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The flight of the Vampire: Fascinating history of Britain's most iconic WWII fighter jet
UK Daily Mail ^
| 10/29/2017
| Rod Ardehali
Posted on 10/29/2017 4:13:03 PM PDT by DFG
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:13:03 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
I went to the annual air show at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA. One of the performances was a Vampire.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:17:03 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: DFG
With the exception of the F-86, the Vampire may have been the best flying early jet
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:24:56 PM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: DFG
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:25:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
To: rdcbn
The Vampire was pretty sorted out by the time of entering service in 1946. It could have perhaps met the ME-262 if forced into service earlier. Would have been an interesting matchup. The Meteor could not have held its own, but the Vampire? Maybe.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:35:24 PM PDT
by
oldplayer
To: DFG
Britain's most iconic WWII fighter jetThat would be the Spitfire. I guess the headline writer at the Mail didn't bother to take any history classes in school.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:35:37 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: DFG
I always liked the look.
Where is that? I don’t think it’s Westminster Abbey.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:36:38 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
To: DFG
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:39:38 PM PDT
by
XEHRpa
To: PAR35
The Spitfire was much more elegant looking.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:41:56 PM PDT
by
Crucial
To: PAR35
The Spitfire was much more elegant looking.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:42:07 PM PDT
by
Crucial
To: PAR35
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:43:26 PM PDT
by
MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: PAR35
The spitfire was jet powered?
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:43:48 PM PDT
by
some tech guy
(Stop trying to help, Obama)
To: libertylover
Where is that? I dont think its Westminster Abbey. Durham Cathedral.
To: DFG
I bet bailing out was an experience.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:46:14 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: some tech guy
Of course they were -- and operational in low Earth orbit, too. Don't you remember how they defeated the flying saucer invasion?
To: PAR35
The Spitfire was certainly elegant but it was never a jet.
Probably best not to attack someone’s education in this case, right?
I question whether DH Vampire should really be counted as a “WWII jet”. It never saw operational use during the war: the Gloster Meteor, maybe. The Lockheed P-80 deployed the Britain towards the end but it never saw combat.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:51:01 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: MCF
For iconic British WWII jet fighter, I would have said the Meteor.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:51:16 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: PAR35; DFG
Oops - meant #16 for DFG - all your responses were right on the money!
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:54:28 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: oldplayer
I don’t know; the Me-262 was faster and had heavier armament. The engines were dodgy but when they were running, it was fast and nimble.
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posted on
10/29/2017 4:57:07 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: DFG
Lockheed P-80 prototypes made it into WWII unlike the Vampire...
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