On July 17, 1949, renowned British aircraft company de Havilland introduced the world's first commercial jet airliner: the de Havilland Comet. Equipped with four Ghost turbojet engines, large square ...

In 1952, Britain won the race to put the world's first jet airliner into service by a comfortable margin, but it turned out to be a hollow victory. Disasters, delays, and an unlikely rival from across ...

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 ...

The world's first commercial jet, the De Havilland Comet, premiered in May of 1952. Sixty-five years later, another jet known as the Boeing 737 Max was introduced in May of 2017. While their stories ...