A POWERFUL vampire that once swooped through the skies of North Yorkshire will soon be unveiled at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington.
However this flying machine is no blood-sucking literary monster, it is the De Havilland Vampire T11, Britain's third jet-powered aircraft.
The aircraft is to be put on display after an 18-month period of repair and repainting that has seen it returned to its former glory.
The first prototype, then known as the Spidercrab, took to the air 60 years ago, and was the first single engine jet aircraft to go into RAF service, only three weeks before the end of the Second World War.
During its 30 years of service, it was also used in training at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
The aircraft, donated to the Yorkshire Air Museum by David Thompson, of Morpeth, Northumberland, will be officially revealed to the public on Sunday.
Updated: 11:07 Wednesday, October 01, 2003
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