de Havilland Comet - Wikipedia
WEBThe de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows.
de Havilland DH106 Comet 4 - britairliners.org
WEBRecord-breaking herald of the jet age. The de Havilland Comet 4 was developed from the world’s first successful jet airliner, the de Havilland DH 106 Comet 1. The Comet 1 went into service with BOAC on 2 May 1952 and showed every sign of being a major success.
de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4C | The Museum of Flight
WEBThe Museum's Comet is the first Comet 4C, and took its first flight on October 31, 1959. It became the first jet airliner for Mexicana Airlines, registered as XA-NAR, serving routes between Mexico City and Los Angeles until 1970 and accumulating 27,065 flight hours.
de Havilland DH106 Comet 4
WEBFirst flown in 1958 at Hatfield, the Comet 4 was a ‘stretched’ version of the Comet airliner, having higher all-up weight, with higher thrust engines and extra fuel to meet British Oversees Airways Corporation (BOAC) requirements for operating on …
Guided tour through the first commercial jet airliner! The De …
WEBJoin me in this detailed tour of a De Havilland DH106 Comet 4 on display as a part of the British Airliners Collection at the IWM Duxford Air Museum in the U...
The British airliner that changed the world - BBC
WEBOn 7 April 1954, Peter Duffey co-piloted the sleek, four-engined de Havilland Comet G-ALYY into Heathrow Airport. It was the last leg of the new scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation...
De Havilland DH106 Comet 3 & 4 - BAE Systems
WEBMany regard the DH106 Comet 3 as the most attractive in appearance of all the DH106 Comets, although trials indicated that it lacked the range required for North Atlantic operations. Further modifications were introduced to generate the DH106 Comet 4, the main production variant utilised by BOAC.
BOAC Comet: First Transatlantic commercial jet flight - Key.Aero
WEBIn the de Havilland Comet 4, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) had an aircraft able to rejuvenate a bit of national pride in commercial aviation, and to consign to history memories of the disasters that befell the original Comets.
Comet’s Tale - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBThe Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was carrying...
DE HAVILLAND DH106 COMET 4 | Duxford Imperial War Museum
WEBThis Comet 4 is at Duxford IWM, part of the British Airliner Collection. Other videos are: Handley Page Victor: • HANDLEY PAGE VICTOR XH648 | IWM Duxfo...