The De Havilland Sea
Vixen was originally designed as the DH110 as
an all-weather interceptor for the RAF, in competition with the Gloster
Javelin. The tragic 1952 Farnborough accident persuaded the RAF in
favour of the Javelin but the DH110 found favour with the Royal Navy.
The first navalised Vixen flew in 1955
and made its first carrier landing
in 1956. Entry into squadron service took place in 1959 and 100 examples
of the initial FAW.1 version were built.
The FAW.2 entered service
in 1964, and featured provisions for carrying
the Red Top infra-red homing missile. The twin booms had also been
extended forwards to increase fuel capacity.
One example, XP924,
was converted to unmanned drone configuration
and remained in service at RAE Llanbedr until 1991.
This CD contains three
pilot's flight manuals for the De Havilland Sea
Vixen naval strike fighter, plus an additional brochure which gives
additional technical details, including the layout of the Observers
cockpit. The CD has been scanned from the original
flight manuals
and retains any colour pages.
. 
. 
This CD contains:
1. Royal
Navy Pilot's Notes for the Sea Vixen FAW.1, the first
production version, AP 4647A-PN, dated
Jan 60, approx 185 pages.
2. Royal
Navy Pilot's Notes for the Sea Vixen FAW.2, the second
production version. AP 4647B-PN (AP 101B-3002-15), dated
Jun 64,
approx 216 pages.
3. Pilot's
Notes for the Sea Vixen D.3, produced by British company
Flight Refuelling Ltd, covering the drone version
of the aircraft.
Publication FR12/84 approx 160 pages.
4. Manufacturers
brochure covering the DH110 Vixen, a version of the
aircraft De Havilland were trying to sell to the
RAF and other foreign
air forces as a land based fighter. Dated May
68, approx 45 pages.
| CD TITLE | SEA VIXEN |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
| POSTAGE AND ORDERING DETAILS |