MODERN AVIATION De Havilland Comet

Este año se cumple el 75° aniversario del vuelo del primer avión comercial a reacción del mundo. Sus características tanto técnicas como de diseño marcaron los estándares de la industria aeronáutica.

by MARIAM KHAN

On 27 July 1949, a new kind of aeroplane took off1 from a small airstrip2 in Hatfield, UK. It was the maiden flight3 of the de Havilland DH.106 Comet and it changed the future of civil aviation forever. Nicknamed4 the Comet, it was the world’s first commercial jet airliner5. Thanks to its pioneering design, passengers could travel large distances in speed and comfort. The age of modern air travel had arrived. FUTURISTIC DESIGN The design of the aircraft started during World War Two. The government was considering the air travel requirements of the British Empire after the war ended. Aviation company de Havilland proposed a jet-propelled6 aircraft with a pressurised cabin to allow higher altitudes, greater speeds and longer distances. The proposal was accepted and the Comet project began. De…

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