De Havilland DH 108
The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. The DH 108 featured a tailless, swept wing with a single vertical stabilizer, similar to the layout of the wartime German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered point-defence interceptor. Initially designed to evaluate swept wing handling characteristics at low and high subsonic speeds for the proposed early tailless design of the Comet airliner, three examples of the DH 108 were built to Air Ministry specifications E.1/45 and E.11/45. With the adoption of a conventional tail for the Comet, the aircraft were used instead to investigate swept wing handling up to supersonic speeds. All three prototypes were lost in fatal crashes.
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De Havilland DH 108
The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. The DH 108 featured a tailless, swept wing with a single vertical stabilizer, similar to the layout of the wartime German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered point-defence interceptor. Initially designed to evaluate swept wing handling characteristics at low and high subsonic speeds for the proposed early tailless design of the Comet airliner, three examples of the DH 108 were built to Air Ministry specifications E.1/45 and E.11/45. With the adoption of a conventional tail for the Comet, the aircraft were used instead to investigate swept wing handling up to supersonic speeds. All three prototypes were lost in fatal crashes.
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De Havilland DH.108 Swallow – ...... ach przy różnych prędkościach.
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Die de Havilland D.H.108 Swall ...... olutionäre Konzept wieder auf.
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El de Havilland DH 108 "Swallo ...... rdieron en accidentes fatales.
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Il de Havilland DH.108 Swallow ...... per essere prodotto in serie.
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Le De Havilland DH 108 était u ...... ique Portail de l’aéronautique
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The de Havilland DH 108 "Swall ...... es were lost in fatal crashes.
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デ・ハビランド DH.108 スワロー (de Havill ...... 行を続けたが、3機とも事故で失われ、パイロットを死亡させた。
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1946-05-15
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* de Havilland Vampire
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* Messerschmitt Me 163
* Northrop X-4 Bantam
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De Havilland DH.108 Swallow – ...... ach przy różnych prędkościach.
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Die de Havilland D.H.108 Swall ...... olutionäre Konzept wieder auf.
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El de Havilland DH 108 "Swallo ...... rdieron en accidentes fatales.
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Il de Havilland DH.108 Swallow ...... nza piani orizzontali di coda.
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Le De Havilland DH 108 était u ...... ique Portail de l’aéronautique
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The de Havilland DH 108 "Swall ...... es were lost in fatal crashes.
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デ・ハビランド DH.108 スワロー (de Havill ...... 行を続けたが、3機とも事故で失われ、パイロットを死亡させた。
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De Havilland DH 108
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De Havilland DH 108
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De Havilland DH 108
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De Havilland DH.108 Swallow
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De Havilland DH.108
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De Havilland Swallow
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デ・ハビランド DH.108
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