A B.O.A.C. Comet 4 heads over the still bustling London Docklands on its final approach to Heathrow. (artwork by Anthony Cowland) |
View of an original Comet (the air intakes were later redesigned) |
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4 G-APDC (cn 6404) of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) at Melbourne's Essendon airport in 1961. There may have been a problem as the DCA Airport Fire Service Land Rover Light Rescue Tender is in attendance. More info on the pic and the Comet here |
A postal First Day Cover for the first Comet flight from London to Sydney dated 1 November 1959. By that time the Comet was losing sales to the Boeing 707. |
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