5’s or 9’s?

I’d love to see a proper Vampire (single seat type) on the airshow circuit in the UK. What are the chances?

As much as I like the 50’s jets, the T.11 Vampire looks like an egg with wings whereas the single-seat (original) version looks the bees-knees.

Can you imagine, having served on piston fighters and/or piston trainers and getting into a single-seat Vamp cockpit in the 50’s and taking it into the stratosphere. It must have been mind-bending – not having all that racket going on in front and the view so uncluttered.

I wish I could have ben there and in the position to experience the thrill of jet flight soon after the second world war.

Sorry, just me getting all romantic again.

Anon.