Beware of Vampires!
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Beware of Vampires!
It's too late for Mr. Assange, and now Swedish Vampires are multiplying rapidly...
Outbreak of Swedish Vampires
Three of the beauties in formation! (Of Swiss descent.)
Dreams of Vampires over Biggleswade.
Anybody flown one?
Could a DH108 manage the grass at Old Warden?
John Travolta's Vampire crashed at Rochester UK, but surely those intrepid Kiwis are putting more Vampires to flight?
Outbreak of Swedish Vampires
Three of the beauties in formation! (Of Swiss descent.)
Dreams of Vampires over Biggleswade.
Anybody flown one?
Could a DH108 manage the grass at Old Warden?
John Travolta's Vampire crashed at Rochester UK, but surely those intrepid Kiwis are putting more Vampires to flight?
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John Travolta's Vampire crashed at Rochester UK
Google tells me it was actually Rochester, New York State. A belly landing after a flame out with substantial damage, but the pilot was mostly OK. Prior to that the oldest flying jet.
I would have thought that even with the lengthened strip, Old Warden would be far too short for a jet like the Vampire. Shuttleworth did own a very early JP for a while some years ago but I don't believe they ever flew it.
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Could a DH108 manage the grass at Old Warden?
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Thank you Gentlemen for the corrections, I must've been dreaming whilst bitten.
The Nordic Warbirds are T.55s, the export version of the DH115.
Isn't that DH 108 something special?!
And I'm sorry to read they moved Rochester to America. I'm so glad I did my first solo cross-country from Headcorn before the removal lorries rolled in.
I've seen several photographs of Vampires parked on grass, were any capable of using grass strips? Their power, weight, and lift ratios look like they could. But the stumpy undercarriage would mean it'd have to be a bowling green or cricket pitch.
The Nordic Warbirds are T.55s, the export version of the DH115.
Isn't that DH 108 something special?!
And I'm sorry to read they moved Rochester to America. I'm so glad I did my first solo cross-country from Headcorn before the removal lorries rolled in.
I've seen several photographs of Vampires parked on grass, were any capable of using grass strips? Their power, weight, and lift ratios look like they could. But the stumpy undercarriage would mean it'd have to be a bowling green or cricket pitch.
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Speaking of jets on grass, I'm reminded of the Gulfstream II forced landing on grass at Mallow, Eire. I flew over the place in the 80's, and was curious what a beautiful 3,000 foot tarmac runway was doing in the middle of nowhere.
It's a lovely story, now made into a film... but d'Irish tell it better than I could...
Pilot's girl touches down - News - Corkman.ie
It's a lovely story, now made into a film... but d'Irish tell it better than I could...
Pilot's girl touches down - News - Corkman.ie
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Thank you for the confirmation, though Hatfield certainly qualifies as a "bowling green" and a "cricket pitch'.
I don't know what it is about the DH Vampire, but I find it very attractive in a Vespa-like way.
They seemed to be ubiquitous as gate-guardians when I was in short-pants.
What a shame the three "Swallows" all crashed fatally, but they seemed to have accrued valuable data.
I don't know what it is about the DH Vampire, but I find it very attractive in a Vespa-like way.
They seemed to be ubiquitous as gate-guardians when I was in short-pants.
What a shame the three "Swallows" all crashed fatally, but they seemed to have accrued valuable data.
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And I'm sorry to read they moved Rochester to America
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Imagine what New Yorkers will do with Dickens' Swiss Chalet.
Still, with the US dollar crashing, perhaps they'll pawn it back to us afore long.
Will Mr. Weeks let us have his mothballed Mossie, I wonder?
Still, with the US dollar crashing, perhaps they'll pawn it back to us afore long.
Will Mr. Weeks let us have his mothballed Mossie, I wonder?
