Manufacturer: De Havilland Aircraft Ltd. Hatfield and Chester, GB
Year of construction: 1949
Intended use: Hunting and earth fighting
Crew: 1 pilot
In Switzerland, in use from 1949 to 1990
Flight services
• Ve max. Horizontal 810 km / h
• Max. Climbing power 15.0 m / s
• Max. Operating height 10000 m above sea level. M
• Duration 1 hour
• Range 600 km without additional tanks
Number of aircraft purchased directly from England:
75 DH-100 Mk 6 Vampire in England acquired. 1949 to 1973 in the employment. Most aircraft were depreciated in the years 1968/1969.
Enrollment J-1005 to J-1079
The 75 vintages purchased directly in England were flown from de Havilland factory pilots from Hatfield to Emmen.
(Photo collection H. Dominik)
Number of licensed aircraft in licensed construction
100 DH-100 Mk 6 Vampire under license. From 1951 onwards. A respectable number was written off in 1974, but liquidations were still carried out until 1988.
Enrollment J-1101 to J-1200
Swiss license construction in Emmen 1951/1952. Until 1960, all vampires were still in operation without Martin Baker's sling.
(Photo collection H. Dominik)
Swiss license construction in Emmen 1951/1952. Until 1960, all vampires were still in operation without Martin Baker's sling.
(Photo collection H. Dominik)
At the beginning of the 1960s, the vampires were equipped with a Martin Baker sling seat, an emergency package, a new joystick and a new cabin roof with single glazing
The J-1129 with Martin Baker sling seat and new single-glazed cab roof. In Dübendorf
(photo collection H. Dominik)
On 12th June 1990, the last VAMPIRE at the Emmen airfield on the occasion of a celebration were taken out of the pilot school.
Kit de Havilland Vampire FB.MK.5 / Trumpeter 1/48
Decals
For the necessary Swiss markings I had already some time ago the Decalbogen in 1:48 from Matterhorn Circle worried. Unfortunately this super Decalbogen is not available anymore and sold out.
Additional supplementary components
In addition to the 1/48 Oe Rak 81 Pylons set for Hunter I have worried for the cockpit area even the 1/48 Vampire FB.5 interior PE set of Kuivalainen commercially.
The first photos of the finished model
Model photos with landscape
De Havilland DH-100 MK 6 Vampire J-1156 1955 at the airfield in Meiringen
Further information on "Vämpi" with original photos and building information can be found on the forum of IPMS Switzerland
http://www.ipms.ch/plugins/forum/forum_ ... c.php?3614
Kind regards from Switzerland
Helmut
