Talk:De Havilland Vampire

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It would be nice if you included information about the De Havilland project and the origin of the aircraft's name. Alexandros 15:54, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Bang seats

The article doesn't mention ejection seats. The T11s (and Venoms) had Martin-Baker bang seats, but did any variants of the single seat Vampires have them? Moriori 03:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Both single seat Vampire and Venom in the Swiss Air Force were modified with hot seats around 1967-68. --Towpilot 00:14, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I think no single seater Vampires (unlike Venoms) were ever fitted with ejection seats as standard. I'll dig around and see if I can substantiate that. If true, it deserves a mention. Moriori 02:11, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Neither Vampire or Venom, single or dual, had ejection seats as standard when they were new. All remaining aircraft of both in Swiss Air Force were modified as mention above, and it's my understanding that the same was done elsewhere those airplanes were still in military service, i.e. it became "standard".--Towpilot 07:55, 22 October 2006 (UTC)