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Aviation Classic: De Havilland Comet – Britain Pushes Aviation Boundaries, Maybe A Bit Too Far - Curbside Classic

(first posted 9/25/2016) The first jetliner in the world wasn’t a Boeing or a McDonnell Douglas. It was a government sponsored project, conceived in war to serve a post-war Empire. […]

Aviation Classic: De Havilland Comet – Britain Pushes Aviation Boundaries, Maybe A Bit Too Far | Curbside Classic

(first posted 9/25/2016) The first jetliner in the world wasn’t a Boeing or a McDonnell Douglas. It was a government sponsored project, conceived in war to serve a post-war Empire. […]

De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 - The first production Comet 1 (nearest) first flew on 9 January 1951. It was delivered to BOAC on 13 March 1952 and performed the world's first scheduled jet airliner flight Heathrow-Johannesburg on 2 May 1952. It crashed on 10 January 1954 after structural failure near Elba after take-off from Rome. DH's Comet 1 prototypes G-ALVG and G-ALZK (far) complete the then world-beating formation of this, the most beautiful jetliner built.

The first production Comet 1 (nearest) first flew on 9 January 1951. It was delivered to BOAC on 13 March 1952 and performed the world's first scheduled jet airliner flight Heathrow-Johannesburg on 2 May 1952. It crashed on 10 January 1954 after structural failure near Elba after take-off from Rome. DH's Comet 1 prototypes G-ALVG and G-ALZK (far) complete the then world-beating formation of this, the most beautiful jetliner built. Each has a slightly different fin scheme. Obtained from DH…

Aviation Photo #1561873: De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 - BOAC

Exhibit at the Imperial War Museum. Another Brabazon Committee initiative, the DH Dove is suspended above. - Photo taken at Duxford (EGSU) in England, United Kingdom on July 15, 2008.

Planes That Have Should Never Been Built – Herald Weekly

The aspiration for flight has brought us many failures and crash landings. Here we look at the best of the worst in-flight innovation of all time.

Canvas Print-de Havilland DH106 Comet 4 G-APDR of BOAC-20"x16" inch Box Canvas Print made in the UK

Canvas Print-de Havilland DH106 Comet 4 G-APDR of BOAC-20"x16" inch Box Canvas Print made in the UK