Comet 1. During development, the Royal Air Force also asked for an improved version of the de Havilland Vampire with greater load-carrying capacity and thus a larger engine. The resulting design was known as the Venom, and shared many features with the earlier Vampire. The Ghost first flew in the Venom on 2 September 1949. By this point the engine had been running for some time and was already at the Mk.103 model of . The Venom was used primarily as a fighter bomber, although some were also produced as night fighters. The Venom was later selected by the Fleet Air Arm for their interceptor needs, and was widely used as the Sea Venom. Variants Ghost 3 (DGt.3) Ghost 45rated at Ghost 48 Mk.1(103) rated at Ghost 48 Mk.2(104) Ghost 50 Mk 1rated at at 10,000 rpm with a weight of Ghost 50 Mk 2rated at Ghost 53 Mk 1(105) Ghost 103rated at Ghost 104rated at Ghost 105rated at Svenska Flygmotor RM2 Licence production and development at 10,250 rpm Svenska Flygmotor RM2B RM2 with afterburner wet at 10,250 rpm; dry at 10,250 rpm. Fiat 4001 (Ghost 48 Mk.1) Fiat licence production. Applications de Havilland Comet de Havilland Venom de Havilland Sea Venom "Ghost-Lancastrian" Saab Tunnan Crusader (speedboat) Specifications (Ghost 105) See also References Further reading External links Ghost 1940s turbojet engines Centrifugal-flow turbojet engines