When the De Havilland Comet launched in 1952, it was sleek, fast, and years ahead of its time. Britain proudly unveiled the first jet airliner, proving that piston prop planes were finished and the ...
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Why airplane windows are round, not square — the 1954 disasters that killed 56 people and changed aviation forever
The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jet airliner — a 1949 British marvel that promised faster, higher, more comfortable air travel. Then in early 1954, two of them broke apart in ...
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