File:DeHavilland Vampire HMS Ocean Dec1945 NAN1 47.jpg
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Summary
A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de_Havilland_Vampire" class="extiw" title="en:de Havilland Vampire">De Havilland Sea Vampire Mk.10</a> taking off from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ocean_(R68)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Ocean (R68)">'HMS Ocean</a>' on 3 December 1945. The plane was flown by Cpt. Eric "Winkle" Brown and was the first landing and take off of a jet airplane from an aircraft carrier. The plane had been converted for carrier trials.
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| current | 23:07, 4 January 2017 | | 837 × 353 (93 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de_Havilland_Vampire" class="extiw" title="en:de Havilland Vampire">De Havilland <i>Sea Vampire Mk.10</i></a> taking off from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ocean_(R68)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Ocean (R68)">'HMS Ocean</a>'</i> on 3 December 1945. The plane was flown by Cpt. Eric "Winkle" Brown and was the first landing and take off of a jet airplane from an aircraft carrier. The plane had been converted for carrier trials. </p> |
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