Vampire

My earliest memories of aircraft was of Vampires flying over Pretoria when I was a little nipper, back in the late 1950's. I would lie on our front lawn, for what seemed like hours, watching them doing circuits and aerobatics.
So imagine my delight to come across this one at the South African Airforce Museum. Who knows, it could well be one of those I watched all those years ago.

Vampire


Anyone climbing into the cockpit had to be quite athletic


The cockpit is quite cramped, with little in the way of instrumentation


What a big nose you have


Side view, with the distinctive twin tails

Jet engine

About the Vampire