There are some rivets and in the photos I have of construction, you can clearly see a lot of rivets in the nose section and the book describes further rivetting around the "keel" area. The rest of the construction uses stringers redux bonded to the skin. It goes on to say that BAe estimated that by using integrally machined parts and and redux bonding, it uses 120,000 fewer fastners (which I take as meaning rivets!) than would have otherwise been the case
de Havilland were the pioneers of redux bonding, the first aircraft to extensively use it being the Dove. I'm not sure about the Comet but certainly the Trident and 146 both used it. No idea about the Fokker.
de Havilland were the pioneers of redux bonding, the first aircraft to extensively use it being the Dove. I'm not sure about the Comet but certainly the Trident and 146 both used it. No idea about the Fokker.
The Comet was bonded together. It was the first use of redux on such a large aircraft, and it was done to keep the weight down so the weedy ghost engines could actually lift it in the air!
Failure of the redux glue was what many thought caused the Comet crashes before the fatigue theory was proven.