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de Havilland (Havker Siddeley) Comet C.Mk.4 Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the world's first commercial jet airliner. It is infamous for being the first to experience the metal fatigue
of jet aircraft due to high flight altitudes. Despite that, the Comet
and its military derivative, the Nimrod, enjoyed long and productive
careers. The origins of the Comet lie in the report produced by the Brabazon Committee
during the war. It looked forward to Britain's post war airliner needs
and one of the aircraft identified as needing research was for a
100-seat jet airliner which was known as the "Type IV". That Geoffrey de Havilland,
head of the de Havilland company, was on the committee and de Havilland
were working on jet fighters for the RAF was not unrelated. Design work began in 1946 under Ronald Bishop and the intention was to have a commercial aircraft by 1952. The DH.106 Comet first flew on 27 July 1949. At the controls was de Havilland test pilot, John Cunningham, the same man who set a new altitude record two years later in a de Havilland DH 100 Vampire. The design was similar to other airliners except that four of the new, albeit underpowered, de Havilland Ghost 50 Mk1 turbojets
were mounted within the wings, in pairs close to the fuselage; this was
thought to prove the aircraft more aerodynamic when flying at high
speeds. (Unfortunately, the metal skin of the Comet was thinned to
compensate for the lack of thrust from the Ghost turbojets; the
consequences of this proved disastrous and will be discussed later.)
The airliner underwent almost three years of tests and fixes and the
first commercial flights did not begin until 22 January 1952 with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). It became an instant hit with the elite market at whom it was aimed. The first passenger flight was in May from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg...
de Havilland (Havker Siddeley) Comet C.Mk.4 Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the world's first commercial jet airliner. It is infamous for being the first to experience the metal fatigue
of jet aircraft due to high flight altitudes. Despite that, the Comet
and its military derivative, the Nimrod, enjoyed long and productive
careers. The origins of the Comet lie in the report produced by the Brabazon Committee
during the war. It looked forward to Britain's post war airliner needs
and one of the aircraft identified as needing research was for a
100-seat jet airliner which was known as the "Type IV". That Geoffrey de Havilland,
head of the de Havilland company, was on the committee and de Havilland
were working on jet fighters for the RAF was not unrelated. Design work began in 1946 under Ronald Bishop and the intention was to have a commercial aircraft by 1952. The DH.106 Comet first flew on 27 July 1949. At the controls was de Havilland test pilot, John Cunningham, the same man who set a new altitude record two years later in a de Havilland DH 100 Vampire. The design was similar to other airliners except that four of the new, albeit underpowered, de Havilland Ghost 50 Mk1 turbojets
were mounted within the wings, in pairs close to the fuselage; this was
thought to prove the aircraft more aerodynamic when flying at high
speeds. (Unfortunately, the metal skin of the Comet was thinned to
compensate for the lack of thrust from the Ghost turbojets; the
consequences of this proved disastrous and will be discussed later.)
The airliner underwent almost three years of tests and fixes and the
first commercial flights did not begin until 22 January 1952 with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). It became an instant hit with the elite market at whom it was aimed. The first passenger flight was in May from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg...
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