Interesting BBC link with video showing two crashes including the Comet!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2709000/2709957.stm
By: Bruce - 10th January 2006 at 11:34
The site isnt entirely correct – the Comet beat the 707 into service – just. The first transatlantic jet service was by G-APDB – now preserved at Duxford.
Bruce
By: lukeylad - 10th January 2006 at 11:15
haha mate u read my mind there ive been looking at that too hehe is a damn shame she was retired beacause of her structure then her come back just didn’t work cos the boeing 707 was huge and much better
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January 10, 2006 at 11:08 am