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Today in aviation history: First jet takeoff and landing on aircraft carrier
On December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown made aviation history by launching and landing a de Havilland ...
The Sea Vampire made history as the first jet-powered aircraft to land on a carrier in 1945. The UK and US navies developed fighter jets to operate aboard aircraft carriers after World War II. The de ...
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Why Britain built a fighter jet so strange it barely made sense
The Sea Vixen was Britain’s attempt to leap boldly into the jet age — and instead tripped over its own landing gear. Designed by de Havilland, it featured a bizarre asymmetric cockpit for the pilot ...
Aviation group Cobham is marking the 80th anniversary of founder Alan Cobham returning to the UK following a pioneering protest flight to Australia. The photo below shows the aviator Cobham landing in ...
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