Sea Vixen Wallpapers

Sea Vixen Wallpapers

<b>Sea Vixen Aircraft; photo wallpapers:</b> The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a 1950s two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (the air wing of the Royal Navy). The aircraft was originally known as the DH.110; an aircraft designed for both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm as an all-weather, missile-armed, and high-speed jet fighter. The Admiralty had given a requirement for a Fleet defence fighter to eventually replace the de Havilland Sea Venom. However, the RAF chose the Gloster Javelin,
a rival to the DH.110, after deciding the Javelin was a cheaper and
simpler aeroplane. Despite this, de Havilland continued with the
project, and by the late 1950s the Royal Navy had placed an order and the aircraft entered service with the Fleet Air Arm. The prototype took to the skies on 26 September 1951 piloted by John Cunningham. The following year tragedy struck—it had been breaking the sound barrier when it disintegrated at the Farnborough Air Show on 6 September 1952, killing 31 people, including the aircraft's two crew, test pilot and record breaker John Derry and Tony Richards. Due to this incident, modifications were made to the other prototype. In 1955, a further DH.110
was produced, a semi-navalised variant (no folding wings), as a
prototype for the production version, with it making its first flight
that same year. The following year, the aircraft made its first
arrested deck landing on the fleet aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. In 1957, the first true Sea Vixen, the Sea Vixen FAW.20 (fighter all-weather), flew. It was later redesignated the FAW.1. In July 1959, the first of over a hundred FAW.1's entered service with the Fleet Air Arm.