de Havilland DH112 Venom – Foto e Video

Galleria fotografica di un de Havilland DH112 Venom, The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was a British postwar single-engined jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Vampire. It served with the Royal Air Force as a single-seat fighter-bomber and two-seat night fighter. The Venom was an interim between the first generation of British jet fighters – straight-wing aircraft powered by centrifugal flow engines such as the Gloster Meteor and the Vampire and later swept wing, axial flow-engined designs such as the Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Sea Vixen. The Venom was successfully exported, and saw service with Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. The Sea Venom was a navalised version for carrier operation.

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Il de Havilland DH112 Venom era un aereo a reazione monomotore che servì come cacciabombardiere e caccia notturno negli anni 1950 e 1960. È stato sviluppato dal de Havilland Vampire, che è stato il primo aereo da combattimento a reazione della Royal Air Force britannica (RAF). Il Venom aveva un'ala più sottile e a freccia, e un motore turbogetto de Havilland Ghost più potente, che migliorava le sue prestazioni e capacità di altitudine. Il Venom entrò in servizio con la RAF nel 1952, e fu anche utilizzato dalla Royal Navy come Sea Venom, una versione navalizzata che poteva operare da portaerei.
The Venom saw combat action in several conflicts, such as the Suez Crisis, the Malayan Emergency, and the Aden Emergency. It was also exported to several countries, including Sweden, Switzerland, Iraq, Venezuela, and New Zealand. The Venom was retired from active service by the late 1960s, and replaced by more advanced jet fighters such as the Hawker Hunter and the de Havilland Sea Vixen. Some Venoms have been preserved in museums or flown by private owners as warbirds.