B ritish aircraft manufacturers such as British Aerospace Corporation and Hawker Siddeley have produced some of the most ...

The contract to produce the Comet was issued by the British government to the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1945. The company, headed by engineer Geoffrey de Havilland, had gained a reputation ...

The Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was ...

The Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was ...