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Flight aboard the de Havilland Comet to Johannesburg (South Africa)and some history related to the Comet |
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de Havilland Comet jet airliner |
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Comet XS235/G-CDPA based at Bruntingthorpe. The last Comet to ever fly, it flew into there in the early Nineties after many years of service at Boscombe Down testing most notably early GPS systems. The owners want to fly it again, but the CAA don't want to know without all the drawing which won't be released by the company that holds them. Also, there are three different marks of Avon engine installed!!! Ok if you are flying under a military serial but not in the civilian world of aviation apparently! |
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de Havilland Comet - a clip from The Boys with Big 'Uns DVD available at http://www.ModelAirplaneVideos.com |
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This was recorded at Gatwick Airport near the viewing gallery in 2002. It's the front section of the Comet although I don't know from which model as I believe there were four versions. The Comet is infamous for it's terrible crash history in the 1950's.
Further info can be found here.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8803/comet.htm |
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from Boys with Big Uns DVD available at http://www.ModelAirplaneVideos.com |
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The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was a twin-engined aircraft designed for one very specific purpose—to win the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race for Britain. It set many aviation records during the race and afterwards as a pioneer mailplane. |
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De Havilland Comet 4 competes with the Boeing 707 for Trans Atlantic bragging rights |
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More Mosquito footage, some good quality stuff.
The de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. It served with the RAF and many other air forces both in the Second World War and postwar. The Mosquito was powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Merlins with the pilot and navigator sitting side by side. In the conceptual design stage, de Havilland designers found that adding any defensive armament would significantly reduce the aircraft's maximum speed. Realising that the loss in performance was not worth the benefit, the initial bomber version was designed without any guns. The various roles of the Mosquito included: tactical bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike and photo reconnaissance aircraft.
The de Havilland company conceived the idea of a wooden aircraft to take advantage of the underused resources and skills of the furniture industry at a time of great pressure on the conventional aircraft industry combined with wartime shortages of steel and aluminium. The Air Ministry was initially not interested in the innovative approach; de Havilland, under chief designer Ronald Bishop, developed the Mosquito on a speculative basis. The ministry became interested when they saw the Mosquito prototype's performance. Throughout the 1930s, de Havilland had established a reputation in developing innovative high-speed aircraft such as the DH.88 Comet mailplane and DH.91 Albatross airliner that had already successfully employed the composite wood construction that the Mosquito would use.
Construction: The bulk of the Mosquito was made of plywood. Stronger and lighter than most grades of plywood, this special plywood was produced by a combination of 3/8" sheets of Ecuadorean balsawood sandwiched between sheets of Canadian birch plywood. Like a deck of cards, sheets of wood alternated with sheets of a special casein-based (later formaldehyde) wood glue. The fuselage was formed in concrete moulds. Left and right sides of the fuselage were fitted with bulkheads and structural members separately while the glue cured. Reinforcing was achieved with hundreds of small brass wood screws. This arrangement greatly simplified the installation of hydraulic lines and other fittings, as the two halves of the fuselage were open for easy access by workers. The halves were then glued and bolted together, and covered with doped Madapolam fabric.
The wings were also made of wood. To increase strength, the wings were made as one single assembly, onto which the fuselage, once both halves had been mated, was lowered and attached. Metal was used sparingly in the construction of structural elements. It was mostly used in engine mounts and fairings, control surfaces, and, of course, brass screws. The glue used was initially casein-based. It was changed to a formaldehyde-based preparation when the Mosquito was introduced to fighting in semi-tropical and tropical climates, after some unexplained crashes led to the suspicion that the glue was unable to withstand the climate. De Havilland also developed a technique to accelerate the glue drying by heating it using microwaves.
In England fuselage shells were mainly made by E. Gomme, Parker Knoll and Styles & Mealing. Wing spars were made by J.B. Heath and Dancer & Hearne. Many of the other parts, including flaps, flap shrouds, fins, leading edge assemblies and bomb doors were also produced in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, which was well suited to these tasks due to a well established furniture making industry. Dancer and Hearne processed much of the wood from start to finish, receiving timber and transforming it into finished wing spars at their High Wycombe factory. Around 5,000 of the total 7,781 Mosquitos ever made contained parts made in High Wycombe.
The specialized wood veneer used in the construction of the Mosquito was made by Roddis Manufacturing in Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States. Hamilton Roddis had teams of dexterous young women ironing the (unusually thin) strong wood veneer product before shipping to the UK.
General characteristics (DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI)
Crew: 2: pilot, bombardier/navigator
Length: 44 ft 6 in (13.57 m)
Wingspan: 54 ft 2 in (16.52 m)
Height: 17 ft 5 in (5.3 m)
Wing area: 454 ft² (42.18 m²)
Empty weight: 14,300 lb (6,490 kg)
Loaded weight: 18,100 lb (8,210 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 25,000 lb (11,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Merlin 76/77 (left/right) liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,710 hp (1,280 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 361 knots (415 mph, 668 km/h) at 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
Range: 1,300 nm (1,500 mi, 2,400 km) with full weapons load
Service ceiling: 37,000 ft (11,000 m)
Rate of climb: 2,850 ft/min (14.5 m/s)
Wing loading: 39.9 lb/ft² (195 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.189 hp/lb (311 W/kg)
Armament: Bombs: 4,000 lb (1 800 kg)
Avionics: GEE radio-navigation |
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The de Havilland DH.108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. It was a flying wing designed to evaluate swept-wing handling characteristics at low and high subsonic speeds for the proposed early tailless design of what would later become the Comet airliner. Three examples of the DH.108 were built, to the Air Ministry specifications E.1/45 and E.11/45. |
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Beginning with the Douglas DC3,followed by the de-Havilland Comet through to the Boeing 707, and most popular airliners in between. |
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http://www.henrytenby.com/dvds/ukgoldenagedvd.html
These wonderful films capture the golden age of the British airline scene of the late 1940s and 1950s. This was the time when BOAC was emerging as Britain's international overseas airline, and BEA was Britain's leading domestic and short haul carrier.
It was also during this glorious era that Britain was a world leader in the development of commercial aeroplanes with many marques in the offing including the Brabazon, Elizabethan, De Havilland Comet, and of course the world's first turboprop, the Rolls Royce Dart powered Vickers Viscount.
The Vickers Viscount was also a huge success in North America, and was ordered in large numbers by Capital Airlines of the USA. This DVD features two promotional films that highlight the Viscount in service with Capital in the 1950s. |
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Seeaufklärer auf Basis der DeHavilland Comet bei einer Flugshow in Duxford |
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This is a virtual flight of a de havilland Dove 6 at British Aerospace Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England finished with some photos of the real thing (a Dove 8, used as the 'company hack'to fly personnel between BAe factories). I worked at Hatfield from 1981 until it closed in 1993/4. Eight years in the Flight Test hangar (featured in the vid) then four years in Technical Publications on BAe 146 Service Bulletins and Pilot's Flight Manual. 5000 people worked there, now it's all houses, Uni buildings and industrial units. The Flight Test hangar, being a listed building, is still there on the outside but is actually a sports complex inside.
Shame, when considering the hangar gave birth to world-renound aircraft such as: the DH Moth range like the Tiger Moth; the DH Comet Racer, winner of the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race; the first jet airliner in the world, the DH Comet and the fastest bomber in World War 11, the de Havilland Mosquito, to name but few. |
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26.05.2007 - Pan round shot going from the right to left of the live cockpit prior to an engine start on the last ground running De Havilland Comet 4C in the world. Starting from the right hand side is the engineers panel, co-pilot, pilot and the navigation station. |
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The Nimrod is a maritime patrol aircraft developed in the United Kingdom. It is an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner. It was originally designed by de Havilland's successor, Hawker Siddeley, now part of BAE Systems. A major modification was the fit of a large weapon bay under the fuselage that can carry and drop torpedoes, mines, bombs and other stores. Sonobuoys for tracking submarines are dropped from special launchers in the rear of the fuselage.
It has been the Royal Air Force's primary Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) since the early 1970s, when it replaced the piston-engined Avro Shackleton. The RAF uses two Nimrod variants: the MR2 variant in the Maritime and Reconnaissance role; the R1 variant in a reconnaissance and electronic intelligence gathering capacity (ELINT).
The Nimrod was the first jet-powered MPA of any significance. Earlier MPA designs used piston or turboprop engines to improve fuel economy and allow for lengthy patrols. Jet engines are most economical at high altitudes and less economical at low altitudes. However, the transit to the operational area can be made at high altitude and in a jet aircraft this is not only economical on fuel but fast as well, compared to earlier piston-powered aircraft. After transit, the Nimrod descends to its patrol area..
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The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race took place October, 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The idea of the race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and a prize fund of $75,000 was put up by Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, on the conditions that the race be named after his MacRobertson confectionery company, and that it be organised to be as safe as possible.
The race was organised by the Royal Aero Club and would run from RAF Mildenhall in East Anglia to Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. There were 5 compulsory stops at Baghdad, Allahabad, Singapore, Darwin and Charleville, Queensland, otherwise the competitors could choose their own routes. A further 22 optional stops were provided with stocks of fuel and oil by Shell and Stanavo. The Royal Aero Club put some effort into persuading the countries along the route to improve the facilities at the stopping points.
The basic rules were: no limit to the size of aircraft or power, no limit to crew size, no pilot to join aircraft after it left England. Aircraft must carry three days' rations per crew member, floats, smoke signals and efficient instruments. There were prizes for the outright fastest aircraft, and for the best performance on a handicap formula by any aircraft finishing within 16 days.
Take off date was set at dawn (6:30) October 20, 1934. The initial field of over 60 had by then been whittled down to 20, including the 3 purpose-built de Havilland DH.88 Comet racers, two of the new generation of American all-metal passenger transports, and a mixture of earlier racers, light transports and old bombers.
First off the line, watched by a crowd of 60,000, were Jim & Amy Mollison in the Comet Black Magic, and they were early leaders in the race until forced to retire at Allahabad with engine trouble. This left the scarlet Comet Grosvenor House flown by Flight Lt. Charles Scott and Captain Tom Campbell Black well ahead of the field. This racer went on to win in a time of less than 3 days, despite flying the last stage with one engine throttled back because of an oil-pressure indicator giving a faulty low reading.
Perhaps more significantly in the development of popular long-distance air travel, the second and third places were taken by passenger transports, with the KLM Douglas DC-2 Uiver gaining a narrow advantage over Roscoe Turner's Boeing 247-D, both completing the course less than a day behind the winner.
The most dramatic part of the race was when the Uiver, hopelessly lost after becoming caught in a thunderstorm, ended up over Albury NSW. The townsfolk responded magnificently - an engineer at the power station signalled "Albury" to the plane by turning the town lights on and off, and an announcer on radio station 2CO Corowa appealed for cars to line up on the racecourse to light up a runway for the plane. The plane landed, and next morning was pulled out of the mud by locals to fly on and win the handicap section of the race. In gratitude KLM made a large donation to Albury Hospital and Alf Waugh, the Mayor of Albury, was awarded a title in Dutch nobility. |
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Various FS2004 landings, More than 10 planes in various airports, like Heathrow, Venizelos Athens, Alexandroupolis, JFK, Hong Kong Chep Lap Kok, in various conditions: snow, rain, crosswinds, turbulence, etc. Among them, 767, 747-200, 747-400, A320 Airbus, Tupolev Tu-124, TU-124, TU-134, Yakovlev YAK-42, Ilyushin IL-86, Antonov An-26, Hawker Siddeley Trident HS121, BAC One Eleven 1-11, De Havilland Comet 4B, Vickers VC-10, by British Airways, Air France, Olympic Airways, Aeroflot old, CSA, BEA, Cambrian, Iberia, United airlines. |
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1960 saw the introduction of the new Boeing 707-320 intercontinental jet for long-haul trans-Atlantic flights to New York. SABENA was mainland Europe's first airline to operate a jet across the Atlantic (BOAC - now British Airways - had been flying jet transatlantic services using the De Havilland Comet 4 since 4 October 1958). Tragically, one of SABENA's aircraft became the first Boeing 707 to crash while in commercial service. SABENA Flight 548 went down in flames while preparing to land at Brussels on February 15, 1961. The United States Figure Skating Team was aboard the jet, en route from New York to Prague via Brussels to compete in a figure skating championship. |
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Various British made aircrafts landings in Stansted (codes: STN - EGSS) under severe turbulence and 23 knots crosswinds. BAC 1-11 AirUK and British Midland old livery, VC-10 BOAC, Hawker Siddeley Trident BEA, DeHavilland Comet 4B Olympic airways, Aegean Airlines BAE - 146 (Avro RJ-100), fs9 fs2004 |
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WONDERFUL period piece on Los Angeles International Airport; or, "LAX". :-)
Filmed in 1962, they're all here; DC-8's CV-880's, 707's, 720's, F.27's, De Havilland Comet lV, etc.
Plus great "Generic '50's Documentary music" to take you through your journey. :-
My apologies for the "Red-o-vision". :-(
Watch part 1 here:
Watch Part 2 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rZGeC13og
Christian
"The Boxart Den"-World's largest display & collection of FULLY RESTORED rare & collectable model kit box art
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http://www.myspace.com/craviola990
http://www.youtube.com/craviola880 |
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WONDERFUL period piece on Los Angeles International Airport; or, "LAX". :-)
Filmed in 1962, they're all here; DC-8's CV-880's, 707's, 720's, F.27's, De Havilland Comet lV, etc.
Plus great "Generic '50's Documentary music" to take you through your journey. :-
My apologies for the "Red-o-vision". :-(
Watch Part 2 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rZGeC13og
Watch Part 3 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDe8BGZZXp4
Christian
"The Boxart Den"-World's largest display & collection of FULLY RESTORED rare & collectable model kit box art
http://theboxartden.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Box-Art
http://www.myspace.com/craviola990
http://www.youtube.com/craviola880 |
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Walt that was a great job at flying and landing AWESOME Walt.
Sleek,Twin Engine, Historic Global Racer - DeHavilland DH-88
the DeHavilland Comet even LOOKS fast!
Winner of the MacRobertson England-to-Australia race, the Comet is secure in aviation history.
Length: 59 in
Wingspan: 88 in |
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De Havilland Dh 88 Comet env 190 cm |
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İngiliz De Havilland şirketi tarafından "dünyanın ilk jet motorlu uçağı olarak lanse edilen uçağın |
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Gotta love it; an old promotional film for Pan American's entry into "The Jet Age".
Pan Am ushered in jet passenger travel in in this country in September 1958, and was the first U.S. Airline to do so.
It should be noted however, that a De Havilland BOAC Comet lV landed in New York about 3 weeks before the first Pan Am 707 departed New York for Paris.
Great footage of original "Short tailed" 707s with the original Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojet engines.
The fin height was increased on the 707 starting in 1960, due to an accident of a Braniff 707-227 which prior to delivery to the airline, crashed on an early test flight due to "Dutch roll".
After the fin height was increased on all 707 & KC-135 aircraft, the problem was alleviated.
This film really captures the glamour of early jet travel from the "Golden age".
Christian
"The Boxart Den"-World's largest display & collection of FULLY RESTORED rare & collectable model kit box art
http://theboxartden.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Box-Art
http://www.myspace.com/craviola990
http://www.youtube.com/craviola880 |
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WONDERFUL period piece on Los Angeles International Airport; or, "LAX". :-)
Filmed in 1962, they're all here; DC-8's CV-880's, 707's, 720's, F.27's, De Havilland Comet lV, etc.
Plus great "Generic '50's Documentary music" to take you through your journey. :-)
My apologies for the "Red-o-vision". :-(
Watch part 1 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-jON_WLbN8
Watch Part 3 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDe8BGZZXp4
Christian
"The Boxart Den"-World's largest display & collection of FULLY RESTORED rare & collectable model kit box art
http://theboxartden.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Box-Art
http://www.myspace.com/craviola990
http://www.youtube.com/craviola880 |
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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Taca 767, Valujet DC9, NTSB Go team, British Midland 092, Comet Crashes, DC10 Cargo doors, British Airtours 737 |
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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Taca 767, Valujet DC9, NTSB Go team, British Midland 092, Comet Crashes, DC10 Cargo doors, British Airtours 737 |
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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Taca 767, Valujet DC9, NTSB Go team, British Midland 092, Comet Crashes, DC10 Cargo doors, British Airtours 737 |
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This is 4 minute clip of some highlights from the 1996 Classic Jet show at Duxford, hosted by the Old Flying Machine Company. |
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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Taca 767, Valujet DC9, NTSB Go team, British Midland 092, Comet Crashes, DC10 Cargo doors, British Airtours 737 |
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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Taca 767, Valujet DC9, NTSB Go team, British Midland 092, Comet Crashes, DC10 Cargo doors, British Airtours 737 |
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