In the end Matt does classic Run & Brake and then we land. It was an amazing flight, despite her age, she is 62, she is flying very well.
Here is the cockpit in 360!
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Had the pleasure of seeing fly at the Bray airshow .what a beautiful classic jet.
For some reason I always had a lot of love for old jet planes built between the 40's and mid 50's, I always thought it was an exciting time for aviation...I wish I could fly these planes...
thank you.. my dad was a squadron leader flying these out of thornhill , gewlo in southern Rhodesia...and later out of Valley in Anglesey... it is wonderful to see what he would have experienced on a daily routine for many years in the RAF
I was in the Air Cadets and sat in a Vampire as a 15 year old. It brings back many nostalgic memories.
Got yourself a thumbs up from another ex cadet. I got lucky. Got my rear in a Hunters, Hawk, Lightnings, Nimrod and quite a few others.
In aviation history the de Havilland Vampire achieved several firsts:
- On July 14 1948, Vampire F3s of RAF No 54 Squadron became the first jet aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Vampire was the first jet plane to be landed on a moving aircraft carrier.
- It was the first British plane to exceed 500mph.
... The first Gloster Meteor F4 fly in 1945 and had 585 mph top speed...in 1946 a Gloster Meteor was tested on carrier HMS Pretoria Castle...
leneanderthalien In December 1945 Winkle Brown landed a Vampire on HMS Ocean.
False, the first jet to be successful used on a carrier was the FH-1 Phantom
FaLsE ThE FiRsT JeT WaS tHe Po-2
@@davesherry5384 I was just going to make that comment. An unassuming man he was. Fascinating to listen too.
Snap up the 1/48 scale Airfix kit, it is a beauty. I am building a homage to Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd short story. It is a CBNC last day before Christmas broadcast perfected by Canada's Alan Maitland. I love how Pilots caress their aeroplanes during Preflight.
I'm loving the sounds the engine makes. Can this land on my 4000 foot runway? Your Barrel Roll was like a drive through at Tim Horton's
Fantastic! A beautiful film of a beautiful aeroplane.
My personal rule. No tools, no shop rags, no nothing is laid down inside the aircraft unless it absolutely necessary. Shop rags, sockets, wratchets, EXTENSIONS, etc. are used and then go directly into my pocket, tool box etc, but never laid down inside the aircraft. I think everyone knows why I have that rule and bet that I am not the only one.
That is a very good rule. It's quite possible, though, that Mr. Hampton keeps a list of all tools and shop rags he uses, and checks his count against the list (as is done in surgeries, to make sure that no sponges or clamps are left inside the patients), but that this wasn't shown for presentation reasons. That sort of error even happened once with a Space Shuttle flight:
A Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) technician couldn't find a pair of pliers that he'd been using (and as in surgeries, all such tools were "logged out"--and then "logged in"--before and after use. His supervisor told him "not to worry about it," but being afraid that his missing pliers were somewhere inside the SRB's recovery system section that he'd been working on, the technician wrote up the incident, including his concerns, in the log book. Sure enough, when that SRB was recovered after launch, there was a rattle in the booster's parachute bay--which turned out to be his missing pliers. His supervisor was demoted, but he received a commendation for his conscientious actions in reporting the missing tool and logging it.
That's a great rule!
He might need those tools to get back down; better to have them with him?
I just loved seeing these little planes whistling above my head when I was a child in Toronto. I never realized what they were at the time, since I was only told they were "jets." But their forked tails and small size made them unique in the 1950s.
Absolutely brilliant!
when I visited HMS Eagle (carrier) at Istanbul, I had the pleasure of wandering amongst such beautiful small jets on the deck...I had forgotten my camera at our air base near Karamursel. Thanks Sergei for this video , btw, audio is better than with the Prevost :) Chuck
thank you....I always wanted to fly in a DH Vampire
The majority of that plane, fuselage, wings, ailerons, were made at De Havilland ( Airspeed), Portsmouth, then to Christchurch for assy. I did not do anything on Vampires, at that time I was involved making Venom parts, alongside the Vampire ones. There`s a few Venoms with Ailerons of my assembly out there, or was maybe.
The Fuselage is laminated wood with an aluminium skin.
Thank you Mr. Hampton for the ride, best video seen of this type.
There were 3 Vampires standing rotting on the tarmac at Hatfield Aerodrome in the 1970s. I think one was given to some local air cadets & one for a while was on the side of the A1m north bound at Knebworth park.
I would like to say that she is still flying to this day under Mark Hooton. Last seen flying on 6th June 2022
Superb film and a beautiful aircraft. Thanks for posting.
Excellent
My twin flame died in a swiss vampire crash at Cranfield Airfield where they were both test flown and developed by Roy moody. Not a day goes past when I don't think of them all xx
What an absolutely amazing video, man! I'm from Portugal and I've always been a fan of this aircraft. Thank you very much for sharing this flight! Congrats!
Well I really enjoyed your video, that was something else,it's along time since I've seen a jet rolling like that , it was a trimendous show, so thanks a million to all who helped to make this video.
I love that feeling just before take off when you can feel every dip and bump on the runway then the nose lifts and suddenly everything smooths out. It's like the aircraft knows it should be in the air and not on the ground.
MY farther worked on those at D. H,s great watching them take off as a kid and then the Sea Vixens came along .
Sergey. You are one hell of a lucky guy! what a lovely aircraft
OMG that looks amazing. What a great opportunity.
Just the ticket for a quick spree to Cairo! Wonderful vid, thank you
this aircraft is not ugly its fugly..fred flintstone would feel at home in it as it looks so ancient inside and out ;-))
Brilliant film, my Dad used to work on Vampires during his national service and got to fly in them a few times. Very enjoyable, thank you.
Wow! That was awesome. Thanks for the flight!
Bootiful.
In my humble opinion, the best looking jet EVER!
I personally prefer the vixen the only upsetting thing with it is the offset cockpit but I truly love the 2 engine configuration
Then the vamp
And the venom for my third prefered aircraft
These handy things called LED flashlights help to illuminate dark spots.
Awesome!
Lovely video. Enjoyed the preflight and the close look at the interior layout. Sweet little plane. The low level flight was nice but heavy fuel consumption/slower/speed. Would have been interesting to see it higher. De Haviland did build some fascinating planes(the Mozzie is my hands down fave). Thanks again.
This is now based at Gloucester airport I've had the privilege watching it from my balcony as I view the runway I have videos on my channel
FANTASTIC VIDEO.!!!
KUDOS TO YOU, AND MANY THANKS.!!!
Beautiful aircraft wonderful video, we have a flying vampire + meteor in temora nsw australia, kind regards bob.
I saw one of these fly over my house many years ago. It was one weird looking plane and fascinating to watch. Had I been smart enough to become wealthy I most certainly would have one, if for no other reason than to just look at it. A really cool plane.
I saw a horror show/movie a long time ago. A black Vampire airplane was landing at night at out-of-the-way small airports/airstrips. As I recall the pilot was never shown or maybe was shown near the end of the show. In the morning the Vampire was gone and the 2-3 people working at the small airports would be found dead, all their blood missing. I wish I could remember the name of that. Maybe one of you might know.
Cool! That must have been a nice experience!
Awesome, I flew on in Coventry and loved it
It would have been nice to hear the cockpit chat.
I saw one of these with Australian markings @ an air show in Pennsylvania, in about 1990
Lovely. Very lucky!
i HAD THE JOB OF WORKING ON THIS MODEL OF PLANE LONG WITH THE VENOM DURING MY TIME IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN GERMANY WHILE IN MY NATIONAL SERVICE FROM 1952 TO 1954 AT WUNSDORF
HAPPY MEMORIES.
I couldn't help noticing a slight yaw instability of the Vampire when you finished banking. Is this a trait of the tiny boom mounted rudders? I'm doing a flight and 3D model for a 2 seater Vampire for the flight sim FlightGear and watching this video is fascinating.
gods it looks small ,, but beautifully formed
FANTASTIC !!!
Wow very nice video!
At the beginning stated it's max speed was 350 knots. This is at sea level. Above 10,000 feet it is 440 knots. That's 506 mph.
T he only other one seen, was hanging in a transportation museum, with "Swiss AF ' markings, on the 11Th Sept 2001, YES that day, SENSEHEIM DE..
What a delightful video. Did anyone notice whether there were any emergency service vehicles alongside the runway - I didn't see any. I would have thought it a pre-requisite for a jet aircraft landing at any public airfield. However, I am just a casual observer, but, I would be genuinely interested for someone to enlighten me on such matters - many thanks, Bill.
jets aren't in the habit of randomly bursting into flames. E-services are only on standby if you declare an emergency and request their presence, such as in the case of a wheels up landing
Is this film Ed at Coventry airport
They still race and win in Reno!!!!
Never interrupt a pilot during his/her preflight walk round, especially if you are going to fly with him/her as you might cause them to miss something vital to your safety. Other than that good video.
Storm is the English translation of Tuisku, a Finnish word...my cousins were Tuiskus :)
i´m jealous now .....
Well the only Gnats out there is the guys at north weald but no idea if they do pax rides
Nice!
Dad's Vampire and Thunderbird 2.
Unfortunatelly they don't, was hoping that there are other owners around UK.
Are bang seats still disabled on civil reg?
Did the two-seat Vampire trainers *ever* have ejection seats? The single-seat Vampires--at least the earlier ones--didn't have them (there wasn't enough room inside to accommodate them), and recently I read that the two-seaters didn't have them, either. Also, John Duncan, a buddy of my eldest brother Bob's--they both owned McDonald's fast-food restaurants in Miami, Florida, back in the 1980s--was also a pilot, who owned a Bede BD-5J "Micro" jet and a two-seat De Havilland Vampire. He told me that his Vampire had no ejection seats, and that he was perfectly fine with that, given their cost, complexity, and ever-present risk (their rocket motors). In a bailout situation, he said (and had been taught), he said he would roll it inverted, jettison the canopy, and push himself out (ditto for anyone in the student's seat--he/they always wore parachutes [seat-pack types, I'd surmise]).
@@j.jasonwentworth723 The Swedes had Eseats in their Vamps (flew them until the early 90s)
My school CCF had a single seat vampire (sans engine) from the early 1970s on wards. That had a ( I guess disarmed) ejector seat fitted. We never opened it up but just wondered around the aircraft admiring how compact/small it was. Not as beautiful as a hunter but I would not say no to owning one.
I want to fly in this. Gimme 2 years..., still doing me gliders for now. Need to build skills to appreciate the expensive experience and make it worthwhile....
they don't need much of a vertical stabilizer because there's two of them?
This vampire is a 2 seater trainer. Not usually 2 seater.
At around 18:45 the pilot points up at a flying saucer.
Otherwise, I want one, but my eyes keep me grounded!
Is that jet's cockpit pressurized or air conditioned? If not how about the Venom?
Cool!
yes, JP felt a bit more agile in maneuvers.Still more affordable than Hunter though. Do you know if it possible to fly a Gnat anywhere in UK?
So how does she handle com paired to the JP?
Where?
Wonderful video. Had to mute the sound, though. Just like the TV shows of the 60's, 70's and 80's; you seem to think that 'music' is that which best torments the audience. Might as well have been several straight minutes of a baby crying (or, to complete the early TV analogy... a siren blaring). Otherwise; great airplane. Thank you.
i would love to own one, beautiful plane just could not afford to fly it, with the price of fuel. its up there with the p-38- mustangs-spitfires and dh mosquitos.
Wow , stogging around so low . The fuel consumption must be huge
I think these aircraft are just weird looking, even when they don't have dual cockpits.
Had to take the cannon out,damn it
But I see two c54,s so I am thinking ingrained that is a London location
I would say both aircrafts pretty much the same. JP has better visibility in the cockpit but the Vampire flies and lands faster (250-300kts & 100kts on final). In the basic aeros it also in the same class. We did a loop and couple of rolls, cannot remember any significant differences in the handling.
Did anyone ever think of making a swept-wing Vampire?
Sort of - the DH Venom.
If you want to see actual "flying" and not just guys doing preflight checks for ten minutes, skip to 9:30.
Thanks, i needed that heads-up. The guy that just wandered in on the video slowed it down.
Ok she just looked a bit slower to roll. Oh and the £350 vs £1000 per hour of course!
how many miles per gallon or should i say gallons per mile dos that thing take?
XD
Aviation fuel consumption is rather complicated calculation. As far as I remember she eats 16lb. per minute of cruise flight. This can be converted into litres or gallons as you wish.
thanks it was joke but thanks alot for info :) i wish i could fly a jet but well i am to poor :( i love aircraft they are my life what G's can you pulll in the vamp?
+Jasons PCs If my memory serves me correctly, you're allowed to pull +6 or -3 1/3 g..You can physically pull more, but you will over-stress the airframe, resulting in the need for a complete check of the aircraft, (over and above the normal post flight checks.)
North Weald, EGSX
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I feel the sound on my tummy that the video is making vidoe cause of the sound like why are you not flying it oh now my tummy feels better that you turned the music of now it is very shiny too and it has a gun that is wears that is why it's a vampire for two reasons why are you putting your arm through the engines of the plane eany way I guss it's going to be a cool video why Das it have numbers on the plane every where why did open the noise and now your going to fly the with the noise open or not like my comment if you agree with every thing I send on this comment and only if you have the app UA-cam now you are in the country
Idiot get with the program he is flying it
Always thought the Vampire was an ugly little bugger with a creepy engine noise only adding to the weirdness...,
That whistling sound of the engine brings back many childhood memories here in South Africa. Together with the Sabre, that was the first military jets I saw.
No none.
This must be the slowest jet ever built..
+milwaukeegregg Well, if you noticed in the dynotape instruction amongst the meters, it read 350kts at sea level, and, 440kts at 10,000 feet. So, for the era that it first became operational, that was not slow. In fact, it became apparent that this little jet was more useful as a ground attack aircraft than fighter. Many third world countries included this aircraft in its military portfolio and it made a name for itself in many civil wars, border conflicts and the like, well into the 1980's. Not bad for an aircraft introduced at the end of WW2. Sure, it could not hold its own against the jets that came later in speed and performance, but, like the VW Beetle, it has held a special place in the hearts of men familiar with their trusted steed. Bye for now , Bill.
+William Rance Thank you for that bit of history!
+milwaukeegregg The Hunting H126 could fly as slow as 32mph. I think that is the slowest jet.
If your comment, milwaukeegregg, is pertaining to Top Speed in regard to piloted jet aircraft, you are quite wide of the mark.
Italy's Caproni Campini N.1, first flew in 1940, and which was powered by a motor jet, a type of jet engine that powers the compressor using a conventional aircraft engine.
Max speed: 375 km/h (233 mph)
America's first operational jet, the Bell P-59 Airacomet - its performance was inferior to the piston-engined North American P-51 Mustang, but served with the 412th fighter group and the 445th fighter squadron. The UK got a really raw deal, having swapped a Gloster Meteor for an Airacomet.
Max speed: 604 km/h (413 mph)
By example - the de Havilland Vampire which was flown by 32 countries.
Max speed: 882 km/h (548 mph)
and the Gloster Meteor, flown by 18 countries (including the US)
Max speed: 965 km/h (600 mph)
The Hunting H.126 (introduced by Andy) was an experimental 'craft which ducted most of its engine thrust into sixteen nozzles on the wing trailing edges and more nozzles on wing tips - which left little remaining thrust for forward motion. That low speed Andy quoted was its Stall speed, 51 km/h (32 mph) which meant that any slower a speed would cause it to have to make a landing.
these things are pretty fast, a Vampire has been winning the jet race out in Reno.
Brings back memories of my childhood in Gwelo ( Gweru) in what was then The Rhodesian Airforce, my God Father flew the Vamps out of Thornhill, I believe he was a Squadron Leader Keith Kemsley.. Thank you for this video, spine tingling memories.. Thank you
Woah
What was Rhodesia like before Zimbabwe?
In 1956 I did my national service in the South African Airforce as a sheet metal worker and worked on Vampires at Zwartkops airdrome. We were based at the Airforce Gymnasium Lyttleton in Pretoria. The camp held approx. 500 trainees. I don't think the camp is there anymore as I cannot see it on Google Earth.
@Mr Chris Well that explains it.....thanks for the update......after one year with "yes sir no sir" bull I swore I'd never again ever submit myself to military rule at any future time.
I left SA in 1968 for UK because the rising nationalism of the indigenous population indicated that there could be a game change in the status quo, but in reality they were not vindictive even to the Afrikaaners who oppressed them so badly.......it's true that the melting pot that is occuring is still in it's formative stages and there will need to be a lot more education as to World practices and expertise if SA wants to prosper like many other emerging countries.
The VW Beetle of planes in terms of looks.
This brought back memories when I first got in one A79-649 when training wth my c/o we went as far as karuah nsw then back to Williamtown nsw when I graduated on the machhi A7-30 which is on display@ hars Albion park ! I progressed onto A3-17 mirage back in 1985 ! Was on a training flight off the coast when Craig mackelmann went down inA3-40 the c/o airplane believe he was shot down in an exercise ? Target drones were miles away! Don't get It???? I wasn't on that sortie but there has been a lot covered up lately into Craig's death!!!
Not quite sure, was too excited to notice these little things :)
There is a Vampire 2 seater in RNZAF Colours flying from New Plymouth Airport .2018.New Zealand.
It's a Venom. NZ Airforce never had Vampires.
@@louisavondart9178 Incorrect. RNZAF acquired Vampires in the 1950s. NZ5712 is privately owned in NZ and can be spotted flying
Beautiful bird