De Havilland Sea Venom

what is it?

The de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and with the Royal Australian Navy. The French Navy operated the Aquilon, developed from the Sea Venom FAW.20, built under licence by SNCASE (Sud-Est).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · mid wing · retractable tricycle gear · 13.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 927 km/htop speed
• size 7,167 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1951-04-19

retired

1970

status

retired

number built

—

role

fighter-bomber

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

de Havilland Aircraft Company

engines

1× de Havilland Ghost 105

crew

2

length

11.2 m

wingspan

13.1 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

7,167 kg

top speed

927 km/h

range

—

ceiling

12,040 m

wings

mid wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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