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On October 26, 1952, a British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC) Comet was on a London to Johannesburg flight. During the first stop on route at Rome Ciampino Giovan Battista Pastine Airport (CIA), while taking off for Beirut on the next leg of the journey, the aircraft had a problem taking off.
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The De Havilland Aircraft Company DH106 Comet was the World's first pressurised commercial jet airliner and it was the source of enormous national pride. Its introduction into BOAC service in May 1952, was greeted as the dawning of a new age in passenger travel. Prototype Comet 1 Assembly Shop
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Among the most shocking were the three occasions, within a year, when brand new de Havilland Comet airliners broke up in flight. Launched into service with BOAC in 1952, the Comet was the world.
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BOAC Flight 781 departed Rome, Italy on a flight to London, England. While climbing through 27,000 feet, the plane experienced a sudden in-flight break-up and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the Island of Elba. All 35 passengers and crew on board were killed.
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It was the last leg of the new scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) jet passenger flight between London and Johannesburg. Some 36 hours later, with a new crew on board, the.
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Building on the British lead in jet engine technology following World War II, de Havilland developed and flew the first commercial jet aircraft in 1949, several years ahead of rival Boeing in America. Known as the D.H.106 Comet, the ailiner used four of the new de Havilland Ghost 50 turbojet engines mounted in the wing root leading edge of an.
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Commissioned in the early 1940s by the British government in its quest to find a fast and capable mail plane, famed designer Geoffrey de Havilland answered the call with the Comet, a jet-powered design that would likely be the first such plane in history. The idea was risky.
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The De Havilland Comet 1 is regarded as a feather in the cap for British design and innovation and promises to usher in a new era of faster, smoother air travel.. BOAC's regular flights to Johannesburg on piston-engine Hermes airliners take 27 hours and 55 minutes to reach their destination on a route 1,000 miles shorter than the Comet's.
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Nineteen Mk.4s were ordered for BOAC and, in October 1958, two of them (flying east-west and west-east simultaneously) made the world's first transatlantic jet flights with fare-paying passengers. In total, 74 Comet 4 aircraft were built including Mk.4B and 4C versions. Aircraft specifications:
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The 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.
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The 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.
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The de Havilland Comet was a success story for the British aviation company, helping to usher in the age of jet aircraft. However, for all its initial perks like long-range and fast speeds, competitors soon caught up and released their own, improved jet airliners like the Boeing 707 and Vickers VC10. Dan-Air bought a total of 48 Comets by the.
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On that October day 60 years ago, BOAC and de Havilland appeared finally to have put the Comet disasters of 1953-54 behind them. And, above all, they had beaten the Americans. It all happened pretty quickly.
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BOAC Flight 781 ( BA781/BOA781) was a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) passenger flight from Singapore to London. On 10 January 1954, a de Havilland Comet passenger jet operating the flight suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed, killing all 35 people on board.
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On 2 May 1953, BOAC Flight 783 ( BA783/BOA783 ), a de Havilland Comet jetliner registered G-ALYV and operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, broke up mid-air and crashed after encountering a severe squall, shortly after taking off from Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. All 43 passengers and crew on board were killed. [1]