"Pan Am 707-121 & BOAC Comet lVB"-1958

Fascinating early comparison here; alot of folks forget that even after the initial batch of Comet;s were grounded after the crashes in 1954, the Mk. lV still beat the 707 for the first scheduled transatlantic flight by a scant THREE WEEKS!

The Comet of course could not match the 707s speed & passenger capacity, but proved to be an excellent aircraft, and served for many, many years for a number of major airlines.

And later of course, a new lease on life as the "Nimrod".

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[chicagoman58]

deboo?

[mileswrich]

BOAC never flew the Comet IV. They flew the Comet IV, and introduced the aircraft in 1958. If course, they also introduced the Comet I, but they were grounded after explosive decompressions caused destruction of two aircraft will all on board lost. It was NOT the size of the windows, but the shape. Their corners were too square, and a weakness developed. The Comet IV had oval windows, and reinforced stringers in the fuselage construction to prevent the metal fatigue problems of the Comet I.

[poitrenaud]

The saddest part of the History of the Comet was, the size of the Passenger's Windows were too large, which caused the fusilage to crush upon landings, hence the internal pressurizing devices could not maintain equal pressures during descending.

Otherwise, the Comet was a marvelous aircraft.