May 3, 1952…. The world’s first commercial jet service, G-ALYP, a Comet arrived at Palmietfontein airport at 3.38pm, 2 minutes ahead of schedule, to a crowd of 10,000 people. Some advocates have cited Jan Smuts Airport as the locale, but this is a misconception. It is clearly documented in The Star newspaper, which Yours Truly personally retrieved at the Johannesburg library on 2013-04-03.
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May 2, 2014 at 11:58 pm