Vampire in the North – Norway’s first flying jet warbird

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A Boeing 737 pilot broke new ground by getting approval from the Norwegian CAA to fly a de Havilland Vampire. The challenging project was detailed by Malcolm Barker in the September 1993 issue of FlyPast

VIKING VAMPIRE

Vampires provided Norway top-cover during the early days of the ‘Cold War’ – now a truly Norwegian Vampire is back over the skies of Oslo

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