About This File
The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by de Havilland.
Having been developed during the Second World War to harness the newly developed jet engine, the Vampire entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945.
It was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF and its first to be powered by a single jet engine.
The RAF used the Vampire as a front line fighter until 1953 before it assumed secondary roles such as pilot training.
It was retired by the RAF in 1966, replaced by the Hawker Hunter and Gloster Javelin.
It achieved several aviation firsts and records, including being the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
The Vampire had many export sales and was operated by various air forces.
It participated in subsequent conflicts such as the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Malayan emergency and the Rhodesian Bush War.
Almost 3,300 Vampires were manufactured, a quarter of them built under licence in other countries.
- Vampire FB.5: single-seat fighter-bomber version. Powered by the Goblin 2 turbojet; 930 built for the RAF and 88 for export.
WHAT'S IN:
- a new flyable plane, using great Stary's pit;
- proper pilot & sound;
- tweaked userlist (removed EAF - added time of RAF use);
- loadout image tga;
- openable canopy (Key=10), autoclosing at take-off;
- 37 NEW RAF skins by squadron;
- 1 NEW Royal Navy skin (No Sea Vampires);
- FAL Skin tweaked - historical decal numbers applied;
- 1 NEW A.M.I. Skin with historical only 5 planes used decal numbers;
- 7 my previous French skins upgraded and tweaked, decals too;
- 3 NEW RNZAF skins with proper decal sets;
- 1 NEW SAAF skin with historical serial numbers;
- stock RAF/French skins patches and nose letters added;
- RAF commander pennants;
- ALL skins in jpg;
CREDITS:
- Stary - Cockpit
- Spillone104 - sound
- Ludo m.54 - French Decals (upgraded)
- Spinners - RAF Decals (reworked-upgraded-redone)
- paulopanz - skins, decals, ini tweakings
REFERENCES:
- Warpaint n. 27
- Profile n. 48
- Scale Aviation Model n. 200
- DH Vampire in Italian Service - Terlizzi & Mattioli
INSTALL:
- You need EXP.1 to use
- as usual all in main mod folder and overwrite
Enjoy.
@ paulopanz
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