Talk:De Havilland Sea Vixen

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[edit] DH.110 at Farnborough

There exists some film of the DH.110 flown by John Derry disintegrating at the Farnborough Air Show. It clearly shows the separated but still-running engines (presumably running on the fuel remaining in the severed fuel lines) arcing over until they impact, I believe, somewhere amongst the watching crowds.

BTW, John Derry was the same Derry who was responsible for devising the aerobatic manouvre known as The Derry turn Ian Dunster 12:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)