first BOAC Comet service from London to Sydney, 1959

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.