A limited edition hardcover book with a DVD documentary, this book is packed with rare and unseen images and memorabilia, featuring amazing archive footage of the Comet aircraft in action and interviews with the people who flew it.
The world’s
A limited edition hardcover book with a DVD documentary, this book is packed with rare & unseen images & memorabilia, featuring amazing archive footage of the Comet aircraft in action & interviews with the people who flew it.
The world’s first jet airliner flew for the first time barely four years after the end of World War II, & it was a sensation. It revolutionized commercial air travel. It was the fastest airliner in the world & it inspired a post-war public with its pioneering jet engines & sleek design.
This book covers in-depth the tragic" Comet "crashes, the exhaustive work done on solving the crash mysteries, & its successful reincarnation, both for civil airlines & for the military, as the " Comet 4" & eventually the RAF s " Nimrod, " the ultimate & final variant of the " Comet" design. Giving the reader a flavour of the excitement of air travel in the 1950s & provides an invaluable reference work to every " Comet "built."
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780993016929
• Author: Bruce Hales-Dutton
• Publisher: Danann Publishing
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 26.67 x 26.67 x 1.78 cm