Warplanes of the UK: de Havilland Sea Vixen

de Havilland Sea Vixen

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de Havilland Sea Vixen.

The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm from the 1950s to the early 1970s. The Sea Vixen was designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company during the late 1940s at its Hatfield aircraft factory in Hertfordshire, developed from the company's earlier first generation jet fighters.[a] It was later called the Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen after de Havilland was absorbed by the Hawker Siddeley Corporation in 1960.The Sea Vixen had the distinction of being the first British two-seat combat aircraft to achieve supersonic speed, albeit not in level flight. Operating from British aircraft carriers, it was used in combat over Tanganyika and over Yemen during the Aden Emergency. In 1972, the Sea Vixen was phased out in favour of the American-made McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 interceptor. (Wikipedia)

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de Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen (Serial No. XJ474), 2 March 1957. The de Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen did not engage in active combat during any wars but did undertake cover duties from various carriers worldwide.

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de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen. Fitted with Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojets, the prototype (Serial No. WG326) flew for the first time at Hatfield September 26 1951, piloted by John ‘Cats Eyes’ Cunningham. Early test flights exceeded expectations in both speed and performance, taking it well in excess of the speed of sound

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de Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen (Serial No. XJ474), FAW 1 RN, landing on aircraft carrier.

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