de Havilland Vampire F.3
Item Number:
AIR06107
AIR06107
Manufacturer
AIRFIX
AIRFIX
Scale:
1:48
1:48
The Vampire F.Mk.I entered Royal Air Force service in March 1946, followed just two years later by the revised and more powerful F.3.
The Vampire featured a number of significant innovations and was the first RAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph. The F.3's increased range made it the first jet fighter to cross the Atlantic. The Vampire F.3s of No.32 Squadron were also the RAF's first jet fighters to operate outside north-west Europe and the first to operate in the higher temperatures of the Mediterranean. Without doubt the de Havilland Vampire must be regarded as one of the world's most important early jet fighters.
Plastic model kit
unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
The Vampire featured a number of significant innovations and was the first RAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph. The F.3's increased range made it the first jet fighter to cross the Atlantic. The Vampire F.3s of No.32 Squadron were also the RAF's first jet fighters to operate outside north-west Europe and the first to operate in the higher temperatures of the Mediterranean. Without doubt the de Havilland Vampire must be regarded as one of the world's most important early jet fighters.
Plastic model kit
- de Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire F.3 No. 601 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Royal Air Force North Weald, Essex, England 1952
- de Havilland D.H 100 Vampire F.3 No. 442 "City of Vancouver", Auxiliary Fighter Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Vancouver Station, Canada, 1949
unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
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