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Just came home to find a large lorry and teleporter down the street.
Then realised someone was taking delivery of a jet
, Just the front end, the rest is due in a couple of weeks.
Pretty rough condition but the guy has bought it rather than see it scrapped. Hopes to tidy it up and put it in the garden.
1945 De Havilland Vampire.
Then realised someone was taking delivery of a jet
, Just the front end, the rest is due in a couple of weeks.Pretty rough condition but the guy has bought it rather than see it scrapped. Hopes to tidy it up and put it in the garden.
1945 De Havilland Vampire.
wiz 1 said:
Just came home to find a large lorry and teleporter down the street.
Then realised someone was taking delivery of a jet , Just the front end, the rest is due in a couple of weeks.
Pretty rough condition but the guy has bought it rather than see it scrapped. Hopes to tidy it up and put it in the garden.
1945 De Havilland Vampire.
That's pretty cool actually, next best thing to a Mosquito and less likely to rot away in the rain.Then realised someone was taking delivery of a jet
, Just the front end, the rest is due in a couple of weeks.Pretty rough condition but the guy has bought it rather than see it scrapped. Hopes to tidy it up and put it in the garden.
1945 De Havilland Vampire.
anyone coming up the M11 from london can easily see a vampire - there is one at North Weald airfield, accessible from the Harlow turnoff. Follow the signs to the airfield, go for a coffee in the Squadron cafe (check out the original pilots' mess/bar from the war, and enjoy seeing all the cool metal parked up on the way in/out!
It flies over my house every so often, I'll try and get a pic next time, along with the Spit, Mustang, Kittyhawk etc that are the other regulars.......
pics from North Weald fly in
http://ukga.com/airfield/north-weald/photos
cheers
schmo
It flies over my house every so often, I'll try and get a pic next time, along with the Spit, Mustang, Kittyhawk etc that are the other regulars.......
pics from North Weald fly in
http://ukga.com/airfield/north-weald/photos
cheers
schmo
Is it really a 1945 model Vampire? I doubt it to be honest because that would really be historic as the only version in production back then was the very first F Mk1.
Most preserved and surviving Vampires are late model single seaters such as the FB Mk6 or two seater trainers such as the T11 or T55.
I sat in the cockpit of an Irish Air Corps T55 back in 1976. Back then they were still in the active inventory of the Air Corps and were regular visitors to Dublin Airport where they were often seen practising Ground Controlled Approaches.
Most preserved and surviving Vampires are late model single seaters such as the FB Mk6 or two seater trainers such as the T11 or T55.
I sat in the cockpit of an Irish Air Corps T55 back in 1976. Back then they were still in the active inventory of the Air Corps and were regular visitors to Dublin Airport where they were often seen practising Ground Controlled Approaches.
Eric Mc said:
Is it really a 1945 model Vampire? I doubt it to be honest because that would really be historic as the only version in production back then was the very first F Mk1.
Most preserved and surviving Vampires are late model single seaters such as the FB Mk6 or two seater trainers such as the T11 or T55.
I sat in the cockpit of an Irish Air Corps T55 back in 1976. Back then they were still in the active inventory of the Air Corps and were regular visitors to Dublin Airport where they were often seen practising Ground Controlled Approaches.
Only going on what the new owner said as I don't know much about them. It is a two seater and had a Goblin engine which doesn't come with it.Most preserved and surviving Vampires are late model single seaters such as the FB Mk6 or two seater trainers such as the T11 or T55.
I sat in the cockpit of an Irish Air Corps T55 back in 1976. Back then they were still in the active inventory of the Air Corps and were regular visitors to Dublin Airport where they were often seen practising Ground Controlled Approaches.
It is in a bit of a state and the guy bought it for scrap value but its one hell of a garden ornament
Wish I'd taken some pics on delivery as its tarped up now.
Love to see the look on his wifes face when she gets home!
Edited by wiz 1 on Saturday 28th June 17:37
Definitely not 1945 then if it's a two seater. There were two basic versions of the two seater variants. The first was the NF11 which was a radar equipped night fighter. There are very few of them around today. Built in far larger numbers were the trainer variant, the T11. They were used in large numbers by the RAF. The export version of the T11 was the T55 - which was the version I had the opportunity to crawl all over all those years ago. The T11 and T55 were essentially identical.
The T11/55 were built from about 1954 to 1960 ish.
The T11/55 were built from about 1954 to 1960 ish.
Smart roadster said:
There is a vampire on a stick* on a roundabout in Grove! It looks like it a bout to crash into the house oposite, I'love to have seen the face of bloke who lives there when he opened his curtains to see a jet fighter about to smack him in the face.
I've driven past that many times, and it's quite a site .... not like the plane / bug / helicopter monstrosity by the A303 at Amesbury.- OK a sodding great steel pole.
Does Clarkson still have his lightning on the lawn?
mat205125 said:
Smart roadster said:
There is a vampire on a stick* on a roundabout in Grove! It looks like it a bout to crash into the house oposite, I'love to have seen the face of bloke who lives there when he opened his curtains to see a jet fighter about to smack him in the face.
I've driven past that many times, and it's quite a site .... not like the plane / bug / helicopter monstrosity by the A303 at Amesbury.- OK a sodding great steel pole.
Does Clarkson still have his lightning on the lawn?
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