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 ...
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 ...