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Aircraft Wallpapers > Military > Before the VC10 we had the Comet, Masirah 1970

Before the VC10 we had the Comet, Masirah 1970

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Comet No. 398. A beautiful aircraft that had a good safety record with the Royal Air Force.

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Posted by Uhr-Teufel on 09/28/10 at 02:30 AM

The Comet was a gorgeous airliner, but its square-window configuration led to disaster as one aircraft after another suddenly began falling out of the skies. After extensive testing (of a pressurized fuselage submerged in a huge water tank), DeHavilland concluded that minor stress cracks that began in the corners of the windows ultimately lead to in-flight disintegration of the entire airframe! By the time they'd fixed the problem, it was too late for the British airliner industry as Boeing's 707 began gobbling up any/all available contracts!