De Havilland Comet nostalgia time.

Wroughton’s 4b

Wroughton’s 4b and 1a nose during Easter.
Kilvy

Wroughton’s 4b

Wroughton’s 4b and 1a nose during Easter.
Kilvy

And speaking of Cosford and nostalgia and Comets, a few from Friday.

And speaking of Cosford and nostalgia and Comets, a few from Friday.

Great pictures, I hope these Comets all survive for many years to come, keeping airliners outside is far from ideal. The Duxford Comet has recently required some mojor corrosion repairs, I believe it was nearly a lost cause.
I really think Cosford should keep their very rare Comet 1a inside, you can’t tell me that this aircraft is less significant than the Lincoln.

Great pictures, I hope these Comets all survive for many years to come, keeping airliners outside is far from ideal. The Duxford Comet has recently required some mojor corrosion repairs, I believe it was nearly a lost cause.
I really think Cosford should keep their very rare Comet 1a inside, you can’t tell me that this aircraft is less significant than the Lincoln.

Slightly off topic but this is all thats left of our dear old Hatfield,very sad!!! 😡

Slightly off topic but this is all thats left of our dear old Hatfield,very sad!!! 😡

Oh yeah I just love the Nimrod noisy and smoky 🙂

Getting back to the Comet is there a website with a full list of surviving Comet’s ?

Oh yeah I just love the Nimrod noisy and smoky 🙂

Getting back to the Comet is there a website with a full list of surviving Comet’s ?

Did you ever take any photo’s and if so could you post them here, I would love to see them ?

Aside from the Comet at Brunty are there anymore left that could be made airworthy again ?

The raf have The nimrod ,which is based on the Comet and they are still flying, noisy so and so’s always wake me up when the do a low go around at Aberdeen 🙂

Did you ever take any photo’s and if so could you post them here, I would love to see them ?

Aside from the Comet at Brunty are there anymore left that could be made airworthy again ?

The raf have The nimrod ,which is based on the Comet and they are still flying, noisy so and so’s always wake me up when the do a low go around at Aberdeen 🙂

Beautiful photos of a beautiful aircraft. There are too few Comets (and indeed other classic airliners) preserved, when you consider the keenness for preserving historic military types. It is completely out of proportion, the airliners are as much a part of aviation history as the Lancaster, the Spitfire, Hurricane etc, but read any preservation and historic magazine and all you get are warbirds, all aviation museums have warbirds but very few have airliners. Those which do should be supported.

Beautiful photos of a beautiful aircraft. There are too few Comets (and indeed other classic airliners) preserved, when you consider the keenness for preserving historic military types. It is completely out of proportion, the airliners are as much a part of aviation history as the Lancaster, the Spitfire, Hurricane etc, but read any preservation and historic magazine and all you get are warbirds, all aviation museums have warbirds but very few have airliners. Those which do should be supported.

Not very good quality I’m afraid but here is a pic of East Fortune’s Comet touching down at EF after its final flight.

Notice the yellow BAA/Edinburgh airport old-style Ford Escort in that picture… Judging by what’s been said about EDI here, I suspect that vehicle is still in service! :p

Andy

Not very good quality I’m afraid but here is a pic of East Fortune’s Comet touching down at EF after its final flight.

Notice the yellow BAA/Edinburgh airport old-style Ford Escort in that picture… Judging by what’s been said about EDI here, I suspect that vehicle is still in service! :p

Andy

Thanks for those Ren Frew, the nostalgia quotient is huge, bringing back memories of trips to and from London and Khartoum on Sudan Airways Comets. I loved them and the BOAC VC10s – we always seemed to alternate between the two on our end of tour/start of tour trips.

No other aircraft come near, well, perhaps the Caravelle, or the 727…. *drifts away on fond memories*

I still have a Sudan Airways beer mat which tries to cajole tourists to visit! Those were the days.

Thanks for those Ren Frew, the nostalgia quotient is huge, bringing back memories of trips to and from London and Khartoum on Sudan Airways Comets. I loved them and the BOAC VC10s – we always seemed to alternate between the two on our end of tour/start of tour trips.

No other aircraft come near, well, perhaps the Caravelle, or the 727…. *drifts away on fond memories*

I still have a Sudan Airways beer mat which tries to cajole tourists to visit! Those were the days.

Did you ever take any photo’s and if so could you post them here, I would love to see them ?

No i didn’t, although i probably owned a box brownie at the time, i can’t recall ever taking any snaps

Did you ever take any photo’s and if so could you post them here, I would love to see them ?

No i didn’t, although i probably owned a box brownie at the time, i can’t recall ever taking any snaps