July 27, 2024 marked the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first jet-powered airliner. This airliner had a troubled start to service, but eventually ...

On May 23, 1967, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod took its maiden flight, marking a significant evolution in maritime patrol ...

The company eventually built more than 1,000 of these iconic aircraft. Back in the UK, de Havilland developed the Comet 2 and 3, before releasing the Comet 4 to the airlines by the end of 1958.

It was the world’s first jet airliner—sleek, fast, and revolutionary. But the de Havilland Comet's groundbreaking leap into the Jet Age came at a terrible cost. Discover how design flaws ...

On Saturday, May 2, 1952, the world's first jetliner service began commercial operations when a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) De Havilland Comet passenger jet, registration G-ALYP ...

1952: A de Havilland Comet, flying for British Overseas Airways Corporation, becomes the first jet aircraft to enter commercial service, carrying passengers from London to Johannesburg ...

It was Saturday, May 2, 1952. On board were 36 passengers ... That honor went to De Havilland and the Comet, which had made a shrinking world even smaller, changing forever the way its people ...

The Comet 1A has been moved inside the new £3m hangar at the De Havilland Museum at Salisbury Hall The last surviving example of a plane with a window design that contributed to fatal crashes has ...

BOAC, the predecessors to British Airways, made history on October 4, 1948 when their de Havilland Comet aircraft crossed the Atlantic in less than seven hours. The Comet was put into service in ...

At the center of the story is Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, whose Comet was the world’s first commercial jetliner. For a year, these planes were the pride of a war-battered nation and the envy of ...

The de Havilland Museum's new £3m hangar was only ... Chipmunk and the fuselage of a DH106 Comet, built at nearby Hatfield in 1953. Mr Hodgson said the museum receives no government support ...