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By Kev Darling
The Crowood Press
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The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first pure-jet airliner. Powered by four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines and accommodating its passengers in a pressurized cabin, the Comet offered new levels of speed, comfort and smoothness to the air traveler when it entered service with BOAC in 1952. |
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By Kev Darling
Specialty Press
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The graceful de Havilland Comet was the first aircraft to bring high speed, jet-powered flight to the world's airline marketplace. Unfortunately, it was also one of the very first civilian aircraft to fail in flight from explosive disintegration caused by a then marginal understanding of the forces and loads experienced by high altitude, pressurized, jet transport aircraft. Although it was a civil airliner failure, the redesigned Comet went on to serve the Royal Airforce in an updated configuration as the "Nimrod," one of the world's longest lived and most highly regarded military patrol aircraft. |
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Alphascript Publishing
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Singapore Airlines. Government-owned corporation, Flag carrier, Singapore, Singapore Changi Airport, Non-stop flight, Airbus A340, Singapore Airlines Cargo, List of largest airlines in Asia, De Havilland Comet, Singapore Girl, Boeing 777, Airbus A380, Boeing 747-400, Singapore Airlines destinations, Singapore Airlines fleet, Virgin Atlantic Airways |
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Books LLC
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Boac Flight 781, South African Airways Flight 201, Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 322, British European Airways Flight 284, United Arab Airlines Flight 869. Not illustrated. Excerpt: On 10 January 1954, British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 registered G-ALYP, took off from Ciampino Airport in Rome, Italy, en route to Heathrow Airport in London, England, on the final leg of its flight from Singapore. At about 10:00 GMT, the aircraft suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board. Of the 29 passengers, 10 were children. Chester Wilmot, a prominent Australian journalist and military historian working for the BBC, was one of those killed. Gerry Bull, a former BOAC engineer, said that when he inspected the aircraft in Rome he looked for "incidental damage." He did not find any, so he believed Flight 781 was fit for flight. Bull and the same team of engineers later examined South African Airways Flight 201 before its final flight. On 10 January 1954, the flight took off at 09:34 GMT for the final stage flight to London. 31-year old Alan Gibson, who served as the captain, was one of the youngest pilots at BOAC. At about 09:50 GMT a passing BOAC Argonaut G-ALHJ was in contact with Captain Gibson. During a radio communication about weather conditions, the conversation was abruptly cut-off. The last words heard from Captain Gibson were "George How Jig, did you get my..". About this time wreckage was seen falling into the sea by a fisherman. Heathrow Airport initially listed Flight 781 as being delayed; around 1:30 PM the airport took the flight off of the arrivals board. That day's edition of The New York Times carried a piece about the accident. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3686275 |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: De Havilland Comet, Avro Tudor, Avro York, Vickers Vc.1 Viking, Vickers Viscount, Bristol Freighter, Handley Page Hastings, Bristol Brabazon, Handley Page Hermes, Airspeed Ambassador, Handley Page Marathon, Brabazon Committee, Avro Lancastrian, Cierva Air Horse, Short Sandringham, de Havilland Dove, Short Solent, Percival Prince, Armstrong Whitworth Apollo, Airspeed Consul, Cunliffe-Owen Concordia. Excerpt: AS.57 Ambassador The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador was a British twin piston engined airliner that first flew on July 10, 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s. Design and development The Ambassador had its origin in 1943 as a requirement identified by the Brabazon Committee for a twin-engined, short to medium-haul Douglas DC-3 replacement. Airspeed Ltd. was asked to prepare an unpressurised design in the 14.5 ton gross-weight class, using two Bristol Hercules radial engines . By the time the British Ministry of Aircraft Production ordered two prototypes from Airspeed, immediately after the end of the Second World War , the design had grown substantially. The Ambassador would be pressurized, have more powerful Bristol Centaurus radials, and have a maximum gross weight of almost 24 tons. The revised design offered seating for 47 passengers and, having a nose wheel undercarriage , looked more modern than the DC-3s, Curtiss Commandos , Avro Lancastrians and Vickers Vikings that were common on Europe's shorter airline routes. With three low fins it shared something of the character of the larger trans-continental Lockheed Constellation . Production and operations Three prototypes were built. The first was flown by George B.S. Errington on 10 July 1947. British European Airways (BEA) placed a £3 million order for 20 aircraft in September 1948, and operated them... |
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Books LLC
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: De Havilland Comet, Bristol Britannia, Blackburn Beverley, Percival Pembroke. Excerpt: Blackburn Beverley The Blackburn B-101 Beverley was a 1950s British heavy transport aircraft built by Blackburn and General Aircraft and flown by squadrons of Royal Air Force Transport Command from 1957 until 1967. Design and development Designed and built by General Aircraft as the GAL.60 Universal Freighter , the first aircraft was dismantled at the Feltham, Middlesex factory and transported to Brough in Yorkshire to have its maiden flight on 20 June 1950. This was followed by a second, the GAL.65 , which was modified from the original. Clamshell doors replaced a combination of a door and ramp, and the tailplane boom received seating for 36 passengers. The Bristol Hercules engines became Bristol Centaurus with reverse-pitch propellers, a feature that gave it a short landing length and the ability to reverse under its own power. The take-off run at full load was given as 790 yards, the landing run at full load, 310 yards. The RAF placed an order in 1952 as the Beverley C.1 (Beverley, Cargo Mark 1). All Beverleys would be built at Brough. The aircraft is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed undercarriage . The large fuselage has a tailboom fitted with a tailplane with twin fins. The tailboom allowed access to the rear of the fuselage through removable clamshell doors. A 36 ft (11 m) main fuselage space was supplemented by passenger accommodation in the tailboom. The main cargo hold could accommodate 94 troops, with another 36 in the tail-boom. The aircraft was designed for carrying large bulk loads and landing them on rough or imperfect runways, or mere dirt strips. It could trace its design back to the GAL49 Hamilcar glider of the Second World War . At the time of its entry into ser... |
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By David Ogilvy
Flying Books
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By Birtles P J
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By Phillip Birtles
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By J.Graham- Cowell
Mach III Plus
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