The RAF Vampire ...

[dogtag]

Just in time for Halloween:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ghter-jet.html

Cockpit looks claustrophobic inducing.

[Ken The Kanuck]

They have one at a local museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Museum_of_Flight

Looks kinda funky.

KTK

[JB White]

I started to read and thought, nope. The Meteor was the first British jet fighter. Then it hit me...the Vamp was the first single engine jet fighter.

[BEAR]

Fascinating article.
I am in no way a Vampire expert but the video of the jet looks suspiciously like a P38 lightning.

BEAR

[JB White]

Thought the same but not surprised. The USA and the UK shared a lot of ideas and technology back then. Remember, the P51 Mustang began as an improvement to the Spitfire, and the P38 design lent itself to jet propulsion.