I found this picture today in my "misc" photos folder. This is the first Comet 1 airliner in 1949. Powered by 4 smooth running Ghost turbojet engines one could balance a fork on a threepenny piece during cruise at 35,000 feet. That is until explosive decompression occurred.....
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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I found this picture today in my "misc" photos folder. This is the first Comet 1 airliner in 1949. Powered by 4 smooth running Ghost turbojet engines one could balance a fork on a threepenny piece during cruise at 35,000 feet. That is until explosive decompression occurred.....
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This is a very nice shiny silver airplane ;O)
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