On this day...
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On this day...
BBC says: 1952: Comet inaugurates the jet age:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 480339.stm
Time to go fly a Comet (any make will do) today!
Chris
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 480339.stm
Time to go fly a Comet (any make will do) today!
Chris
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"BTW, Chris, I'd fly in one of the later comets so you don't get the metal fatigue. Could you imagine that in flightsim?!"
Good point! Also, stunningly beautiful is a great choice of words britishtourer.
"That was the first time I got up close and personel to a Dehavilland Comet"
Lucky you!
"And how many other commercial jets had the airframe and engines designed by the same company?"
Hey, hadn't thought of that... :think:
Cheers for the send-off...
Picture credit: http://jnpassieux.chez-alice.fr/html/Comet_1.php
Good point! Also, stunningly beautiful is a great choice of words britishtourer.
"That was the first time I got up close and personel to a Dehavilland Comet"
Lucky you!
"And how many other commercial jets had the airframe and engines designed by the same company?"
Hey, hadn't thought of that... :think:
Cheers for the send-off...
Picture credit: http://jnpassieux.chez-alice.fr/html/Comet_1.php
And what scares me most is that I actually flew on that aircraft, more years ago than I care to remember, from Athens to Gatwick. :roll:anzaq wrote:Just been to the Museum of Flight at East Fortune last week.
That was the first time I got up close and personel to a Dehavilland Comet. The Dan-Air Comet 4c G-BDIX. What a beautiful aircraft it was. Such a pity there are none left that are flying. :sad:
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