de Havilland Vampire - 'The Missing Four'

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This line from the Vampire Wiki page caught my eye;

In total 3,268 Vampires were built in 15 versions, including twin-seat night fighters, trainers and carrier-based Sea Vampires. The Vampire was used by 31 air forces. Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. were the only major Western powers not to use the aircraft.

Well, let's put that right!!

 

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and here i thought you'd go the easy route, with the 86th Fighter Wing in Germany scrambling to reequip with jets during the Berlin Airlift (in RL they flew F-47Ds until 1950)

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3 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

and here i thought you'd go the easy route, with the 86th Fighter Wing in Germany scrambling to reequip with jets during the Berlin Airlift (in RL they flew F-47Ds until 1950)

For the 'front line' that really is quite late isn't it?

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well, you had F-51s in Korea.

and while it was the backwater conflict, it was also still the hotter one of the two

 

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14 hours ago, Spinners said:

In total 3,268 Vampires were built

Oh dang. I didn't expect that there were so many of these planes

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Cool work! In Spanish should be Vampiro as Vampira is a feminine. 

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That's how I see her.

Also, pilots do seem to say things like, "she handles beautifully" (usually Spitfire pilots) or "she handles like a cow/pig/mule" (Avia S-199 or Javelin pilots).

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Or, one of my favourites, a No.43 Squadron pilot describing how the Gloster Meteor handles at altitude, “she wallows like a sick cow above 30,000ft.” 

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Remember than in spanish, planes are masculine. :)

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49 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Remember than in spanish, planes are masculine. :)

I'm not in Spain.

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14 hours ago, Spinners said:

I'm not in Spain.

You have one round of beer waiting for you here in Spain 

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San Miguel please!