The de Havilland DH100 Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a single jet engine.

The Vampire T.11 was the first advanced jet fighter trainer to use side-by-side seating. It was argued that having the instructor beside him gave the trainee a higher level of confidence, enabled each to see better what the other was doing, and gave both the same gun-sight view.

An extra special flight test of a Vampire T.11 built in 1952; the last T.11 flying in the world & the last RAF Vampire still flying

Apr 28, 2020 · De Havilland Vampire T11 (cn 15596) XE856 was built by de Havilland Aircraft at Hatfield and entered RAF service in December 1954. It initially served with 226 Operational Conversion Unit at Stradishall training would-be fighter pilots.

DH115 Vampire T.11 732 built Two-seat training version, powered by a Goblin 35 turbojet - Built by De Havilland and Fairey Aviation - Some fitted with ejection seats.

Vampire T.11 Cover. Cover of Pilot's Notes for Vampire T.11. Notes to Users. Notes to Users. Amendments for Pilot's Notes for Vampire T.11. List of Associated Publications. Drawing of Vampire T.11. List of Contents. List of Contents - Page 3. PART I - DESCRIPTIVE - Page 7. Introduction - Page 7; FUEL SYSTEM - Page 7; Fuel tanks - Page 7

Vampire WZ549 was one of a batch of 143 aircraft delivered to the RAF during April 1953. It first entered service with Marshalls of Cambridge and was later operated by the Ferry Training Unit, No.8 FTS and No.1 FTS.

The Vampire prototype made its maiden flight in September 1943 with Geoffrey de Havilland at the controls – only six months after the first flight of the Meteor. The production version entered service with the RAF in early 1946 and was operated as a …

A Vampire T11 trainer of Central Flying School, which had some aircraft of this type. If I understand correctly, instructors of Vampire-equipped schools came over to Little Rissington for check flights with CFS examiners or 'trappers' in these jets.

The final Vampire was the T (trainer) model, the T11, a two-seat training version for the RAF. Powered by a Goblin 35 turbojet engine; 731 were built by DH and Fairey Aviation. First flown in 1950, the T models remained in service with the RAF until 1966.