De Havilland (F+W Emmen) Venom FB50 (DH-112)

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The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was a British post-war single-engine jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Vampire.

It served with the Royal Air Force as a single-seat fighter-bomber and two-seat night fighter. The Venom was an interim between the first generation of British jet fighters – straight-wing aircraft powered by centrifugal flow engines such as the Gloster Meteor and the Vampire and later swept wing, axial flow-engine designs such as the Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Sea Vixen.

The Venom was successfully exported, and saw service with Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
• Wingspan: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
• Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
• Wing area: 279 ft² (25.9 m²)
• Empty weight: 9,202 lb (4,173 kg)
• Loaded weight: 15,400 lb (7,000 kg)

• Power plant: 1 × de Havilland Ghost 103 turbojet, 4,850 lbf (21.6 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 640 mph (556 kn, 1,030 km/h)
• Range: 1,080 mi (934 nmi, 1,730 km)
• Service ceiling: 39,400 ft (12,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min (45.7 m/s)
• Wing loading: 56.17 lb/ft² (274.2 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.41

Armament

• Guns: 4× 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk.V cannon, 150 rpg
• Rockets: 8× RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rockets, or;
• Bombs: 2× 1000 lb MC bombs