De Havilland DH 108

The de Havilland DH 108 Swallow was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. The DH 108 featured a tailless swept wing with a single vertical stabilizer closely resembling the layout of the wartime German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered point-defense interceptor.

de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945.1
The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945.2
de Havilland DH 108 was proposed in 1944 as a test "mule" for the DH 106 Comet which had initially considered a tailless, swept-wing concept.3
The cancellation of the original British supersonic jet programme based on the straight winged Miles M52 immediately after World War II – and the catastrophic failure of the swept wing De Havilland DH 108 Swallow ( based on an English Electric built Vampire fuselage ) - allowed the air-launched rocket propelled American Bell X-1to break the sound barrier for the first time on 14 October 1947 .4

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The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. De Havilland DH.15 The de Havilland DH.5
The De Havilland DH 108 was a British experimental aircraft ...6
X-4 Bantam and de Havilland DH 108, which made the V18's record with the Walter 509C "cruiser" rocket more remarkable.7
Height Main
426.72
Designer
John Carver Meadows Frost
Engine(jet)
de Havilland Goblin-4
Length Alt
8.17 m
Thrust Main
3738
Jet Or Prop
jet
Range Main
634.0
Loaded Weight Main
8940.0
Height Alt
4.27 m
Introduced
Experimental programme only
Loading Main
27
Max Speed Main
580.0
Ceiling Main
35425.0
Number Built
Three
Crew
one
pilot
Thrust/weight
Thrust Alt
16.67
Span Main
1188.72
Area Main
327.86
Primary user
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Span Alt
11.89 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Manufacturer
De Havilland
de Havilland
Status
Cancelled
First Flight
15
Number Of Jets
1
Production End Year
1947
Loaded Weight Alt
4064.0
Production Start Year
1946
Type of jet
turbojet
Length Main
817.88
Area Alt
30.47 m²
Range Alt
43800.0
Similar Aircraft
* Messerschmitt Me 163* Northrop X-4 Bantam
Max Speed Alt
40620.0
Related
* de Havilland Vampire
Ceiling Alt
10
800 m
Category
British experimental aircraft 1940-1949
De Havilland aircraft
Tailless aircraft
Produced
1946
Loading Alt
133

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