The Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was ...

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum ... including the World War Two Mosquito plane and the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. A temporary hangar was constructed in 2018 to house ...

The Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was ...