The British-made De Havilland DH106 1A Comet became the first scheduled passenger jet plane in 1952, but vanished from the ...

But the de Havilland Comet’s success was short-lived. A fatal design flaw, hidden in plain sight, turned square windows into a deadly weakness. Cracks formed, pressure built, and tragedy followed.

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 ...

Though not huge, the de Havilland Museum has an excellent collection of aircraft, and it was especially fascinating to see the square-windowed Comet, up close, inside and out.

The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949.

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 Comet, said De Havilland, has a gross weight of 105,000 lbs., a cruising speed of 490 m.p.h., and a practical commercial range of 2,645 miles, with a payload of 12,000 lbs., including 36 ...

Then, in 1938, Imperial Airways put seven of de Havilland's four-engine 91 Albatross air transports into service. Among its innovations, the fuselage was constructed using a robust wooden composite.