de Havilland Comet

E373620

commercial aircraft jet airliner narrow-body airliner

The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jet airliner, pioneering jet-powered passenger flight in the early 1950s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
de Havilland Comet canonical	8
de Havilland DH.106 Comet	3
de Havilland Comet 4	2
de Havilland Comet (testbed)	1
de Havilland Comet (transport variants)	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial aircraft ⓘ jet airliner ⓘ narrow-body airliner ⓘ
accidentCause	fuselage metal fatigue ⓘ stress concentration at window corners ⓘ
configuration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	4 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed_kmh	780 ⓘ
developedInto	Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
engineManufacturer	de Havilland Engine Company ⓘ
engineModel	Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon de Havilland Ghost ⓘ
engineMounting	buried in wing roots ⓘ
engineType	turbojet ⓘ
enteredServiceDate	1952-05-02 ⓘ
enteredServiceWith	British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ surface form: BOAC
firstCommercialJetAirliner	true ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1949-07-27 ⓘ
firstJetAirlinerInService	true ⓘ
fuselageShape	cylindrical ⓘ
height_m	8.89 ⓘ
ledTo	improved understanding of pressurised fuselage design ⓘ major advances in airframe fatigue testing ⓘ
length_m	28.6 ⓘ
manufacturer	de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ surface form: de Havilland
maximumSpeed_kmh	840 ⓘ
militaryVariant	Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
museumDisplay	RAF Museum Cosford ⓘ Science Museum, London ⓘ surface form: Science Museum London de Havilland Aircraft Museum ⓘ
notableDesignFeature	clean swept-wing design ⓘ square windows on early variants ⓘ
numberBuilt	114 ⓘ
numberOfEngines	4 ⓘ
operator	Aerolineas Argentinas ⓘ Air France ⓘ British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ surface form: BOAC Canadian Pacific Air Lines ⓘ Dan‑Air ⓘ surface form: Dan-Air Middle East Airlines ⓘ Olympic Airways ⓘ RAF Transport Command ⓘ Union Aéromaritime de Transport ⓘ
pioneered	jet-powered passenger service ⓘ
pressurisedCabin	true ⓘ
primaryRole	medium-range passenger transport ⓘ
productionEndYear	1964 ⓘ
productionStartYear	1949 ⓘ
range_km	4800 ⓘ
retiredFromService	1997 ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
suffered	metal fatigue failures ⓘ
tailConfiguration	conventional tailplane ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity	36 ⓘ 44 ⓘ
variant	Comet 1 ⓘ Comet 1 ⓘ surface form: Comet 1A Comet 2 ⓘ Comet 3 ⓘ Comet 4C ⓘ surface form: Comet 4
wingspan_m	35.05 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nimrod MR2 → developedFrom → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

Nimrod MR2 → airframeOrigin → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland Comet 4

Geoffrey de Havilland → notableWork → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland DH.106 Comet

Geoffrey de Havilland → designed → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland DH.106 Comet

RAF Transport Command → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland Comet (transport variants)

Rolls-Royce Avon engine → usedIn → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon

de Havilland Aircraft Company → notableWork → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland DH.106 Comet

East African Airways → fleetIncludes → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

British Overseas Airways Corporation → fleetIncludes → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

British European Airways → notableAircraftOperated → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet → usedInAircraft → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus

this entity surface form: de Havilland Comet (testbed)

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod → developedFrom → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod → airframeOrigin → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Havilland Comet 4

Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire → notableProduction → de Havilland Comet ⓘ

No. 216 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → de Havilland Comet ⓘ