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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steelpillow" data-source="post: 228170" data-attributes="member: 10779">Kelsey Media published an Aeroplane Icons Vampire special in 2014. The first piece, by Martyn Chorlton and Tony Buttler, tells the well-illustrated story of the DH.99, DH.100, "Spider Crab", "Vampire" and E.6/41 designations and the designs behind them. The '99 was the original all-metal high altitude fighter proposal. Following the crystallisation of Ministry Specification E.6/41 and a consequent move to mixed construction, the new design became the '100. Outward changes were minimal, the main ones being structural. It was named Spider Crab just before its first flight and the three prototypes flew under this name. The type was renamed the Vampire shortly before the first production order was placed.The publication also covers the later derivatives; the DH.108 Swallow, DH.112 Venom and the French Mistral and Aquilon.</blockquote>