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It was the world’s first jet airliner—sleek, fast, and revolutionary. But the de Havilland Comet's groundbreaking leap into the Jet Age came at a terrible cost. Discover how design flaws, overlooked ...
Hertfordshire Natural History Society is celebrating its 150th anniversary with an exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery. Running until Sunday, July 6, the free Wild about Hertfordshire exhibition ...
The sad part is that this design was not an immediate realization, and with the de Havilland Comet jet plane, two flights in 1954 turned deadly, thanks to rectangular windows breaking. In total, 56 ...
From fan favourites like the de Havilland DH.88 Comet to the Sopwith Triplane and Supermarine Spitfire, the Collection alone promises to leave visitors in awe of these remarkable historic aircraft ...
Here are some that might have gone under the radar. Plans have been submitted for the first instalment of a major 760-home development at de Havilland Park in Welwyn Garden City. The developer, ...
influencing subsequent designs like the Boeing 307 Stratoliner and the iconic post-war de Havilland Comet. Today, the XC-35 resides at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, a ...
In the 1950s, David Warren, a scientist from the Aeronautical Research Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia, conceived the idea of the flight recorder after investigating crashes of the de Havilland ...
From fan favourites like the de Havilland DH.88 Comet to the Sopwith Triplane and Supermarine Spitfire, the Collection alone promises to leave visitors in awe of these remarkable historic aircraft ...