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De Havilland Vampire FB6

by Alexandre Studer

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  Switzerland National Day 2007 

 

Editors note:  This article was intended for the Swiss National Day on Aug 1 2007
for the Swiss National Day.  My apologies to Alexandre for missing this article on that special day. 
Steve B 

Here's a few pictures of my Vampire FB6 with Swiss colours. The Vampire remained quite a few years in the Swiss Air Force which purchased 175 single seat version; from 1946 to 1974 for the single seat version and even until 1990 for the trainer version.  Quite a long time for a jet of first generation.  And for me I remember quite well when I was a kid those Vampires flying in the Swiss sky.  

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The kit was a bit difficult to build but it was great fun.  And since the kit contains also resin parts, there is no need to add aftermarket items (which do not exist anyway). And I especially like the shark mouth deco of this airplane
So I hope that you will like these pictures of this famous airplane.
 
Alexandre

Photos and text © by Alexandre Studer