On July 17, 1949, renowned British aircraft company de Havilland introduced the world's first commercial jet airliner: the de ...

The de Havilland Comet made history as the world’s first commercial jet airliner, but its early success was quickly overshadowed by multiple mid-air breakups. Investigators uncovered that metal ...

Three de Havilland DH88s were produced for private owners for a 1934 England-Australia race at a subsidised price of £5,000 each A classic 1930s plane is due to fly in a display over the town where it ...

Six months after it became the first commercial jet airliner to reach production, The Engineer examined the performance of the De Havilland Comet. 'These figures bear out predictions made when the ...

On July 29, 1949, a sleek, silver jet took off from Hatfield airfield, Hertfordshire, that was home to the de Havilland Aircraft Company. The maiden flight of the Comet, the world’s first jet airliner ...

WHEN ROBERT HOOD LOOKED AT THE DE HAVILLAND D.H. 106 COMET fuselage sticking halfway out of a hole cut in the huge hangar at the Museum of Flight’s restoration facility in Everett, Washington, he was ...

Three de Havilland DH88s were produced for private owners for a 1934 England-Australia race at a subsidised price of £5,000 each A classic 1930s plane is due to fly in a display over the town where it ...

A classic 1930s plane is due to fly in a display over the town where it was built for what is thought to be the first time since the early 1990s. The de Havilland DH88 Comet Racer is known for winning ...