page_title: De Havilland Goblin
section_title: Aircraft applications
hierarchical_section_title: De Havilland Goblin / Applications / Aircraft applications
caption_attribution_description: The third prototype of the De Havilland DH. 108 Swallow (serial VW120). VW120 first flew on 24 July 1947 flown by John Cunningham, a wartime nightfighter ace. The following year, on 12 April 1948, it established a new World Air Speed Record of 974.02 km/h (604.98 mph) on a 100 km (62 mi) circuit. Then, on 9 September 1948, it exceeded the speed of sound in a shallow dive from 12,195 m (40,000 ft) to 9,145 m (30,000 ft). In 1949, VW120 scored a third place in the Society of British Aircraft Constructors Challenge Trophy Air Race before being turned over to the UK Ministry of Supply and test flown at Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. VW 120 was destroyed on 15 February 1950, in a fatal crash near Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, killing its test pilot, Squadron Leader Stuart Muller-Rowland. Accident investigation pointed to a faulty oxygen system that incapacitated the pilot.
context_page_description: The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. The Goblin was the second British jet engine to fly, after the Power Jets W.1, and the first to pass a type test and receive a type certificate issued for an aircraft propulsion turbine.
  Although it was conceived in 1941 it remained unchanged in basic form for 13 years by which time it had evolved to the Mk. 35 export version.
  The Goblin was the primary engine of the de Havilland Vampire, and was to have been the engine for the F-80 Shooting Star before that design switched engines due to production delays at Allis-Chalmers. The Goblin also powered the Saab 21R, Fiat G.80 and de Havilland Swallow. The Goblin was later scaled up as the larger de Havilland Ghost, with the model numbers continuing from the last marks of the Goblin.
context_section_description: Curtiss XF15C-1
  de Havilland DH 108 Swallow
  de Havilland Vampire
  Fiat G.80
  Gloster Meteor
  Lockheed XP-80 Shooting Star
  Saab 21R
caption: The Goblin powered DH.108 Swallow
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