DE HAVILLAND COMET (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling
Published by The Crowood Press
in 2005
ISBN: 1861267339
DE HAVILLAND COMET (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1820741
1st.
2005.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The design and operation of the first jet airliner. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and some colour. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861267339. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
DE HAVILLAND COMET (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1813167
1st.
2005.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The design and operation of the first jet airliner. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and some colour. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861267339. Tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover else a fine copy.
Front cover

Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Start of the Dream
- 2. Making it Real: The Comet Comes to Life
- 3. Life and Times of the Comet: The Early Aircraft
- 4. Life and Times of the Comet: The Later Aircraft
- 5. Crashes and Consequences
- 6. The Comet in Detail
- 7. Operators and Operations
- 8. Flying the Comet
- 9. Comets for the Military
- 10. The Nimrod
- Appendix I: Comet Airframes
- Appendix II: Comet Preservation
- Bibliography
- Index