Alimited edition hardcover bookwith a DVD documentary, "The Comet," featuring archive footage of the aircraft in action and interviews with the people who flew itThe world s first jet airliner flew for the first time barely four years after the end of World War II, and it was a sensation. It revolutionized commercial air travel. It was the fastest airliner in the world and it inspired a post-war public with its pioneering jet engines and sleek design. Packed with rare and unseen images and memorabilia, this delves intoan amazing aircraft from the dark days of World War IIwhen it was conceived by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, through its design and manufacture and introduction to service with British Overseas Airways Corporationamid cheering and flag waving. It covers in-depth the tragic" Comet "crashes, the exhaustive work done on solving the crash mysteries, and its successful reincarnation, both for civil airlines and for the military, as the "Comet 4" and eventually the RAF s "Nimrod," the ultimate and final variant of the "Comet" design.
This book also gives the reader a flavor of the excitement of air travel in the 1950s and provides an invaluable reference work to every "Comet "built."