{"id":9462880,"date":"2026-08-04T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=9462880"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:08:37","slug":"de-havilland-hornet-el-caza-de-doble-piston-mas-rapido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/de-havilland-hornet-fastest-twin-piston-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"El gemelo mortal del mosquito"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>Eric \u201cWinkle\u201d Brown vol\u00f3 m\u00e1s tipos de aeronaves que cualquier otro ser humano que haya existido: casi quinientos, desde Spitfires hasta aviones a reacci\u00f3n y cohetes alemanes capturados. Y de todos ellos, el que describi\u00f3 con mayor afecto sincero fue un caza bimotor de madera que nunca dispar\u00f3 un solo tiro en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: el de Havilland Hornet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fue, sencillamente, el caza bimotor de pist\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido jam\u00e1s construido: un elegante descendiente de alto rendimiento del legendario Mosquito que lleg\u00f3 justo a tiempo para la guerra que estaba dise\u00f1ado para ganar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 22px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #e5e5e5\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> de Havilland DH.103 Hornet; primer vuelo: 28 de julio de 1944<\/li><li><strong>Linaje:<\/strong> Una versi\u00f3n monoplaza m\u00e1s estilizada y r\u00e1pida del de Havilland Mosquito.<\/li><li><strong>Motores:<\/strong> Dos motores Rolls-Royce Merlin de 2.070 hp cada uno, con h\u00e9lices de giro opuesto &quot;orientadas&quot;<\/li><li><strong>Velocidad:<\/strong> alrededor de 475 mph: el caza de doble pist\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de la historia.<\/li><li><strong>Armamento:<\/strong> cuatro ca\u00f1ones Hispano de 20 mm<\/li><li><strong>Servicio:<\/strong> Real Fuerza A\u00e9rea y Servicio A\u00e9reo de la Flota; combate en Malasia; retirado en 1956.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un Mosquito Hot-Rod<\/h2>\r\n<p>El Hornet surgi\u00f3 del Mosquito, y eso se nota: las mismas l\u00edneas elegantes, la misma ingeniosa construcci\u00f3n de madera de balsa intercalada entre l\u00e1minas de contrachapado. Pero era un dise\u00f1o completamente nuevo, reducido al m\u00ednimo para un \u00fanico prop\u00f3sito: velocidad y alcance suficientes para escoltar bombarderos a trav\u00e9s de las vastas distancias de la guerra del Pac\u00edfico contra Jap\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Havilland lo equip\u00f3 con dos motores Merlin de perfil delgado con un as bajo la manga: las h\u00e9lices giraban en direcciones opuestas, neutralizando el par motor excesivo que dificultaba el despegue de los potentes bimotores. El resultado fue vertiginoso. El prototipo alcanz\u00f3 los 779 km\/h, y los pilotos descubrieron una aeronave con una maniobrabilidad similar a la de un caza y, en palabras de Eric Brown, una potencia descomunal que hac\u00eda que las maniobras verticales se sintieran como las de un cohete.\u201c<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=176924827  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/de-havilland-hornet-proto.jpg\" alt=\"Prototipo del de Havilland Hornet\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">El prototipo del Hornet, RR915, realiz\u00f3 su primer vuelo en julio de 1944 y alcanz\u00f3 una velocidad de 485 mph en vuelo horizontal. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cDesde el principio, el Sea Hornet fue un \u00e9xito rotundo. Para acrobacias a\u00e9reas era una aut\u00e9ntica maravilla. Su potencia era tal que las maniobras en el plano vertical solo pueden describirse como propias de un cohete.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Capit\u00e1n Eric &quot;Winkle&quot; Brown<\/strong> \u2014 Piloto de pruebas de la Marina Real, sobre el vuelo del Sea Hornet<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2682irp7Hs\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Demasiado tarde para la gran guerra.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Solo hab\u00eda un problema: el momento. El Hornet vol\u00f3 por primera vez en el verano de 1944 y no lleg\u00f3 a los escuadrones hasta 1946, despu\u00e9s de que la guerra para la que fue construido hubiera terminado. Y para entonces, la era de los reactores ya hab\u00eda llegado. <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/aeronave\/meteoro-gloster\/\">Meteorito Gloster<\/a>, el <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/aeronave\/de-havilland-vampire\/\">Vampiro de Havilland<\/a> y sus sucesores ya estaban haciendo que incluso el caza de h\u00e9lice m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido pareciera una idea del pasado.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As\u00ed, el Hornet se convirti\u00f3 en un magn\u00edfico avi\u00f3n en busca de la guerra. Sirvi\u00f3 como caza diurno de la RAF en territorio brit\u00e1nico, estableci\u00f3 r\u00e9cords de velocidad punto a punto y cautiv\u00f3 al p\u00fablico en las carreras a\u00e9reas. Una versi\u00f3n navalizada del Sea Hornet vol\u00f3 desde los portaaviones de la Royal Navy. Pero su momento como caza de primera l\u00ednea estaba destinado a ser breve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1606037699  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/de-havilland-sea-hornet.jpg\" alt=\"Avisp\u00f3n marino de Havilland\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">El Sea Hornet, la versi\u00f3n embarcada. N\u00f3tese sus alas plegables y sus h\u00e9lices de dise\u00f1o asim\u00e9trico que giraban en direcciones opuestas. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cEn cuanto al puro y emocionante placer de volar, ning\u00fan avi\u00f3n me ha impresionado tanto como esta excepcional potranca de la cuadra de Havilland.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Capit\u00e1n Eric &quot;Winkle&quot; Brown<\/strong> \u2014 que pilot\u00f3 un n\u00famero r\u00e9cord de tipos de aeronaves<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Una guerra real, en la jungla.<\/h2>\r\n<p>El Hornet s\u00ed entr\u00f3 en combate, lejos de Europa. A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1950, los Hornets de la RAF con base en Singapur combatieron durante la Emergencia Malaya, utilizando su largo alcance y gran potencia de fuego para sobrevolar la jungla durante horas y atacar posiciones guerrilleras comunistas con cohetes y bombas. Un solo escuadr\u00f3n realiz\u00f3 unas 4500 misiones operativas en cinco a\u00f1os, m\u00e1s que ning\u00fan otro en el Lejano Oriente.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;margin:2em 0\"><blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WWIIplanes\/comments\/mw28cu\/the_first_of_60_production_de_havilland_hornet\/\">El primer de Havilland Hornet F.1 de producci\u00f3n<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>El \u00faltimo vuelo operativo del Hornet tuvo lugar en 1955, y en menos de un a\u00f1o el modelo desapareci\u00f3, ya que sus fuselajes de madera se deterioraron durante su almacenamiento en zonas tropicales. Hoy en d\u00eda no sobrevive ni un solo Hornet completo, un triste destino para el que quiz\u00e1s haya sido el mejor caza de pist\u00f3n jam\u00e1s construido por Gran Breta\u00f1a.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxwtvRj0Yro\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>El Hornet es el gran interrogante de la era de la h\u00e9lice: un avi\u00f3n tan bueno que el hombre que vol\u00f3 casi quinientos tipos de aeronaves lo adoraba por encima de casi todos los dem\u00e1s, nacido en un mundo que ya hab\u00eda decidido que el futuro pertenec\u00eda al reactor. Fue la respuesta perfecta a una pregunta que la guerra hab\u00eda dejado de plantear.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px\">Fuentes: Wikipedia; Eric Brown, <em>Aire Internacional<\/em> (\u201cVista desde la cabina: Sea Hornet Supreme\u201d, 1982); Philip J. Birtles, <em>El De Havilland Hornet<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/de-havilland-mosquito-wooden-wonder-fastest-bomber\/\">El bombardero de madera que super\u00f3 en velocidad a la Luftwaffe<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/caza-pesado-grumman-f7f-tigercat\/\">El catamar\u00e1n bimotor que estuvo a punto de perder su guerra.<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/de-havilland-sea-vixen-coal-hole-twin-boom-fighter\/\">El avi\u00f3n brit\u00e1nico de doble auge que causaba viudas<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El de Havilland Hornet fue el caza biturbo m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido jam\u00e1s 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