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DH115 Vampire trainer

Country of Origin: Britain

The Vampire was a jet trainer aircraft used to train both basic flight skills and ground attack skills. The first production aircraft flew on April 20, 1945, becoming Britain's second operational military jet and first single-engine jet fighter.

The Vampire had a distinctive appearance, featuring a fuselage-mounted turbojet engine with triangular air intakes at both wing roots, a broad, double-tapered wing set at the mid-level rear fuselage, and twin tailbooms with almost...

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